10 CNA Insurance underwriting leaders
Katie Perry, Vice President, Underwriting - Healthcare Providers, is one of these CNA Insurance underwriting leaders, whose titles name lines such as financial institutions, global property, equipment breakdown, healthcare and small business. A reader can learn how underwriting leaders work at CNA Insurance from people who have held the role.
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Blaine Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President, CNA Healthcare, Aging Services Underwriting · CNA Insurance
Blaine Thomas has held the title Assistant Vice President, CNA Healthcare, Aging Services Underwriting at CNA Insurance since August 2015 and has also been Vice President, Industry Leader for Aging Services there since September 2018. At CNA Insurance, Blaine Thomas was Underwriting Manager from 2013 to 2015 and Underwriting Consultant from 2009 to 2013.
Brian Durand, CIC
LinkedInExperience: AVP, Underwriting - Small Business · CNA Insurance
Brian Durand has been AVP, Underwriting - Small Business at CNA Insurance since March 2025. Brian Durand was Director, Commercial Underwriting at Nationwide from 2022 to 2025, Director, Regional Technical Underwriting - Small Commercial there from 2020 to 2022 and Small Commercial Underwriting Manager there from 2019 to 2020.
Greg Doidge
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Property · CNA Insurance
Greg Doidge has been Vice President, Global Property at CNA Insurance since November 2019, and the profile headline reads Underwriting Executive Specializing in Portfolio Profitability, Analytics & Technical Lines Risk Assessment. Greg Doidge was Senior Vice President & Portfolio Executive at Lexington Insurance Company from 2014 to 2015.
Jason Angilan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Equipment Breakdown · CNA Insurance
Jason Angilan has been Vice President - Equipment Breakdown at CNA Insurance since August 2022, and the profile describes an equipment breakdown underwriting and marketing leader who coaches underwriters. Jason Angilan was Underwriting Director - Middle Market at Travelers from 2017 to 2022 and Director of Marketing - Middle Market there from 2005 to 2017.
Jessica Landau
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Healthcare Underwriting · CNA Insurance
Jessica Landau has been Vice President Healthcare Underwriting at CNA Insurance since December 2024 and also lists the title Assistant Vice President Healthcare Zone Leader there since September 2016. At CNA Insurance, Jessica Landau was Life Science Underwriting Director from 2015 to 2016 and Life Science Underwriting Consulting Director from 2013 to 2015.
John Newton, CPCU, CIC
LinkedInExperience: AVP, Underwriting - Indiana Kentucky Michigan · CNA Insurance
John Newton has been AVP, Underwriting - Indiana Kentucky Michigan at CNA Insurance since April 2026. At CNA Insurance, John Newton was Middle Market Underwriting Director - Indiana Kentucky and Michigan from 2024 to 2026, Middle Market Commercial Manager - Midwest from 2023 to 2024 and Commercial Director from 2022 to 2023.
Katie Perry, CPCU, ARM, CPL
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Underwriting - Healthcare Providers · CNA Insurance
Katie Perry has been Vice President, Underwriting - Healthcare Providers at CNA Insurance since August 2025, and the profile says the role leads strategic initiatives for the medical professional liability portfolio. Katie Perry was Healthcare Practice Leader at Safehold Special Risk from 2023 to 2025 and Director, Product Development at Coverys from 2021 to 2023.
Kyle Markovits
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Financial Institutions - West Underwriting Leader · CNA Insurance
Kyle Markovits has been Vice President - Financial Institutions - West Underwriting Leader at CNA Insurance since December 2025 and was Assistant Vice President - Financial Institutions Underwriting there from 2012 to 2026. The profile describes Kyle Markovits as a management and professional liability underwriting leader who has grown and maintained a profitable portfolio.
Larry Kasten
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Underwriting · CNA Surety
Larry Kasten has been Vice President Underwriting at CNA Surety since April 2023, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Larry Kasten was AVP Underwriting at CNA Surety from 1987 to 2023, and the listing also shows the title Vice President Underwriting CNA Surety there in April 2023.
Molly Scheve, CIC
LinkedInExperience: VP, Underwriting - Global Property · CNA Insurance
Molly Scheve has been VP, Underwriting - Global Property at CNA Insurance since June 2026 and was Assistant Vice President, Product Leader there from 2024 to 2026. Molly Scheve was Senior Property Consultant - Middle Market National Underwriting at Nationwide from 2020 to 2024 and Commercial Middle Market Territory Manager there from 2018 to 2020.
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