NAMIC Welcomes Ohio Mutual Insurance Group’s Mark Russell as Chair

INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 8, 2025) – The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies welcomed Mark Russell, president and CEO of Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, as its 2025 chair of the Board of Directors Jan. 1, the association announced today.

“NAMIC welcomes Mark as its Board chair and looks forward to his leadership, which will serve members and the industry with his unique blend of experience,” said NAMIC President and CEO Neil Alldredge. “Mark will help strengthen NAMIC as we advocate for solutions in a new era of risk where insurers and policyholders face the combined pressures of extreme weather, inflation, legal system abuse, and reinsurance challenges.”

Russell joined Ohio Mutual as president in September 2015 and added the role of CEO in January 2016. He attended his first NAMIC Annual Convention the month he joined Ohio Mutual and has increased his involvement in the association since.

As Board chair, Russell will serve as a lead voice for NAMIC and the mutual insurance industry with legislators, regulators, and other industry stakeholders. He will also collaborate with fellow mutual insurance industry professionals and NAMIC members during state association meetings and conventions.

“I want to be a voice for all NAMIC members, so that we are even more involved in all of the discussions that impact our industry,” Russell said. “NAMIC provides a great value for its members and truly represents and supports mutuality.”

Russell has more than 30 years of broad experience in the industry, overseeing corporate operations in underwriting, information technology, marketing, agency relations, claims, customer experience, and real estate. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas Lutheran University and an MBA from Ashland University.

Click here to read more about Russell in the winter edition of NAMIC’s award-winning quarterly IN magazine.

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NAMIC membership reflects many of the country’s largest national insurers as well as regional and local mutual insurance companies on main streets across America. NAMIC members write $383 billion in annual premiums and account for 61 percent of the homeowners, 48 percent of the automobile, and 25 percent of the business insurance markets.