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PRESENTERS

Paul Mihulka Ken Robinette
Zurich Arrowhead General

Paul Mihulka serves as the Head of Insurance Agency
New Programs for Zurich’s Alternative Ken Robinette started his insurance
Markets Business Unit. Paul joined career in 1980 at United Pacific
Zurich in 1999 as assistant general Insurance Company as a Commercial
counsel for the Empire Fire & Marine P&C Underwriter trainee. In 1984, Ken
Insurance Companies. Starting in was asked to join a startup named
2010, Paul served as Head of the Insurance Practice Group Mattei-Webber, Inc. and assumed the role of designing,
reporting directly to Zurich North America’s Chief Legal building and managing new programs. In 1996, Ken started
Officer. After 12 years in Corporate Law, Paul was asked a new program facility for Swett & Crawford, Inc. Ken opened
to serve as Chief of Staff for Zurich’s Alternative Markets for business in 1997 and built a book of Transportation
Business Unit. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Creighton business which grew to $40M. In 2005/2006 Ken purchased
University, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska the office making the new firm Bellingham Underwriters,
College of Law, and the CPCU designation. Inc. Ken has since sold Bellingham to Arrowhead General
Insurance Agency and is currently working on program
development for that company.

Chris Pesce Rodney Smith
Maritime Program Group Lloyd’s
Chris began his insurance career as Rodney Smith joined Lloyd’s as US
an intern for Maritime General Agency Regional Director of our Southeast
(MGA) in 1995 while studying for his region in 2010. In his role he is
Bachelor’s degree at Saint Joseph’s responsible for market development
College in NY. As a lifelong boater, the activities in a seven state region,
marine insurance industry quickly took focused on ensuring that Lloyd’s is
hold of Chris’s career interest and he dedicated his post- understood and accessible to everyone with a current
college efforts toward developing and expanding the MGA. or potential future relationship with the Market. Rodney
Chris took over as General Manager in 1997, moved the is a graduate of the Risk Management and Insurance
operations up to the current headquarters in Connecticut, department of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of
and now serves as President of Maritime Program Group. Business and has more than 20 years of experience in the
Chris is an active member and serves on the Producer Council insurance industry. He was originally a P&C underwriter
for the American Institute of Marine Underwriters. He served at Aetna and held various positions with GAB and Gates
on the Executive Committee for the Independent Insurance McDonald, AIG, XL Capital and most recently served as
Agents Association of CT, was Chairman of the Young Agents vice president at ICAT (Lloyd’s syndicate 4242).
Committee for several years and teaches several continuing
education classes about Marine Insurance throughout the
country

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