Gregory Douglas
President
Greg Douglas is responsible for the strategic direction and operations of Berkley Program Specialists. Greg has been in the (re)insurance industry since 1982, with assignments in Bermuda and London.
Greg earned his BA in Economics and Political Science at Iowa State University, Ames, IA. He began his career at General Reinsurance as a Casualty Facultative Underwriter and has worked at Continental Insurance, AIG and NAC / XL Re.
Jackie Bourret
Senior Vice President & Chief Underwriting Officer
Ms. Bourret joined Berkley Program Specialists as Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer in June 2015. Prior to joining BPS she was Senior Vice President with MarketScout in Dallas Texas from August 2013 to June 2015. At MarketScout, Jackie launched and led the Property Casualty MGA operation. Jackie worked at Argo Group US in a number of capacities. From November 2008 to August 2013 as Vice President, she launched and led the $35M Program Division within Commercial Specialty. While at Argo Group US Ms. Bourret attended the Wharton Executive Development Program in 2007. From March 2003 to November 2008 Ms. Bourret was the Vice President at Trident Insurance Services, Argo Group’s wholly owned MGA for public entity and public schools. She was the Regional Manager for Argo’s Group US’ Program’s Division specializing in Workers Compensation for small employers from 2001 to 2003.
Ms. Bourret was also at Kemper Insurance Companies in a number of Underwriting and Management roles. She started her insurance career with Travelers Insurance Companies as an Underwriter trainee. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Illinois State University.
Pete Corrigan, MSFE, AIDA
Senior Business Development Officer
Pete Corrigan is responsible for marketing, new business production and program administrator & broker relationship management at Berkley Program Specialists. Prior to this role, Pete was a member of the casualty treaty and turnkey team at Berkley Re Solutions for nine years. He has held numerous underwriting, marketing and actuarial roles in the insurance and reinsurance spaces since 1998.
Pete earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The College of William & Mary in 1998 and a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2002. He currently resides in Lakewood, OH.
Julius M. Colangelo
Senior Vice President, I.T.
With over 30 years of experience in Information Technology and over 20 years of experience in the Property and Casualty Insurance industry, Julius Colangelo heads up the Information Technology department for Berkley Program Specialists. In this role he performs due diligence on potential business partners, creates systems that support BPS’ business goals and ensures a reliable infrastructure is in place.
Spencer Coyle, ACAS, MAAA
Senior Vice President & Chief Actuary
Spencer Coyle oversees the pricing and reserving activities for Berkley Program Specialists. He has over 25 years experience in the Actuarial field covering personal and commercial lines with roles for both insurance and reinsurance companies. He has been working in the programs space for Berkley since 2003. Spencer earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Penn State University and is also an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Joseph Piekarski
Senior Vice President, Chief Claims Officer, Claims
Joseph Piekarski brings over 22 years of insurance claims experience to the Berkley Program Specialists organization. Over his career, Mr. Piekarski has managed exposures that span both commercial and personal insurance across multiple product lines for global corporate, captive, middle market, and small business customers. He also has project management experience through various leadership roles on innovation and process improvement projects. Since joining Berkley Program Specialists in November of 2017, Mr. Piekarski has provided his claims experience, leadership, and insights to our program administrators through his management and oversight of our TPA partners and the implementation of our in-house claims team. Mr. Piekarski is responsible for managing all aspects of our claims from strategic direction to operational excellence, quality management, and analytics. Mr. Piekarski holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Western Illinois University where he graduated with honors.
Kevin P. Novak
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operations Officer
Kevin Novak is SVP, CFO & COO where he is primarily responsible for Finance / Accounting, Operations, and Compliance / Regulatory. He has been in the insurance industry since 1999 where he has held various Finance and Operations positions. Kevin assumed his role with Berkley Re Solutions in 2019 but has held the role of CFO since 2012 and COO since 2017.
Kevin holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing and MBA in Finance both from North Central College and has been with Berkley since 2002. Prior experience includes 3 years with Allstate Insurance where he held various finance and planning positions.
John Egan
Vice President, Equine & Cattle
Originally from London, England, John moved to the US in the summer of 2002 to work at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky. Previously John had experience working for the farms of Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber in Ireland (Kiltinan Castle Stud) and England (Watership Down Stud) and prior to that had worked for a thoroughbred trainer. The move to the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry came after spending three years as a property and casualty insurance broker in London shortly after graduating from university with Business degree. In 2004, John joined what was then Palmer & Cay as an independent agent and after 3 ½ years on the sales side moved into equine and livestock underwriting in January 2008. John worked at XL, Markel and Liberty Mutual, before joining Berkley Equine and Cattle in the summer of 2023.