New Board Members Named for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

December 9, 2009

Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has announced new board members for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA).

House Bill (HB) 4409, passed by the 81st Texas Legislature in 2009, changed the composition of the nine member TWIA board. Previously, the board was composed of five insurance company representatives, two agent representatives, and two consumer representatives.

The new board, whose terms begin Jan. 1, 2010, will be composed of four insurance company representatives, four members who reside in coastal counties (at least one of whom must be an insurance agent), and one member who resides outside of the coastal region. In addition, HB 4409 added a non-voting member who must be an engineer. The new board members are:

Insurance Industry Representative Members

  • Alice Hardy Gannon, USAA
  • Michael Frank Gerik, Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance
  • Peter James Kelly, Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Craig Peter Nadziejka, State Farm Insurance

Non-Seacoast Territory Representative Member: Richard Clifton Craig of Neely, Craig & Walton LLP, Amarillo (Randall County)

First Tier Coastal County Resident Members

  • Garry P. Kaufman (Galveston County), Jahn Galveston Insurance Agency
  • Joseph Edward Minor, P.E. (Aransas County), Self Employed
  • Georgia Rutherford Neblett, (Nueces County),University of Texas Marine Science Institute
  • Robert Ward Shepard (Cameron County), Shepard Walton King Insurance Group

Non-voting Engineer Member: William David Franklin, Sr., P.E., Aran & Franklin Engineering, LaMarque (Galveston County)

Five of the nine members are new to the TWIA board, and four have served in the past.

More information about TWIA can be found at www.twia.org and www.tdi.state.tx.us/wind

Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters Texas Windstorm

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