Our team

Before this, Mr. Chiang spent five years at QBE as national Primary Casualty Risk Management Leader, successfully assembling a team handling niche accounts in the middle market and large account space. Edward was part of the QBE Risk Management leadership team and was instrumental in turning QBE’s regional capabilities into a national structure by enhancing underwriting processes/guidelines, as well as servicing, billing, claims handling and loss control capabilities.

Prior to this, Mr. Chiang spent five years at ACE as Head Pricing Actuary of the ACE Financial Solutions group, where he was responsible for the pricing and reserving of large, sophisticated insurance programs. Mr. Chiang built new models and tools, and worked closely with underwriting, legal, accounting, claims and loss control to evaluate all risks. Before this, Mr. Chiang spent five years at Ernst & Young as a consultant working on Risk Adjusted Capital Modeling and Accounting Framework engagements for many global insurance carriers. Mr. Chiang is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Tel: +1 917 595 8504
Email: edward.chiang@veritainc.com

Mr. Enriquez has over 30 years of insurance experience ranging from financial audit and credit analysis to underwriting and risk management. Prior to Sompo, Mr. Enriquez led and managed Chubb’s Risk Management Group and its portfolio of large and complex casualty insured clients; he also managed shared and layered property programs for Financial Institutions. He is also very familiar with property CAT insurance-linked securitizations (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds and sidecar debt from years of working at A.M. Best Company where he evaluated several ILS and assigned the related debt instrument ratings.

Mr. Enriquez has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with major in accounting. He started his career with Ernst & Young International and KPMG where he practiced public accounting and held a Certified Public Accountant license.

Tel: +1 908 279 4163
Email: neal.enriquez@veritainc.com

Mr. Dockery began his career as an Executive Risk underwriter at Chubb and rose to become the home-office Real Estate Financial Lines Product Specialist. Mr. Dockery then moved over to the Property and Casualty underwriting ranks in 2008 where he became a technical specialist and territory manager for complex Real Estate and Hospitality placements.

In addition to the general Property and Casualty placements, Mr. Dockery also has significant experience in managing a host of alternative risk program structures including captive, integrated and corridor placements. Mr. Dockery also served as the Chief Credit Risk Officer at Sompo GRS and prior to that, was the lead credit analyst for the Real Estate Unit at Chubb. During his 20+ years career, Mr. Dockery has developed extensive deep technical expertise across a host of industries including but not limited to Real Estate, Hospitality, Leisure, Cultural Institutions, Financial Institutions, Professional Services, Life Sciences and Manufacturing.

Mr. Dockery graduated from The University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2000 with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Public Policy.

Tel: +1 678 283 8734
Email: jason.dockery@veritainc.com

As an integral part of her role, Ms. Shi collaborated with team players from underwriting, finance/accounting, claims and loss control. At Sompo, she managed the transaction pricing responsibilities and provided strategic support for profitable growth in its U.S., Europe, and Singapore business units.

Before joining Sompo International, Ms. Shi worked at Ernst & Young where she managed global teams of actuaries and served as the Reserving Actuary for various insurance company clients and insured clients with self-insured/self-administered insurance programs. Prior to Ernst & Young, she worked for a personal and homeowner’s insurance company based in Toronto and built the company’s pricing models and rating algorithms.

Ms. Shi holds a degree in Mathematics, with majors in Actuarial Science and Statistics, and became a fully credentialed actuary just two years after graduation. Through many years of comprehensive experience, education and acquired skills, Ms. Shi has become an expert actuarial professional in the field of pricing sophisticated and complex insurance programs, insurance portfolio profitability monitoring, and reserving adequacy.

Email: jolin.shi@veritainc.com

While at Sompo International and his prior roles, Mr. Tuohy worked closely with underwriting, loss control, operations, claims, product development and other insurance stakeholders in developing guidelines, workflows, and products necessary for commercial property and casualty insurance.

Before Sompo International, Mr. Tuohy was Vice President and Associate Counsel at Chubb from 2002 to 2016 in the General Counsel Department responsible for legal and regulatory issues for Chubb’s commercial insurance division. Prior to Chubb, he worked at AIG from 1999 to 2002 first as a Claims Analyst in the Toxic Tort Claims area, and thereafter, in the General Counsel Department for Large Accounts. Prior to working inhouse in insurance companies, Mr. Tuohy was in insurance defense litigation working as house counsel for CIGNA insurance at the law offices of Lee G. Karosen (1996 – 1998) and for a variety of insurance companies while at Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski (1998 – 1999).

Mr. Tuohy graduated cum laude from Seton Hall Law School in 1995 and is a member of the New Jersey and New York bars.

Tel: +1 973 570 1260
Email: robert.tuohy@veritainc.com

Prior to his current role at Verita, Mr. Barry served as Sr. Vice President, Head of Claim Account Management for Sompo International for six years. Mr. Barry was responsible for managing a team of Claim Account Managers on a global basis for the coordination and execution between client, broker, underwriting, claim adjusting units, management of TPA’s and loss control, ensuring all technical, financial, adherence to Best Practices, and service expectations were achieved.

Prior to Sompo International, Mr. Barry held various senior level casualty claim positions with Chubb Insurance, where he worked for over 17 years including National Casualty Claim Manager for its TPA, Chubb Services Corporation, and Mid-Atlantic Regional Senior Technical Claim Specialist. In these roles, Mr. Barry was responsible for the national management of a multiline commercial claims team, whereby he drove results of the overall work product, provided technical oversight and guidance, and provided authority on coverage and financial management. Mr. Barry also has extensive experience in managing and handling complex and severe litigation.

Mr. Barry graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, with a Bachelor of Political Science/English. He also holds the professional designation of Casualty Claim Law Associate (CCLA) from the American Insurance Institute.

Tel: +1 732 308 5079
Email: william.barry@veritainc.com

At Sompo International, he was responsible for claim oversight emanating from their industry specific underwriting platforms across their respective operating territories. Prior to that role, Mr. Adolph was Assistant Vice President and the Real Estate Claims Manager for Chubb North America. In this role, Mr. Adolph was primarily responsible for property claims in Chubb's Real Estate and Risk Management Underwriting Units as well as Chubb’s Estimate Review team and Vendor Program initiatives.

Outside of his current role, Mr. Adolph sits on the advisory boards of both the Loss Executives Association and J. Wrigley Vineyards. He is also a member in good standing of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.

Mr. Adolph graduated from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics and Finance.

Tel: +1 214 538 3492
Email: chris.adolph@veritainc.com

Prior to his role at Verita, Keith served as Vice President of Claim Account Management at Sompo International where he spent 11 years focused on servicing some of their largest international customers. In his role at Sompo, Keith managed the Western Claim Account Management Team and worked with staff, customers and brokers across the county to drive results, improve retention and ensure deliver of Sompo’s White Glove Service Model.

Keith is a graduate of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC with Bachelor of Science in Business administration.

Email: keith.bowman@veritainc.com
Phone: +1 704 577 4496

Prior to Sompo International, Mr. Sordillo was Senior Vice President at QBE as national risk control leader and Vice President at Chubb as the head of global technical services.

Mr. Sordillo is a Tufts University graduate where he studied structural engineering. He is a registered professional civil and fire protection engineer. In addition, he is a Certified Safety Professional.

Outside of Verita, Mr. Sordillo has held board level positions on charitable organizations such as United Way and the Red Cross and is currently on the advisory board of the fire science program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a trustee of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program.

Tel: +1 908 632 5336
Email: victor.sordillo@veritainc.com

Mr. O’Connor joined Verita from Sompo International where his position was SVP, Director of Risk Control Technical Services. His responsibilities included managing a team of specialists focused on Life Science, Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, Manufacturing and State Compliance. Mr. O’Connor directly serviced large real estate and hospitality clients and was responsible for developing client specific products to effectively reduce loss experience.

Mr. O’Connor is recognized as a specialist in real estate and hospitality and has been published in Advisen, Hotel Management and Risk & Insurance. He has also presented to the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Safety and Security Committee, national broker conferences focused on Real Estate and Hospitality and other largely attended insurance events.

Mr. O’Connor graduated from Stonybrook University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

+1 631 300 0480
Email: glen.oconnor@veritainc.com

Mr. Bergen joined Verita from Sompo International where his position was SVP, Head of Client Management (Global Markets), based in London, UK. Mr. Bergen joined Sompo in 2017 and held various roles spanning across Underwriting, Business Development and Client Management. Throughout Mr. Bergen’s tenure at Sompo he was based initially in New York, NY, then Los Angeles, CA and most recently in London, UK in different leadership roles.

Mr. Bergen began his career in 2009 at a wholesale brokerage firm in greater New York, developing relationships with retail brokers across the United States. In 2012, he was hired by Marsh & McLennan (New York) as Vice President of Property Placement. In 2015 he was recruited to Starr Specialty (New York) as a Senior Property Underwriter where he was able to round out his insurance background more fully.

Mr. Bergen holds an undergraduate degree in History from Carleton University (Canada) and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Fairleigh Dickenson University (New Jersey, USA).

At Sompo, Mr. Gonzales played a pivotal role in driving the company's growth and development especially in managing and overseeing a substantial book of property insurance business in both the Industry Practice and Asian/Japanese Interest divisions with a combined gross written premium of over $600 million. In addition to managing the overall profitability of the portfolio, Mr. Gonzales managed a team of 18 underwriters and oversaw the company’s strategy towards potential property exposure aggregation, property catastrophe modelling, and capacity/limits usage and deployment.

Prior to joining Sompo International, Mr. Gonzales served as Assistant Vice President and Property Team Lead at Chubb Group of Insurance Companies where he managed a team of underwriters in its Real Estate Unit. Through his experience at Chubb, Mr. Gonzales acquired a deep understanding of the complexities of the insurance market and its ever-evolving landscape and provided him with a strong foundation for leadership, strategic vision and reputation as a trusted and influential insurance executive. It was in this role where Mr. Gonzales started building and nurturing strong client partnerships which has been instrumental in fostering long-term success in his career and driving profitable revenue growth.

Mr. Gonzales graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration: Management Information Systems.

Tel: +1 929 877 1661
Email: shaun.gonzales@veritainc.com

Ms. Panico was promoted into that role after serving as Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Global Reinsurance Operations at QBE Insurance. Before that, Ms. Panico was Vice President, Associate General Counsel in the Business Unit Support group at QBE North America. In that role, she served as the lead attorney for QBE’s Alternative Markets programs business unit, which was comprised of over forty property, casualty and specialty programs. She and her team provided day-to-day legal support for QBE’s programs, handled a wide range of contractual matters and oversaw programs-related regulatory inquiries, including market conduct exams and consumer complaints. Ms. Panico was also the lead counsel for QBE’s Global Risk Solutions in North America, which provides loss control and risk management services to QBE policyholders.

Prior to joining QBE, Ms. Panico was Counsel at AIG where she supported several of AIG’s Excess Casualty business units. Prior to joining AIG, she was an insurance coverage and defense litigator at Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP in Morristown, New Jersey, where she was recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in New Jersey.

Ms. Panico graduated from Rutgers Law School (Newark) and with honors from Rutgers College. In 2019, she earned her Certified Program Leader designation from Target Markets Program Administrators Association. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

Tel: +1 908 200 8749
Email: stephanie.panico@veritainc.com

He joined Verita from Sompo International where for over five years, he managed the company’s U.S. collateral holdings, group credit aggregation, bank ratings and credit methodology, aggregate exposure tracking, and day-to-day credit and collateral operations.

Mr. Ruane has over 15 years of insurance experience ranging from financial audit and credit analysis to risk management and reinsurance. Prior to joining Sompo, Mr. Ruane worked at A.M. Best, where he was responsible for the credit ratings of various Title and Captive re/insurance companies and Risk Retention Program insurance entities. Prior to A.M. Best, Mr. Ruane worked at Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (Chubb) where he managed the group’s Captive unit and its Bermuda Captive Facility used for the group’s complex casualty insured clients. When he started his career with Chubb, Mr. Ruane was responsible for the reinsurance accounting of the Excess of Loss and Clash reinsurance portfolios.

Mr. Ruane has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance. He also earned professional designations as Associate in Captive insurance (ACI) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).

Tel: +1 908 329 8316
Email: steve.ruane@veritainc.com

Previously serving in a leadership role at Sompo International for over five years, Mrs. Dennis was instrumental in providing exemplary guidance to the underwriting services team, directly overseeing six managers and their combined team of 60+ support staff. During her tenure, she managed the department's $1B+ premium booking and efficiently improved processing outcomes by strategically distributing work between onshore and offshore teams.

Mrs. Dennis began her career at Chubb Insurance Group where she spent eight years as an Underwriting Associate after graduating with a degree in Political Science from York College.

Email: dian.dennis@veritainc.com

Before joining Verita CSG, Inc. Karen held diverse management positions at Sompo, culminating in her role as Vice President Regional Manager for large casualty. In this capacity, she led a team of underwriters responsible for the New York and Southeast territories, with a dedicated focus on real estate and hospitality. She also served in a management role overseeing the Northeast middle market property and casualty team, responsible for a significant book of business in general industries as well as Asian/Japanese Interests.

Karen graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.

Phone: +1 332 259 9362
Email: karen.lewis@veritainc.com

Mike has over twenty years of experience in the insurance industry, having worked on both the broker and carrier sides. He is passionate about developing high-performing teams and has consistently done so throughout his career. Mike leverages his distribution and underwriting expertise to create underwriting solutions and market engagement strategies, enhancing the carrier-broker/agency relationship.

Prior to joining Verita CSG, Mike was the Vice President and Middle Market Regional Manager at Sompo, overseeing the New York and Mid-Atlantic territories. He spent thirteen years at Travelers in various underwriting and distribution leadership roles and was part of the Metro Small Business leadership team, where his efforts helped the region become the largest and most profitable in the US. Mike began his career as a middle market underwriter, having joined the Chubb 2002 Underwriting Trainee class, where he worked for five years before moving to Travelers. Mike is also dedicated to mentoring young industry professionals and is a member of the NAAIA.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Brooklyn College, CUNY. He is a graduate of the Wharton Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tel: +1 914 844 7510
Email: mike.warner@veritainc.com

Jennifer joined Verita from Zurich North America, where she was responsible for middle market business with global insurance brokers. Prior to this, Jennifer worked at Accenture as a P&C Consultant, where she gained a macro insurance perspective working alongside a global carrier on various insurance technology and efficiency initiatives. Jennifer started her career in Underwriting at Sompo International.

Email: jennifer.westwood@veritainc.com
Phone: +1 646 656 8506

Mr. Satish began his career in 2007 at a reinsurance brokerage firm - Aon in Bangalore, KA, India. In 2011, he was hired by GuyCarpenter (Infotech Global India) as Manager/Senior Manager Catastrophe Modeling. In 2021 he was recruited to Convex (Xceedance) as a Senior Manager where he was able to round out his modeling background more fully in both Insurance and Reinsurance domain.

Mr. Satish has several years of expertise in resource management, having served as the primary single point of contact for Guy Carpenter and Convex in capacities spanning technical support to higher management over the course of his career. He has experience in working with worldwide regions such as APAC, EMEA & NA. He has hands-on experience in working with all the major CAT Modeling tools such as Risk Modeler (RMS), TouchStone (AIR) and RQE. He has successfully led several teams in achieving assigned objectives in a timely manner with overarching emphasis on quality and durability of the provided solutions in multiple time-zones.

Mr. Satish holds a post graduate diploma in management with specialization in Finance from BIM and bachelor’s degree in engineering from Madras University.

Phone: +91 9663 779887
Email: satish.srinivasan@veritainc.com

At the University of Pennsylvania, Owen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, with a concentration in American Politics, and a minor in History. He played four years on the Varsity Baseball team, serving as a captain his senior year, and mentored younger student-athletes in the Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy. At the University of Virginia, Owen received a Master of Science in Commerce with a concentration in Business Analytics and played on the Varsity Baseball team.

Owen looks forward to applying and grow his team leadership, communication, and analytical skills with the Verita team, and is eager to begin work.

Email: owen.coady@veritainc.com

Veda majored in public policy with minors in computer science and history at New York University. She was president of Delta Kappa Delta Inc., NYU's South Asian service sorority. As her time as a member and leader, she planned several service and fundraising events; most notably, Veda spearheaded Delta Kappa Delta's charity gala. Her initiatives led to record-breaking attendance and fundraising. Throughout her time as an active member on campus, she retained skills of leadership, communication, and teamwork — all of which she plans to grow and enhance during her time at Verita.

Veda held internship positions at iPivot, Amazon, and Cerberus Capital Management. She has worked in the business side of IT, the managerial side of operations, and the regulatory side of finance. Each of her internships has reinforced her problem-solving, delegation, and collaboration abilities.

Email: veda.allam@veritainc.com

At the University of Pennsylvania, Cole graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics with a concentration in Choice and Behavior as well as a Minor in Consumer Psychology. He was a part of the Varsity Baseball team as well as mentoring younger students in the Wharton Leadership Academy. Throughout Cole’s career in baseball and the Leadership Academy he learned valuable team, communication, and leadership skills which he intends to grow upon during his time at Verita.

Cole previously had a sales internship with a rising ready-to-drink coffee company, Super Coffee. In this role he was primarily in charge of managing Northeast wholesale accounts in upselling the product and creating off-shelf displays.

Cole is eager to learn and start working with the Verita team.

Email: cole.palis@veritainc.com