Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 5, 2009
Douglas D. Dirks has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Employers Holdings, Inc., EGI and their predecessors since their creation in April 2005. He has served as CEO of EICN and ECIC since January 2006 and CEO of EPIC, EAC, EIG Services, Pinnacle Benefits and AmSERV since November 2008. He served as President and CEO of EICN from January 2000 until January 2006, and served as President and CEO of ECIC from May 2002 until January 2006. Mr. Dirks has served as President and CEO of EOH and Elite since 2002. He has been Director of Employers Holdings, Inc., EGI and their predecessors since April 2005; a Director of EICN since December 1999; EOH since 2000; EIS since August 1999; ECIC since May 2002; and a Director of EPIC, EAC, EIG Services and AmSERV since November 2008. Mr. Dirks was the CEO of the Fund from 1995 to 1999 and its Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to 1995. Before joining the Fund, he served in senior insurance regulatory positions and as an Adviser to the Nevada Governor’s Office. He presently serves on the board of directors of the Nevada Insurance Guaranty Association and the Nevada Insurance Education Foundation. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of Employers?Mr. Dirks: Employers is a specialty writer of workers' compensation insurance, a
$50 billion per year industry. Within this large