John
Intondi, CPCU
Executive Vice President, AXIS Insurance Claims Director
John Intondi is responsible for the management of all U.S. claims activities. Prior to joining AXIS, he was Senior Vice President of Claims at Combined Specialty Group’s P&C division, Royal Specialty and ACE USA, where he also served as a member of the Board of Directors. John has held a variety of senior positions at Crum and Forster, Western World Insurance Company and Consolidated Mutual Insurance Company. He is also the AXIS representative to the Excess and Surplus Lines Claims Association and is an active member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC).
David
Hart
Senior Vice President, Claims Manager - Casualty
As Senior Vice President and Casualty Claims Manager, David Hart is responsible for handling liability claims. He previously held the same position at Combined Specialty Group and held the position of Assistant Vice President at Royal Specialty Underwriting Inc. He is also a Licensed Attorney authorised to practise law in the Florida Bar.
Kenneth
Mullins, CPCU
Senior Vice President, Claims Manager - Property
Kenneth Mullins is responsible for the
management of all U.S. property claims. Prior to joining
AXIS Re U.S., he held the position of Vice
President of Property Claims at Combined Specialty Group
and has been a multiline Loss Adjuster for 23 years with
GAB Robins, reaching the level of Branch operations manager.
He is also a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society.
Frederick M. Zauderer, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Claims Manager – Professional Lines
As Senior Vice President of Professional Lines Claims, Fred Zauderer brings his 30 years of experience to managing a team of 14 attorneys handling D&O, EPL, FI E&O, Fiduciary and Fidelity claims. Prior to joining AXIS, he held various claims management positions at Travelers, Gulf, Kemper, Reliance and Chubb. Fred is an attorney licensed in New York and is an active member of PLUS. He is also Vice-Chair of the Professionals’, Officers’, and Directors’ Liability Committee of the Tort, Insurance and Trial Practice Section of the American Bar Association.
Howard Sulzman, CPCU
Vice President, U.S. Reinsurance Claims
Howard Sulzman manages the New York office as Vice President, AXIS Re U.S. Claims. He has extensive experience handling complex claim issues in most lines of business involving both Reinsurance and Insurance. In addition, Howard has significant experience in claims administration, operation management, best-practice protocols, due diligence and claim operational reviews. Before joining AXIS, Howard held a variety of senior management positions with Swiss Re over a period spanning 20 years and was the founding principal of World-Class Claims Management which provided claims strategies and solutions to insurance and reinsurance clients.
Rohit Trivedi,
FCIP, CSSC, CRM, CIM
Vice President, Canadian Claims
Rohit Trivedi joined AXIS in January 2010 to establish our insurance claims operation in Canada. He has over 30 years of national and international insurance experience in underwriting, marketing, loss control, reinsurance and claims. Rohit joined AXIS from Munich Re Group where he established and led the claims department from its inception for their primary arm, Temple Insurance. As Assistant Vice President of Claims at Temple, he also managed highly complex claims in excess umbrella, professional liability, municipal liability, general liability, course of construction, property and film contingency settings. He formerly was with GAN Canada where served as National Casualty Claims Manager and then later as Reinsurance Treaty Supervisor. He also previously held positions at Royal & Sun Alliance in their Saint John, Miramichi, Edmonton, Halifax and Hamilton offices. Rohit has attained professional designations from the Insurance Institute of Canada, the Global Risk Management Institute, the National Structured Settlement Trade Association and the Canadian Institute of Management.
Robert Bielaus, Esq.
Vice President, Claims Manager – Professional Lines
D&O
Robert Bielaus is the Claims Manager for Directors and Officers Liability and related products. Prior to joining AXIS in 2006, he held various claims and underwriting positions at Munich Re America, AEGIS Insurance Services, Chubb Insurance and Continental Insurance. He has more than 20 years of insurance and associated experience. Robert began his career with a New York City law firm.
Brian Kristiansen, Esq.
Vice President, Claims Manager – Professional Lines D&O
Brian Kristiansen handles Directors & Officers Liability claims. Prior to joining AXIS in 2009, Brian spent 18 years with Chubb where he served in a variety of claims management and technical positions, most recently as the deputy manager of Chubb’s Specialty Claim Department. From 1986 through 1990, Brian was an attorney with D’Amato & Lynch in New York. Brian is an attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York and is a member of PLUS and the American Bar Association.
Stephen
Lajewski
Vice President, Property Claims
As Vice President of Property Claims, Stephen Lajewski handles newly reported
excess and primary property losses and assists in the running
of the property claims department. Prior to joining AXIS,
he was Assistant Vice President with the Fireman’s
Fund / Interstate Group of insurance companies and a property
adjuster at Chubb.
Michael Lein
Vice President, U.S. Reinsurance Claims
Michael Lein has over 28 years of experience handling primary, excess and reinsurance claims. He handled claims for Liberty Mutual and managed insurance claims programs for Cambridge Integrated Services (Aon Corp). His reinsurance claims experience includes claims and account management at American Re-Insurance and most recently at XL Reinsurance America. He earned a BS degree from St. John University.
Joanne
Lloyd-Bragg, Esq.
Vice President, Claims Manager – Professional Lines
EPL
Joanne Lloyd-Bragg manages claims for a variety of specialty products, including Employment Practices Liability, Directors and Officers Liability and other financial lines. Prior to joining AXIS in 2003, she was a Claims Examiner for Chubb Insurance where she handled a diverse range of specialty claims. From 1997 through 2001, Joanne handled specialty claims for AIG. She is a member of the New Jersey and the New York State Bars.
Robert D. Lystad, Esq.
Vice President, Media & Entertainment Claims
Bob Lystad manages the media and entertainment claims at AXIS Media/Professional Insurance in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to joining AXIS Media/Pro in September 2006, Bob spent 16 years in private practice in the Washington office of Baker & Hostetler, concentrating on media and intellectual property litigation. He was ranked as one of the nation’s top attorneys in the Media & Entertainment industry in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2006). He is an active member of the Media Law Resource Center and the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law. Bob is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the University of Chicago Law School.
Ronald Moore, CPCU
Vice President, U.S. Reinsurance Claims
Ronald Moore joined the AXIS U.S. Reinsurance Claims Department in April 2005 and he currently handles casualty lines reinsurance claims. His claims experience spans over 30 years, of which the last 15 have been senior positions with reinsurance companies and with broker Gallagher Re. Ron assists the department manager with the processing of claims and audits. He holds both the CPCU professional designation and an MBA degree.
Russell Musgrove, CPCU
Vice President, Claims Manager - MGA Claims
Russ Musgrove is responsible for the management of claims arising from policies offered through our managing general agencies located throughout the United States. Prior to joining AXIS, he was Assistant Vice President and General Manager for GAB Robins North America. Russ’ 23 years of experience has included serving as Claims Manager with EMC Insurance Companies and various positions with Aetna Life and Casualty. He is the current President of the Atlanta Claims Association and a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society.
Harold Neher
Vice President, Claims Manager - Professional Lines Fiduciary and D&O
Harold Neher has been with AXIS since July 2006. He handles complex Directors & Officers Liability and Financial Institutions Errors & Omissions matters in addition to supervising Fiduciary Liability claims. Prior to joining AXIS, Harold was with Gulf Insurance and Travelers handling both D&O and E&O for almost three years. He also previously spent seven years at Risk Enterprise Management involved in D&O, Miscellaneous Professional Liability and Complex Casualty claims, and seven years prior to that in private practice defending professional liability insureds. He is a cum laude graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the City University of New York.
Donna
Keefer
Claims Administrative Manager – U.S. Claims
Donna Keefer is responsible
for the administration of all AXIS U.S. claims. Prior to
joining AXIS, she was Claims Operations Manager for ACE
USA and held various management positions with Prudential
Property and Casualty Insurance Company and Hanover Insurance
Company.
