Mr. Simses is Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has served as the Managing Partner of the law firm of Simses & Associates, P.A. since 2001, where he practices in the area of estate and charitable planning, trust and estate administration and taxation. From 1981 to 2001 he was a partner in the law firm of Cummings & Lockwood, where he was the partner in charge of its Palm Beach, Florida office. Since October 2002, Mr. Simses has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of The William H. Pitt Foundation Inc., and since 2008 Mr. Simses has served on the board of directors of Tiptree Financial Partners, L.P.

Mr. Kallop is the President and Chief Executive Officer. He became the Executive Vice President of the Company in May 2002 and in February 2004 he was appointed to the additional position of Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed to his current position October 2005. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Kallop was a principal of Mariner Investment Group, Inc., a professional asset management company. Previously, Mr. Kallop was a managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., a global investment banking, securities and brokerage firm.

Mr. Hart has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2008. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since 2002. Mr. Hart also held the position of Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Encompys, Inc., a software services provider, from August 2001 through July 2002.

Mr. Iacopelli has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2008. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2002. Mr. Iacopelli was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1989 and was elected Treasurer in 2000.

Mr. Lowenthal has been Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer since March 2008. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since March 2007. Mr. Lowenthal was a Managing Principal and the Chief Information Officer of Integro Insurance Brokers from June 2005 until April 2007. Before joining Integro, Mr. Lowenthal was with Hartford Financial Products, a unit of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., where he was Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Hartford Financial Products from 2000 to 2005.

Mark W. Blackman, who was a Director of the Company from 1979 until May 2004, has been Chief Underwriting Officer since June 2002, and he was appointed to the additional position of Executive Vice President in September 2005. He was employed by the Company from 1977 until September 1998 and was the President from 1988 until September 1998. From October 1998 until May 2002 Mr. Blackman was a private investor.

Mr. Yanoff was appointed to his current positions of Executive Vice President of NYMAGIC, INC. and President of MMO Agencies in May 2008. He was previously a Director of the Company from 2005 to March 2008. He served as Area President of Risk Placement Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an insurance brokerage, from 2004 to 2008.  From 1980 to October 2004 he was a vice president and insurance underwriter with I. Arthur Yanoff & Co., Ltd. He is also the Chief Executive Officer, President and Owner of Crackerjack Systems, Inc., a corporation that provides services to the insurance industry.

Mr. Sutcliffe is Executive Vice President and Chief Claims Officer. He began his career at the Company in 1990 as a casualty loss adjuster. After earning his J.D. in 2000, he became a partner at McMahon, Martine & Gallagher, LLP, where he specialized in insurance defense litigation. He rejoined the Company in September 2006 as Senior Vice President and was appointed to his current position in March 2008.