Miklus Named President of American Institute of Marine Underwriters

John A. Miklus has been named the new president of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU), the trade association representing the U.S. ocean marine insurance market.

Miklus succeeds James M. Craig, president of AIMU since 2003, who will retire December 31, 2013.

A senior ocean marine insurance and reinsurance executive, Miklus most recently was senior vice president at Guy Carpenter & Co., where he managed reinsurance client relationships for several leading U.S. marine insurers, as well as global marine insurance companies based in Japan, South Korea and China.

Miklus began his insurance career as an inland/ocean marine underwriter trainee at The Hartford Insurance Group in 1982 and held several positions at Hart Re Co. before becoming senior vice president and marine treaty underwriter.

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