Unitrin Adds Wayne Kauth to Board

Chicago-based Unitrin Inc. has appointed Wayne Kauth, 69, as a director, thereby expanding its board from 10 to 11 directors.

Kauth is a consultant to the financial services industry, specializing in life/health and property/casualty insurance. Kauth is a retired partner of Ernst & Young, LLP where he specialized in accounting and auditing matters for the insurance industry and was the firm’s national technical director.

Kauth holds both the chartered property & casualty underwriter and chartered life underwriter designations and is a fellow in the Life Management Institute. He is also a certified public accountant and has served on a number of committees and working groups for the AICPA and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Kauth holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of Wisconsin.