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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, Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
    Jonathan Adkisson, Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer

    Jonathan has more than 20 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, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

    Kerian has more than 30 years of business and legal experience. 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, Managing Director — Product

    Chris has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience. 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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    Mark Pitchford, Managing Director — Sales & Service
    Mark Pitchford, Managing Director — Sales & Service

    Mark has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, product management, and customer care. Prior to joining Esurance in 2012, Mark served for 4 years as Allstate's senior vice president of direct sales and service. Previous experience includes executive positions in several telecommunications firms, including Hanaro Telecom, Qwest Communications, and AT&T.

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    Wayne Sharrah, Chief Claims Officer
    Wayne Sharrah, Managing Director — Claims

    Wayne has more than 20 years of experience in the property and casualty insurance business, all in claims. Prior to joining Esurance in 2006, Wayne 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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    John Swigart, Chief Marketing Officer
    John Swigart, Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer

    John has more than 15 years 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.