Requests for Appointment were due in December of 2015
The Commissioner of Insurance, in consultation with Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, has approved the 2016 appointments to the CAR Advisory Committee appointments. There are currently ten CAR Advisory Committees in total.
As announced during the appointment application process, this year two new advisory committees have been established at CAR. These committees replace the former Compliance Audit Committee and the Operations Committee. The following is a summary of each of the new committees taken from the CAR website:
Compliance and Operations Committee
The Compliance and Operations Committee is responsible for the operational functions related to statistical and residual market reporting, development of procedural and technical guidelines relating to Hybrid Audit Plan (HAP) and Commercial Automobile audits and oversight of all data quality assurance functions. The Committee also ensures that the Statistical Plans, the Manual of Administrative Procedures, the Assigned Risk Company and Assigned Risk Producer Procedures Manuals, and the Private Passenger and Commercial Claims Performance Standards are compliant with statutes, regulations, and the CAR Rules of Operation.
Financial Audit Committee
The Financial Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the independent review of CAR’s financial statements. The Committee is responsible for the engagement of an independent accounting firm in accordance with CAR’s contracting policy, annually defining the scope of the engagement and for considering the auditor’s findings.
2016 Committee Members
The following is a list of the CAR Advisory Committees and their 2016 appointees:
| Actuarial Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. John P. Tierney – Chair | Quincy Mutual Group |
| Ms. Lynellen Ramirez – Vice Chair | Arbella Insurance Company |
| Mr. Geoffrey H. Arnold | Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation |
| Mr. Jonathan E. Blake | The Hanover Insurance Company |
| Mr. Alex F. Butensky | The Norfolk & Dedham Group |
| Ms. Sarah Clemens | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. Joseph F. Cofield | Metropolitan P & C Insurance Company |
| Mr. Hall D. Crowder | Allstate Insurance Company |
| Mr. Christopher D. Dupill | EM Freedman Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Glenn R. Hiltpold | Safety Insurance Company |
| Ms. Meredith M. Woodcock | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Budget Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. M. John Olivieri, Jr. – Chair | J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. James S. Hyatt – Vice Chair | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. William J. Cahill, Jr. | The Hanover Insurance Company |
| Mr. Thomas C. DePaulo | Meridian Insurance Agency, LLC |
| Mr. John V. Kelly | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Commercial Automobile Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. Thomas C. DePaulo – Chair | Meridian Insurance Agency, LLC |
| Mr. Michael L. Faron – Vice Chair | The Norfolk & Dedham Group |
| Ms. Elizabeth Brodeur | Safety Insurance Company |
| Mr. Richard P. Jones | Leslie S. Ray Insurance Agency |
| Mr. Dennis J. Morris | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. M. John Olivieri, Jr. | J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Patrick J. Quinn | Quinn Group Insurance Agency, LLC |
| Mr. Thomas F. Skelly, Jr. | Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates, Inc. |
| Ms. Wendy M. Stearns | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. Barry Tagen | Pilgrim Insurance Company |
| Ms. Linda Zarella | Travelers Insurance |
| Compliance and Operations Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. Jerry S. Sleeper – Chair | Safety Insurance Company |
| Mr. Bruce A. Cregger – Vice Chair | Encompass Insurance |
| Mr. Michael Cesinger | Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp |
| Mr. David Dafgek | The Hanover Insurance Company |
| Mr. Bruce S. Dodge | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. Thomas A. Harris | Quincy Mutual Group |
| Mr. Robert P. Littlewood | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. Kenneth Olivieri | J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Ms. Meredith M. Woodcock | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Financial Audit Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. Robert E. McKenna – Chair | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. Thomas A. Harris – Vice Chair | Quincy Mutual Group |
| Mr. J. Matthew Anglim | Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. |
| Mr. Thomas LaFrancois | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. David J. McCormick | McCormick & Sons Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Sean E. Moone | The Norfolk & Dedham Group |
| Ms. Marie-Armel Theodat | R. Theodat Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Governing Committee Review Panel | 2016 Members |
| Mr. M. John Olivieri, Jr. – Chair | J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. James S. Hyatt – Vice Chair | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. John V. Kelly | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Ms. Paula W. Gold – 1st Company Alternate | Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation |
| Mr. Paolo V. Abelli – 2nd Company Alternate | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Mr. Sumner D. Gilman – 1st Agent Alternate | Economy Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Joseph P. Leahy, Jr. – 2nd Agent Alternate | Leahy & Brown Insurance and Realty |
| Loss Reserving Committee | 2016 Members |
| Ms. Lynellen Ramirez – Chair | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. Glenn R. Hiltpold – Vice Chair | Safety Insurance Company |
| Mr. Warren S. Ehrlich | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. Andrew Evans | The Hanover Insurance Company |
| Mr. Roy Woomer | Travelers Insurance |
| MAIP Steering Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. John V. Kelly – Chair | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. Sumner D. Gilman – Vice Chair | Economy Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Paolo V. Abelli | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Ms. Elizabeth Brodeur | Safety Insurance Company |
| Mr. William J. Cahill, Jr. | The Hanover Insurance Company |
| Mr. Thomas C. DePaulo | Meridian Insurance Agency, LLC |
| Ms. Jean E. Downey | The Norfolk & Dedham Group |
| Mr. Christopher Jarrard | GEICO |
| Mr. Richard P. Jones | Leslie S. Ray Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. M. John Olivieri, Jr. | J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Henry Risman | Risman Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Ms. Erin Schaaf | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Market Review Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. Joseph P. Leahy, Jr. – Chair | Leahy & Brown Insurance and Realty |
| Ms. Paula W. Gold – Vice Chair | Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation |
| Ms. Elizabeth Brodeur | Safety Insurance Company |
| Mr. Raymond D. Gallant | Gallant Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Harold E. Gerbis | Quincy Mutual Group |
| Mr. Sumner D. Gilman | Economy Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. James S. Hyatt | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. Douglas R. Long | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Mr. Daniel L. McCabe | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
| Mr. David J. McCormick | McCormick & Sons Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Ms. Marie-Armel Theodat | R. Theodat Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Personnel Committee | 2016 Members |
| Mr. James S. Hyatt – Chair | Arbella Insurance Group |
| Mr. M. John Olivieri, Jr. – Vice Chair | J.K. Olivieri Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Mr. Paolo V. Abelli | Liberty Mutual Group |
| Mr. Sumner Gilman | Economy Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Ms. Paula W. Gold | Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation |
| Mr. John V. Kelly | MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation |
