Executive Management

Mr. James J. (Jamie) Maguire, Jr. currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY). His 25-year career in insurance began as an underwriter of professional liability and he spent several years working with competing other insurance companies. Mr. Maguire would later join his father, Founder and Chairman Emeritus Jim Maguire, at PHLY in 1996 as a Vice President of Underwriting. He was named to the Company's Board of Directors in 1999 and promoted to Executive Vice President & COO, before becoming President & CEO three years later. As CEO of PHLY for the past decade, Maguire, along with his management team, grew the company fivefold and saw its stock soar to new heights each year. In 2008, he successfully initiated, negotiated and completed the merger with PHLY's current parent - the Tokio Marine Group. He was subsequently named President and CEO of Tokio Marine's U.S. operations, TMNA, Inc..

Maguire's leadership has garnered the attention of his industry peers. Among his many accomplishments, he has been named 'Best Value CEO' in 2007 by DeMarche Associates, awarded the 2008 Emerald Advisors’ Entrepreneurial and Excellence Award and named as regional ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Ernst & Young in 2010. Mr. Maguire obtained his B.S. in Finance from Saint Joseph's University and MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He currently serves on the Boards of the Franklin Institute, American Red Cross SEPA Chapter, Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia, Saint Joseph's University and Saint Joseph's University Academy of Risk Management and Insurance. When not driving financial results, he competes in endurance races and has completed 15 half and 8 full Ironman triathlons (including the Hawaii Ironman Championships in '03 and '06), numerous marathons/half marathons and the 2011 Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. He and his wife reside in Fort Washington, PA with their four daughters.

Mr. Sean S. Sweeney has been employed with Philadelphia Insurance Companies since 1979. He began his career in the insurance industry as an account executive and worked his way up to becoming Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer in 1998. In February of 2010, Mr. Sweeney was named President & Chief Marketing Officer.

In 1993, Mr. Sweeney helped take the Company public with founder James J. Maguire, Sr. He is a current Director on the Board at Philadelphia Insurance Companies. As passionate proponent of education, he serves on the Board of Trustees at the University of Mount Union and Saint Joseph's University, and the Board of Directors for the Saint Joseph's University Haub School of Business. He is also an adjunct faculty member and a sits on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Risk Management and Insurance at Saint Joe's. He holds an MBA from Saint Joseph's University and the following insurance industry designations: CPCU, RPLU and ARe. Mr. Sweeney is an Ironman triathlete.

Mr. Craig P. Keller's career in the insurance business began at Reliance Insurance Group where he was: a Senior Financial Planning Analyst, from 1985 to mid 1988, responsible for developing and implementing financial forecasts and completing the consolidated financial operating plans; a Financial Reporting Officer, from mid 1988 to mid 1991, responsible for managing the statutory financial reporting department; and Assistant Vice President-Investment Accounting department, from mid 1991 to December 1992, where he was responsible for the accounting operations of the consolidated entities $9.0 billion investment portfolio. Mr. Keller joined Philadelphia Insurance Companies in December 1992 as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Keller currently is Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer with responsibilities for all financial and tax reporting activities, corporate treasury, planning and budget activities, day-to-day internal audit activities, liaison with the Company’s investment advisors, and Corporate secretarial duties. Prior to his employment with Reliance Insurance Group, Mr. Keller was an Audit Senior with Coopers & Lybrand in Philadelphia, PA and a Supervising Audit Senior in the Internal Audit department of Penn Walt Corporation.

Mr. Keller holds a B.S. in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University, and an M.B.A. (Finance concentration) from Drexel University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Mr. Robert D. O'Leary’s insurance career began in 1977 as an Industrial Sales Representative for American Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. O'Leary later joined Universal Underwriters Insurance Company as a Commercial Sales Representative in 1979. In 1982, he joined Maguire Insurance Agency as a Regional Manager for the New England Region. He was named Regional Vice President of Philadelphia Insurance Companies in 1986 and managed the Great Lakes area in addition to New England and New York. As the Company’s business became more concentrated, Mr. O'Leary's territory became the Northeast Region, which encompassed New England and New York. In April of 2006, he was promoted to Senior Vice President for the Eastern Territory, which was made up of four regions; Northeast, Metro, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. In April of 2008, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Marketing and continues to manage the Eastern Territory, which now includes the Florida Region.

Mr. O'Leary holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Connecticut, and he earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation in 1987. He is married with three sons and resides in North Easton, Massachusetts.

Mr. William J. Benecke began his insurance career with Ohio Casualty Insurance Group in Hamilton, OH and Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Benecke has been employed in the Claims Department for Philadelphia Insurance Companies since 1990. He was promoted from a Senior Claims Examiner to the position of Claims Manager in 1992, to Vice President of Claims in 1993, to Senior Vice President of Claims in 1999, and in 2008 he was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Claims Officer. Mr. Benecke is responsible for the claims processing, reserving, and settlement practices of the Company's National Claims Operations. Under Mr. Benecke's leadership, he and his claim teams have received, processed, managed, and settled over ½ million claims valued in excess of $4.0 billion.

Mr. Benecke holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Rutgers University and he earned an Associate in Claims from the Insurance Institute of America. He continues his insurance studies as a candidate for the CPCU and RPLU designations. Mr. Benecke is married with three sons and resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Mr. John W. Glomb, Jr’s career began as a management and professional liability underwriter with National Union, a member company of American International Group. His tenure with AIG consisted of assignments in New York, Chicago and finally San Francisco as a Regional Vice President. Glomb also worked for six years at Banc of America Securities LLC in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking practice. He joined Philadelphia Insurance Companies in 2007 as Senior Vice President of the Management and Professional Liability division. In 2009, he took on responsibility for PHLY’s entire Underwriting department as Senior Vice President. Mr. Glomb was appointed Chief Underwriting Officer in January 2011. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer.

Mr. Glomb received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a current board member of AIM - The Academy In Manayunk - a school for children with language-based learning differences. He lives in Wyndmoor, PA with his wife Franny and their four children.