Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 3, 2002
STEVEN J. JOHNSTON was appointed Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of State Auto Financial Corporation in 1997, and became
Senior Vice President in 1999. Prior to that, he served as Vice
President, Assistant to the President and Chief Actuary.
Originally joining State Auto in 1982, Mr. Johnston served as
Manager of Commercial Lines Pricing before leaving for a brief
period in the late 1980s. He rejoined the companies in 1990 as
Director of Actuarial Services. He is a member of the American
Academy of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial
Society, the latter of which is an extremely accomplished and
rare distinction among his peers. Mr. Johnston earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in Mathematics from Otterbein College in
Westerville, Ohio. Profile
ROBERT H. MOONE, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of the State Auto Financial Corporation, was elected Chairman of
the Board on January 1, 2001. Mr. Moone joined State Auto in 1970
in the commercial underwriting department. He had received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from The Ohio State
University four years earlier. His career in field underwriting
included various commercial lines supervisory and management
roles at State Auto, culminating in a branch underwriting manager
position in 1980. After assuming posts as Manager of Sales
Development, Director of Marketing, and Director of Sales and
Marketing in the 1980s, Mr. Moone became Executive Vice President
of Insurance Operations in 1993. He was elected President and COO
in 1996 and added CEO to his title in 1999. Since becoming
President, there have been several major milestones in the
companies' history, including the acquisition of the Midwest
Security Insurance Company, in Onalaska, Wisconsin, and the
Farmers Casualty Insurance Company in Des Moines, Iowa. A merger
of the State Auto companies with Meridian Insurance Company of
Indianapolis, Indiana, which was effective June 1, 2001, resulted
in the State Auto Group of companies exceeding $1 billion in
premiums written. Mr. Moone has been an active member of many
civic and industry boards, most recently being elected to serve
on the Board of Governors of NAII and the Board of Trustees of
AICPCU-IIA. Profile
Financial?
Mr. Moone: State Auto Financial Corporation is actually a
downstream public company that's affiliated with State Auto
