Insurer AF Group has promoted Mike Valiante, who joined the company in 2011 as director of field operations for AF Group’s Third Coast Underwriters brand, to president of commercial markets.
After joining the company in 2011, Valiante was promoted to vice president in 2013, responsible for business development, underwriting and data and analytics.
In 2020, he led business development and operations for the accident fund and was later promoted to senior vice president, small commercial markets.
Lisa Corless, President and CEO of AF Group, commented on the appointment: “Mike is an outstanding and well-respected leader who has demonstrated a clear passion for our organization and our agents and brokers.
“His experience in building trusted, long-term relationships and profitable underwriting and operating strategies will serve him well in this expanded role, and we are excited to see how his vision will enhance key partnerships and our organization over the long term.”
Valiante added: “I’m grateful to Lisa for giving me the opportunity to lead our strong commercial markets team and create a market-focused model rooted in our expertise in workers’ compensation.
“Our goal is to transform our products and services to provide specialized multi-line solutions and further strengthen our agent partnerships to reflect their immense value to our future.”