NU/PC360s' Editor-in-Chief Shawn Moynihan met with Gil Hine, the incoming president of NAPSLO, to discuss how he got into the insurance business, what attracted him to surplus lines and his priorities for NAPSLO for the next year.

Shawn Moynihan: How did you get into the insurance business, and what are some of your career highlights to date?

Gil Hine: After I graduated with an MBA from the University of Texas in 1974, I joined the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of a large Houston-based international food company that owned an insurance subsidiary. The first few projects I worked on were insurance transactions. I jumped at the opportunity to move to the insurance company to be a little closer to the action. They were underwriting some very heavy catastrophe casualty and auto business. They also owned an excess & surplus [E&S] lines agency. I was able to gain valuable underwriting experience, and it wasn't too long before I knew I wanted to return to my hometown of San Antonio and start my own agency.

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Shawn Moynihan

Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].

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