Starr Companies has appointed Eleanor Kitzman vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc. Ms. Kitzman will have broad regulatory, management, and operational responsibilities across the company's domestic and international businesses.
Maurice R. Greenberg, the chairman and chief executive officer of Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc., said, “Eleanor's unique combination of skills and experience in law, business, and state government will be valuable to Starr as we continue to develop and launch new products and deliver additional services in the marketplace.”
“I am excited to be joining Starr at this juncture,” said Ms. Kitzman. “I look forward to utilizing both my public and private sector experience to assist the company in continuing its remarkable growth and performance trajectory.”
The company noted that Ms. Kitzman has over 25 years of experience in both the insurance industry and regulatory community. Most recently, Ms. Kitzman was the Texas Insurance Commissioner, and she previously served as executive director of the South Carolina Budget and Control Board and director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance.
Ms. Kitzman was the founder of South Carolina-based Driver's Choice Insurance Services, a specialty automobile insurer formed in response to South Carolina's deregulation of automobile insurance. Ms. Kitzman graduated from the University of Houston and South Texas College of Law, and is admitted to practice law in Texas and South Carolina.
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Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].