Long-time CFO Charlie Hamblen to retire
WESTBROOK, Maine – Acadia Insurance, a Berkley Company®, today announced the appointment of Simone Grimes, MBA, CPA, CIA as Chief Financial Officer. She succeeds Charlie Hamblen who will retire later this year.
Grimes has diverse senior leadership experience in the worlds of finance and insurance, previously working at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), then as a regional vice president at a national insurance carrier and most recently serving as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Senior Strategy Executive at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, DC.
“Charlie has had tremendous impact on Acadia Insurance and our success these last 29 years. He will be greatly missed, and I wish him the best as he begins this next chapter of his life,” said Dave LeBlanc, president, Acadia Insurance.
“I am very pleased to announce that Simone will join our organization. Her accomplished background combined with her results-driven and people-centric leadership style will support our vision to remain a premier provider of choice for our agents and policyholders for years to come,” said LeBlanc.
More about Acadia Insurance
Founded in 1992, Acadia Insurance is a regional underwriter offering commercial and specialty property casualty insurance coverages through independent insurance agents with employees located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best, Acadia Insurance Company is a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, one of the nation’s premier commercial lines property casualty insurance providers.
