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Who Our Leaders Are: Esurance's Executive Committee

Gary Tolman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Gary has more than 30 years of experience in the property and casualty insurance industry. Prior to joining Esurance in 1999, Gary was President of Talegen Holdings, Inc., formerly the property and casualty insurance operations of the Xerox Corporation. Before Talegen, Gary worked at Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for 15 years, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President.

Jonathan Adkisson, Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan has over 18 years of insurance industry experience and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society. He joined Esurance in 2000 and has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Prior to joining Esurance, Jonathan held various positions at Farmers Group in catastrophe management, corporate financial analysis, and actuarial. Jonathan started his career at GEICO.

Kerian Bunch, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Kerian has more than 28 years of business and legal experience. She leads Esurance's corporate legal and corporate compliance areas. Prior to joining Esurance in 2007, Kerian spent 10 years with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company where she held various positions including Vice President and Reinsurance Counsel. Before that, she was an associate in the insurance and reinsurance practice group at the law firm of Chadbourne & Parke.

Chris Henn, Chief Operating Officer
Chris has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience and leads Esurance's product management, corporate services, internal audit, and customer service operations. Before joining Esurance in 2000, Chris was the Vice President of Auto Product Management with Nationwide Insurance. At Nationwide, he also served as Vice President and General Manager of Colonial Insurance. Prior to Nationwide, Chris was with Progressive Insurance Corporation for 10 years.

Wayne Sharrah, Chief Claims Officer
Wayne has more than 20 years of experience in the property and casualty insurance business, all in claims. He previously worked at OneBeacon Insurance, where he was Vice President of the Commercial Claims Division. Wayne began his career at Progressive, where he spent 13 years in a variety of claims leadership positions.

Phil Swift, Chief Information Officer
Phil has over 30 years of experience in engineering and information services. Before joining Esurance in 2000, he was Vice President of Engineering with eSubscriber. Prior to that, Phil was Vice President of Information Services with QRS, a business-to-business electronic commerce service for the retail industry. Phil has also held management roles at Visa International, Matson Navigation Company, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

John Swigart, Chief Marketing Officer
John has more than a decade of insurance industry experience. He joined Esurance in 2000 and served as the Vice President of Finance for three years before becoming the Chief Marketing Officer in 2003. Before joining Esurance, John worked at Swiss Re, in both the Reinsurance and Capital Partners Divisions. Prior to that, he was a consultant at A.T. Kearney in the Financial Institutions Group. John began his insurance career at Mutual Benefit Insurance Company.



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