John C. (Jack) Graham
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Graham has thirty years of experience in the reinsurance and insurance industries. Prior to founding International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC, ("ICAT") in July 1998, Mr. Graham spent 21 years with E. W. Blanch Co. (now Benfield Blanch) as a reinsurance intermediary. At Blanch, he was an Executive Vice President, responsible for the Western Region of the USA. Additionally, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of E. W. Blanch Company, Paragon Reinsurance Risk Management Services, Inc., and Blanch Capital Risk Solutions, Inc. He joined EWB in 1977. Mr. Graham moved from Minneapolis, where he began his career, to California in 1982 and was a co-founder of E. W. Blanch Co.'s San Francisco office. Under his leadership, Blanch became the largest treaty reinsurance intermediary on the West Coast.

Mr. Graham was E. W. Blanch Co.'s project leader for the placement of the California Earthquake Authority's $3.5 billion reinsurance program, the largest reinsurance placement in the history of the market. He co-wrote the legislation that created the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund. Throughout his career, he has worked with insurance companies providing counsel for their catastrophe exposures and assisting with the purchase of reinsurance coverage.

Mr. Graham holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in US History from Colorado State University. He is a member of the Advisory Board to the National Center for Atmospheric Research.