Nick Pirsos

NICK PIRSOS is a Managing Director for Sandler O’Neill & Partners, LP.
Mr. Pirsos joined Sandler O’Neill in January 1999 and is Managing
Director of Insurance Equity Research. Prior to this, he was an
insurance equity analyst at Ryan, Beck & Co. During his 12 years of
experience, Mr. Pirsos has served in financial positions internal and
external to the insurance industry. At Everest Reinsurance he was
Manager of Financial Services, responsible for treasury and financial
analysis operations. At The Firemark Group, Mr. Pirsos was responsible
for insurance security selection of its insurance sector funds.
Previously, he was a senior insurance equity analyst at Ryan, Beck & Co.
Mr. Pirsos received his MBA from Pace University, studying Finance and
Portfolio Management, and is a graduate of New York University, having
majored in Finance and International Economics. He has been a
commentator on insurance stocks on CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg television as
well as other business news media. In 2002, he was ranked the leading
insurance analyst by the Wall Street Journal for stock performance,
covering the property-casualty industry.