Deephouse, Lee to Lead IIHS and HLDI Boards
Brian Deephouse, vice president and chief actuary at Auto Club Enterprises, was elected chair of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s board of directors and Dawn Lee, chief product and underwriting officer at PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company, will continue as chair of the Highway Loss Data Institute’s board.
Both appointments are for 2026. Deephouse takes over as IIHS chair from Ginger Purgatorio, an executive vice president at Allstate. Lee remains in the HLDI chair after first assuming the position in July.
Other IIHS board leaders are: Daniel Halsey, president of personal lines, The Hanover Insurance Group, is chair elect; and Andrew Woods, chief analytics officer of personal lines and distribution, Farmers Insurance Group, is vice chair. Robert Harrington, corporate data officer, Erie Insurance Group, is vice chair of the HLDI board.
Other IIHS board members include:
- Isaac Adams, vice president of product, Aspire General Insurance
- Neil Alldredge, president and chief executive officer, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
- Allen Anderson, senior vice president, personal lines, Selective Insurance
- Kristina Barronton, executive vice president and chief operating officer, AF Group
- Steven Berg, vice president, North America field product leader, Chubb
- Cody Cook, executive vice president, claims, Erie Insurance Group
- Dan Engstler, assistant vice president, P&C product management, American National
- Yue Fan, vice president, research and pricing, Kemper Auto, Kemper Corporation
- Meghan Friesen, Central Region general manager, Progressive Insurance
- Molly Griffin, federal affairs lead, Geico Corporation
- David Harkey, president, IIHS
- Jeffery Hay, chief underwriting officer, Donegal Insurance Group
- Chris Lee, vice president, auto line leader, Nationwide
- Guillermo Leiva, chief product officer, personal lines auto, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Robert Lyon, president and chief executive officer, Rockingham Insurance
- Sean McAllister, senior vice president and chief actuary, NJM Insurance Group
- Stan McNaughton, chairman, president and chief executive officer, PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company
- Jennifer Morrison, senior vice president and general counsel, Amica Mutual Insurance Company
- Tim Nee, chief operating officer, The Responsive Auto Insurance Company
- Anthony Ptasznik, vice president and ACIA chief actuarial officer, Auto Club Group
- Ginger Purgatorio, executive vice president, claims enablement and excellence, Allstate
- Holly Reston, senior executive, underwriting, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
- Tiffany Ryan, vice president of property and casualty insurance transformation, USAA
- David A. Sampson, president and chief executive officer, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
- Michelle Santos, vice president of data science, personal insurance, The Travelers Companies Inc.
- Lois She Tom, property/casualty auto product director, Country Financial
- Nick Smith, assistant vice president, personal auto line lead, The Hartford
- Aaron Spiller, vice president, Auto‑Owners Insurance
- Mark Stinson, vice president, alternate channels, Shelter Insurance
- Todd Walker, chief actuary, CSAA Insurance Group
- Yao Wang, group director, product development and management, Mercury Insurance Group
- William Westrate, chair and chief executive officer, American Family Insurance
Other HLDI board members are:
- Gavin Blair, chief product officer, personal lines, The Hanover Insurance Group
- Matthew Brackman, director of research and innovation, specialty products, Geico Corporation
- Chad Covelli, chief operating officer, Rockingham Insurance
- Oliva Doll, product development manager, Progressive Insurance
- Ivan Fernandez, vice president, personal lines pricing, USAA
- Mike Gittings, vice president, performance analytics, The Hartford
- Carl Gullans, assistant vice president and actuary, NJM Insurance Group
- David Harkey, president, Highway Loss Data Institute
- Paul Hurd, head of auto research and development, Farmers Insurance Group
- Timothy Hyman, vice president of product analytics, American Family Insurance
- Thomas Karol, general counsel, federal, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
- Jeff Kinsey, assistant vice president and actuary, State Farm Insurance Companies
- Guillermo Leiva, chief product officer, personal lines auto, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- David MacInnis, vice president, integrated pricing sophistication, Allstate Insurance Group
- Lynn Malloney, vice president, actuarial state and product management, Amica Mutual Insurance Company
- Robert Passmore, department vice president, personal lines, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
- Michael Pauletti, senior vice president and chief property and casualty actuary, American National
- Robert Payne, vice president, claims, Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Companies
- Stephen Potthoff, vice president, AI and ML model delivery, Nationwide
- Anthony Ptasznik, vice president and ACIA chief actuarial officer, Auto Club Group
- Michelle Santos, vice president of data science, personal insurance, The Travelers Companies, Inc.
- Lois She Tom, property and casualty auto product director, Country Financial
- Christina Tang, chief data and analytics product architect, Plymouth Rock Assurance
- Todd Walker, chief actuary, CSAA Insurance Group
- Hui Wang, vice president and actuary, Chubb
