ICAT's executive leaders are seasoned industry experts in catastrophe risk underwriting, portfolio management, information systems, finance, and claims management. We are committed to assisting people and businesses to recover from disasters and to providing best-of-market products and services to our policyholders, agents and brokers. Our leaders aspire to be the best, to work with the best talent in the industry, and to create great career opportunities for our employees.
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...
Gregory E. Butler, Chief Underwriting Officer Active Underwriter, ICAT Lloyds Syndicate 4242
Prior to joining ICAT, Mr. Butler served as the Chief Executive Officer of the California Earthquake Authority. As the founding CEO of the CEA, he was responsible for ...
Derek A. Cochems, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Cochems has ten years of financial/accounting experience in the insurance industry. He was the Group Controller for Royal & SunAlliance/DPIC Companies in Monterey, California, where he managed the accounting operations...
Michael M. Ferber, Chief Information Officer Executive Director of Human Resources
Mr. Ferber has sixteen years of technology, process-effectiveness and change management experience. Prior to joining ICAT, Mr. Ferber served as the Senior Vice-President of Change Management for Lehman Brothers Mortgage division in Denver. Mr. Ferber’s responsibilities included the effective delivery of the company’s substantial technology and process improvement investments. Prior to Lehman Brothers...
Alan B. Litner, General Counsel
Mr. Litner has over twenty five years of experience in insurance and reinsurance with focus on transactional and regulatory issues for insurance and other corporate clients. Prior to joining ICAT, Mr. Litner was a partner at Felcher, Fox and Litner...
Thomas A. Mercer, Regional Executive Officer
Tom Mercer has over 5 years experience in the insurance industry and over twenty years of management experience in the public and private sector. Prior to joining ICAT, Mr. Mercer was responsible for all marketing efforts at Unitrin Direct, a direct-to-consumer auto insurance company. He cut his teeth in the insurance industry as a Product Manager for Progressive Insurance, where he had P&L responsibility for four western states...
Bob Rose, Regional Executive Officer
Mr. Rose has over 20 years experience in the insurance and financial services industry. Prior to joining ICAT, Mr. Rose spent 17 years at Progressive Insurance, with various roles including General Manager for customer experience, profit and loss responsibility for the Direct business in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, as well as profit and loss, distribution management, and claims responsibilities in Louisiana...
Carie Ferdani, Chief of Staff, Underwriting Group
Ms. Ferdani has over fourteen years of project and program management experience, executing complex initiatives across highly matrixed organizations. Prior to ICAT, she served as a Program Manager for GMAC-Rescap where she was recognized and rewarded for exceptional leadership and quality commitment...
