20 January 2017Insurance

Crawford appoints new CEO of US property and casualty

Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management solutions, has appointed Kenneth Tolson as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its US property/casualty group.

In the new role, Tolson will be responsible for the company's US field operations and catastrophe services groups.

He most recently served as senior vice president for the Broadspire accident and health division. Prior to that, he was CIO for the US property/casualty division and led the claim self-service portal MyClaimsAgent. Tolson also previously served as region manager at Crawford.

Larry Thomas, president and CEO of Crawford US Services, said: "With over 27 years of tenure at Crawford, and a track record of building strong teams and achieving results, Ken will be instrumental in growing our customer base with the support of a very talented team.”

Tolson added: "I look forward to helping the company further demonstrate our ability to exceed customer expectations during routine business operations as well as in times of catastrophe."

"We are excited about our future as we develop faster end-to-end claims services based on our technology and professional expertise."

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