National Interstate Corporation Announces Management Changes
09 12월 2005 - 6:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
RICHFIELD, Ohio, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National
Interstate Corporation (NASDAQ:NATL) today announced management
changes designed to promote the Company's previously announced
organizational objectives related to its executive management team:
- To begin preparing the organization and its management for an
orderly transition of the Company's executive management structure.
- To reorganize current management assignments to better focus on
the Company's high impact opportunities. - To challenge and prepare
our key managers for future assignments. Gary Monda will assume the
role of Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. In this newly
created position, Mr. Monda will oversee the Company's growing
investment portfolio. In addition, Mr. Monda will manage and
develop the internal audit and investor relations functions that
were established last year in conjunction with the Company's
initial public offering. Mr. Monda, who has served as Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer since joining the Company in
1999, will continue to report to Alan Spachman, Chairman and
President. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050114/NILOGO) Julie McGraw
has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms.
McGraw has 20 years of financial experience, and most recently was
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of HMI
Industries, Inc. As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. McGraw will be
responsible for managing the Company's accounting and financial
reporting functions, including compliance with SEC and state
regulatory requirements. Ms. McGraw will report to Mr. Spachman.
Mr. Spachman commented, "Our public company status and continued
growth has added complexity to our financial functions requiring
enhanced oversight by senior management. These changes allow us to
leverage Mr. Monda's extensive experience and knowledge of the
Company, and through the addition of Ms. McGraw, further strengthen
our executive team to meet the increasing financial and compliance
demands." In addition to these changes, the Company has accepted
the resignation of Mary Kapferer, Assistant Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer. Ms. Kapferer will assist during the
transition of responsibilities and with year- end requirements.
National Interstate will also leverage its relationship with Great
American Insurance Company by using resources directed by Paul
Severt, Assistant Vice President of Great American Insurance
Company. Mr. Severt has previously assisted National Interstate
with its accounting, reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. About
National Interstate Corporation National Interstate Corporation
(NASDAQ:NATL), founded in 1989, is a specialty property and
casualty insurance company with a niche orientation and focus on
the transportation industry. National Interstate differentiates
itself within its markets by offering insurance products and
services designed to meet the unique needs of targeted insurance
buyers that we believe are underserved by the insurance industry.
Our core products include property and casualty insurance for
transportation companies, group captive insurance programs for
transportation companies that we refer to as our alternative risk
transfer operations, specialty personal lines, primarily
recreational vehicle coverage, and transportation and general
commercial insurance in Hawaii and Alaska. We offer our products
through multiple distribution channels including independent agents
and brokers, affiliated agencies and the Internet. Our insurance
subsidiaries are rated "A" (Excellent) by A.M. Best Co. Ohio-based
National Interstate, a subsidiary of American Financial Group, Inc.
(NYSE:AFG) Nasdaq, is headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, near
Cleveland, Ohio. Forward Looking Statements This document,
including any information incorporated by reference, contains
"forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). All statements, trend
analyses and other information contained in this Form 10-Q relative
to markets for our products and trends in our operations or
financial results, as well as other statements including words such
as "may," "target," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate,"
"expect," "intend," "project," and other similar expressions,
constitute forward-looking statements. We made these statements
based on our plans and current analyses of our business and the
insurance industry as a whole. We caution that these statements may
and often do vary from actual results and the differences between
these statements and actual results can be material. Accordingly,
we cannot provide assurance that actual results will not differ
from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could contribute to these differences include, among
other things: general economic conditions and other factors,
including prevailing interest rate levels and stock and credit
market performance which may affect (among other things) our
ability to sell our products, our ability to access capital
resources and the costs associated with such access to capital and
the market value of our investments; customer response to new
products and marketing initiatives; tax law changes; increasing
competition in the sale of our insurance products and services and
the retention of existing customers; changes in legal environment;
regulatory changes or actions, including those relating to
regulation of the sale, underwriting and pricing of insurance
products and services and capital requirements; levels of natural
catastrophes, terrorist events, incidents of war and other major
losses; adequacy of insurance reserves; and availability of
reinsurance and ability of reinsurers to pay their obligations. The
forward-looking statements herein are made only as of the date of
this report. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update
any forward- looking statements. Contact: Tanya Inama 877-837-0339
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Corporation CONTACT: Tanya Inama of National Interstate
Corporation, +1-877-837-0339, or Web site:
http://www.nationalinterstate.com/
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