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INDUSTR Y SPEAKER

Vincent Tizzio

President & CEO,
Navigators Management Co.

Vince Tizzio is president and chief executive officer of
Navigators Management Company, the U.S. underwriting
operation of Navigators, a specialty insurance holding
company with operations in the United States, the United
Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia. Mr. Tizzio brings
more than 30 years of property and casualty insurance
experience to Navigators. Since joining Navigators in 2012,
he has enhanced the profitability of the company’s U.S. Bite Size Management:
business and has led its growth—launching new products,
leveraging technology to deliver more value and support A Recipe for Success
to brokers and policyholders, and broadening Navigators’
local presence in major cities across the United States.
Monday, May 7 | 4:00 pm | Key 6
Mr. Tizzio joined Navigators from Zurich, where he was
executive vice president of Zurich North America, leading
the company’s commercial markets business, a $3 billion How do insurance carriers, program administrators
portfolio with more than 1,100 market-facing underwriting, and service providers, profitably grow in an
claims and operations professionals throughout the U.S. unforgiving insurance environment? Competitive
and Canada. In this role, he was responsible for creating a pricing, increasing business acquisition costs, fast
business unit to grow the services delivered to small- and
medium-sized businesses, launched Select Brokers®, the moving IT and data management technology, and a
organization’s first program providing enhanced resources looming talent gap are the stuff of CEO nightmares.
and solutions to the company’s most valued brokers, and All leaders look to build on an established track
further developed the company’s industry vertical expertise record of success, but there are big tasks required to
and services. Zurich North America produced double-digit
growth and significant profitability gains each year under stay ahead of the curve.
his leadership. Come hear Industry Keynote Speaker Vince Tizzio
discuss a management style that breaks down
Mr. Tizzio also was with American International Group
(AIG) for 16 years, during which time he held a number of seemingly overwhelming initiatives into actionable
underwriting and management positions. During his tenure segments that keeps projects moving forward,
at AIG, he led the creation of two subsidiaries, developing prevents organizational paralysis and allows your
capabilities in mergers and acquisitions insurance and company to stay ahead of the competition. He will
small commercial insurance products and offerings that
were industry-leading and pioneering for AIG at the time. also comment on current factors impacting program
business, the value of this distribution model to
Mr. Tizzio received a B.A degree in finance and sociology carriers and the future of this relationship.
from Adelphi University. Mr. Tizzio serves on the board of
governors for Maguire Academy of Risk Management at
Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He also serves
as a board member of the Visiting Nurse Association, a
provider of home-based medical and hospice care and is
a longstanding board member of the Freedom House, an
organization committed to helping people with addiction.
Mr. Tizzio is the founder of Feed Belly Farm, an organization
that helps provide food to people in need.

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