Officers and Board Members
Jim Villa - President
Board Member - Jason Adamiec
Board Member - Jason Adamiec
Jim Villa is Senior Vice President of Strategy and Distribution for Arch Accident & Health. Prior to joining Arch in 2021, Jim was Head of A&H at The Hartford, where he led and directed their resurgence into the Specialty A&H market. Before Villa’s time at The Hartford, he led the Global A&H operation at Chubb. Prior to Chubb, Jim spend 3 years with Aon in their National A&H Special Risk Practice. He started his A&H career at AIG holding various positions.
Board Member - Jason Adamiec
Board Member - Jason Adamiec
Board Member - Jason Adamiec
Jason had his start in the insurance world as an original employee for Aon WorldAware in 2011. Jason had various roles within the 24/7 Operation Center, from conducting personalized risk assessments, coordinating evacuations, and monitoring shipping vessels in the High-Risk Area off the coast of Somalia, to being the Director of Operations over a team of up to 30 analysts. In 2016, when Aon divested WorldAware, Jason took his operational skillset to the insurance side of the company and joined Aon’s Special Risk Practice, where he focused on all-things accident insurance.
Jason joined Mercer’s Special Risk group as a Principal in 2022, and has continued to refine his expertise in consulting on Accident Insurance (with a heavy focus on Business Travel Accident insurance), Emergency Travel Assistance Services, and International Travel Medical solutions.
Jason’s expertise, attention to detail, and leadership is underpinned by his time in the United States Marine Corps Infantry, where he attained the rank of Sergeant prior to his Honorable Discharge.
Board Member - Dave Sefcik
Board Member - Jason Adamiec
Board Member - Dave Sefcik
Dave currently is Business Development & Program Manager at AXIS Capital. Product focus includes K-12 student accident, amateur sports, intercollegiate sports, as well as participant accident. Lines of coverage include blanket special risk and accident medical, such as base and catastrophic medical, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and weekly accident indemnity. Dave has over twenty years of insurance experience, with more than fifteen on the carrier side, and eight on the wholesaler side.
Board Member - Julia Sheridan Kelly
Board Member - Julia Sheridan Kelly
Board Member - Julia Sheridan Kelly
Vice President, Direct A&H Program Manager at Sirius America Insurance Co.
Board Member - Christina Torres
Board Member - Julia Sheridan Kelly
Board Member - Julia Sheridan Kelly
Christina Torres, Executive Vice President, Underwriting & Operations at Cevian Intermediaries, LLC. Christina started her Insurance career in 1997 as a Sales Agent for the Hartford where she successfully marketed Medicare Supplement, Hospital Indemnity, and Long Term Care Products via the American Association of Retired Persons. Christina then became an Underwriter for Legion Insurance Company, Fairmont Specialty, and AIG where she was responsible for product line management for Employer Stop Loss, Fully Insured Medical, Organ Transplant, Global Inbound / Outbound, Accident and Sickness, Student College A&S, College Sports, Limited Medical, and Personal Accident.
Christina joined Cevian Intermediaries in 2008 where she uses her product expertise to generate qualified opportunities for carriers, reinsurers, and managing agents. Christina also heads our underwriting consulting services division.
Board Member - Nicole Pitney
Board Member - Nicole Pitney
Board Member - Nicole Pitney
Nicole is Head of Specialty for U.S. Accident & Health at AIG. She has been an insurance professional for over 15 years with various roles in A&H including Vice President of US Accident & Health for Aspen Insurance, various previous underwriting roles at AIG and head of US Special Risk and Scholastic Travel at Chubb. She has expertise in marketing, product development, strategic planning, and pricing of accident and health products including special risk, scholastic travel, AD&D, short term medical, occupational accident, and business travel accident.
Treasurer - Jamie Landsman
Board Member - Nicole Pitney
Board Member - Nicole Pitney
Vice President of Product Strategy & Innovation for ARCH. Formerly Senior Vice President & Head of Chubb Affinity Markets. Jamie started his A&H career at AIG in 2002 and moved to Chubb in 2004 where he was for over 17 years before joining ARCH in 2021. Specialties include Digital Insurance project management, managing InsureTech partner relationships, Underwriting Management, Travel Insurance, Supplemental Health, Insurance Product Development, AD&D, Credit Card Enhancement (NAC) Insurance, Identity Theft Insurance, TPA management, & Insurance programs for Associations and other Affinity Groups. Newly elected to the ASRA board in 2019. Graduated Purdue University 1997