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Who Our Leaders Are

Esurance's executive committee

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    Gary Tolman, President & Chief Executive Officer
    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.

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    Jonathan Adkisson, Chief Financial Officer
    Jonathan Adkisson, Chief Financial Officer

    Jonathan has more than 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.

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    Kerian Bunch, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
    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.

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    Chris Henn, Chief Operating Officer
    Chris Henn, Chief Operating Officer

    Chris has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience and leads Esurance's customer service, corporate services, underwriting, and retention 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.

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    Wayne Sharrah, Chief Claims Officer
    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.

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    Phil Swift, Chief Information Officer
    Phil Swift, Chief Information Officer

    Phil has more than 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.

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    John Swigart, Chief Marketing Officer
    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
    3 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.