Mary Ellen Hamel

About Mary Ellen Hamel

I’m a senior-level insurance leader dedicated to the success of the carrier, its team members, agents, and insureds. With more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry at varying levels and roles (from agent through underwriter, senior executive, and divisional president), I’ve leveraged my passion for protecting people and businesses from risks they are unable to self-insure against. My diverse experiences working for an agency, wholesaler selling admitted and non-admitted products, and for an admitted carrier across personal lines, commercial lines, and farm lines, have enabled me to understand the key players in the marketplace as well as the future of the insurance industry. Each step of my career has allowed me to thrive on training and mentoring others while making a difference for employees, agents, and insureds by optimizing organizational capabilities and providing superior internal and external customer service. I excel at challenging assumptions through tactical problem-solving, which includes finding hidden factors within the data that influences the negative results of a product. I’m able to see inefficiencies and find cross-departmental resolutions without direction and within authority levels. I believe strongly in providing complete dedication to a company I work for while also building and maintaining solid business relationships across a network of industry leaders. I create and support business vision through high organizational abilities, I clearly communicate strategy to team members, and I empower and inspire team members through empathetic leadership. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Insurance Product Development & Management (Growth, Profit & Expense), Risk Management, Insurance Team Leadership, New Business Opportunities, Underwriting Strategy & Pricing, Reinsurance, Financial Management & Metrics, Process Improvements, People & Team Management

Experience

1. Senior Vice President of Sales

   AMERISAFE, Inc.

   Apr 2021 — Present · De Ridder, LA, US

Education

• Rhodes College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Claims Management
• Casualty
• Umbrella Insurance
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• Business Development
• Sales
• General Insurance
• Workers Compensation
• Excess
• New Business Development
• Professional Liability
• Customer Service
• Inland Marine
• Underwriting
• Casualty Insurance
• Risk Management
• Legal Liability
• Working with Brokers
• Account Management
• Universal Life
• Claim
• Insurance Brokerage
• Insurance
• Strategic Planning
• Health Insurance
• Brokers
• Liability
• Reinsurance
• Disability Insurance
• Commercial Insurance
• Marketing
• Commercial Lines