PURE’s Johanson Joins Executive Team at H.W. Kaufman Group

H.W. Kaufman Group, a global network of companies headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has added Kori M. Johanson to its executive team as corporate vice president and chief compliance officer. She will be based at the company headquarters.

In this newly created position, Johanson will oversee the company’s compliance team and be responsible for corporate and regulatory compliance, government affairs and state insurance taxation for Kaufman and all its subsidiaries. She will report to Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and chief executive officer of H.W. Kaufman Group, parent company of wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager Burns & Wilcox.

With more than 20 years of insurance experience within corporate compliance, regulatory and government affairs, Johanson joins Kaufman from the greater New York City area where she was responsible for legal, compliance and regulatory relations at PURE, a high-net-worth personal insurance carrier. At PURE, she served as vice president, associate general counsel, and led the compliance and regulatory function. Earlier in her career, Johanson served as chief compliance officer for ACORD, the organization that sets industry standards, and spent 15 years at Travelers in roles of increasing responsibility.

Johanson currently serves as the 2018-2019 vice chair, Annual Conference for the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, is co-editor of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel journal publication and is active in many industry organizations.

Source: H.W. Kaufman Group

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