July 16, 2018 by matray

The Doctors Company today announced the selection of Kerin Torpey Bashaw, MPH, BSN, RN, as senior vice president of patient safety and risk management. Bashaw reports directly to Bill Fleming, chief operating officer.

Bashaw brings more than 20 years of experience to her new role. She has held a variety of positions in healthcare organizations, most recently as corporate vice president of quality for Verity Health Systems in Redwood City, Calif. At Verity, she led the design and implementation of a new evidence-based quality and safety program. She has also served as system vice president of quality for Alameda Health System in Oakland, Calif. She has held other positions as patient safety officer; director of clinical services and operations; and director of accreditation, quality and safety.

“We are extremely pleased that Kerin is leading our patient safety and risk management efforts, which are key to advancing the practice of good medicine,” said Fleming. “Her extensive background in patient safety, risk management, quality, accreditation and operations will support her nationwide team’s focus on utilizing data, measuring quality and delivering service and value to our members.”

“I am truly honored to join a company with a national footprint, history of leadership in the risk and patient safety space and a mission-driven team dedicated to serving and supporting its members,” said Bashaw. “Another quality that attracted me to The Doctors Company is its expertise in healthcare transformation. The company is known nationally for how it supports and guides members through innovation and change.”

Bashaw holds a Master of Public Health degree from Yale University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgetown University. She served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and volunteered for active duty in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

July 16, 2018 by matray

CMIC announced today that Garrett P. Cronin has joined the CMIC Group team as its new director of underwriting. 

Prior to joining CMIC, Cronin worked for Chubb Corp. as a national underwriting manager within their Chubb Specialty Business. His background and focus for the past 25 years has been in underwriting of healthcare, public and private management liability commercial business as well as financial institutions.

“Garrett’s robust underwriting experience and expertise will be a tremendous asset to our policyholders as CMIC continues to provide competitive coverage options in a challenging marketplace,” said Stephen J. Gallant, chief executive officer of CMIC Group.

In 1991, Cronin began his insurance career at Travelers working with national accounts in their Managed Care Enrollment Division. In 1994, he worked for Berkshire Hathaway/General Reinsurance in the Alternative Risk Market handling various reinsurance treaties. Following that, he worked for Berkshire's specialty group in New York where he underwrote and managed public and private commercial business. In 2000, he and his family moved to Colorado when he became a broker for AON Financial Services serving clients in the commercial markets. After spending three years in Colorado, he joined Chubb Corp. and relocated back to Connecticut where he has worked in various roles throughout the organization leading and strategizing in multiple underwriting groups.

Cronin received his undergraduate degree in business from Southern Connecticut State University and his MBA from the University of New Haven with a concentration in Finance and Marketing.