Pekin Insurance CEO and leadership

Dan Connell is the current Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Pekin Insurance. He previously worked at KPMG as a Senior Manager. Dan Connell attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Brian Lee is President and Chief Operating Officer of Pekin Life Insurance Company. He serves as Senior Vice President of the Property/Casualty companies. Brian began his career at Pekin Insurance as a life underwriter trainee in 1983. He was promoted to chief underwriter in 1992. In 2003, Brian was named vice president – administration. He was named senior vice president and chief operating officer/life in 2010.

Chief Risk Officer & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) whose qualifications include a degree in Information Technology and a Master's of Business Administration (MBA); and certifications such as C|CISO, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, including detailed knowledge of complex security infrastructure and information security management for leading insurance and financial firm that includes security tools, technologies and information security best practices. Over thirty-four years of information technology and risk experience, and twenty-one years of Chief Information Security Officer experience in the management, creation and deployment of solutions protecting networks, systems and information assets for Financial and Insurance firms enterprise-wide information security programs.

Mike Zabinski MST CPA CPCU CLU ARM E is a Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Risk Officer at Pekin Insurance and is based in Pekin, Illinois. He has worked as Vice President - Controller at Pekin Insurance; VP-Controller, Chief Risk Officer at Pekin Insurance; and Partner at Zabinski & Co, CPAs. Mike attended University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 1975 and 1981 and DePaul University Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business between 1982 and 1988.

A dedicated and results driven IT professional with sixteen years of formal leadership experience with the nation’s leading property and casualty insurer. Demonstrated learning agility to adapt and lead on high priority and strategic initiatives. A proven ability to guide and inspire teams to deliver outstanding performance and results. A leader who has built a strong brand and reputation and believes that the development of oneself and of others is instrumental to personal and organizational success.

Senior Executive Leader demonstrates the ability to deliver mission-critical results through effective insurance operations.

Specialties: Executive insurance - 25 years

Property, auto, liability, umbrella, workers compensation programs

Guidewire technology implementation - $65 million

Strategic business planning and enterprise risk management

Operations transformation, turnaround and change management

Business development through independent agents channel

Continuous improvement, Lean Six Sigma, CX, Leadership

P&L, financial planning, budgeting and expense reduction

Human resources and talent management

Coaching, mentoring, training and succession planning

Communications, public relations and technical writing

Neil Kaderabek is a Chief Information Officer at Pekin Insurance.