Full Name
Michael Costonis
Job Title
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, Strategy, and Innovation
Company
CNA Financial Corporation
Speaker Bio
Michael Costonis is the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation. As a member of the Executive Team, Michael leads CNA's Marketing, Broker Strategy, Channel Solutions, and Transformation teams. Michael is responsible for identifying and capitalizing on business and growth opportunities for CNA. Michael strategizes, develops,
and drives transformative initiatives for the benefit of CNA's customers, distribution partners, and employees.
He previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer where he led a successful transformation of CNA’s technology and operations functions which included infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, and improvement in both operational service level performance and quality. He also established an Enterprise Analytics function, leveraging a new
partnership with Google.
Michael joined CNA in 2018 after a 26-year career at Accenture, where he was the Global Insurance Industry Practice Leader. He has been at the heart of driving insurance companies to achieve the next level of performance. He has worked with more than 50 leading carriers in 21 countries, across all major segments of Property & Casualty (P&C) and Life.
Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Swarthmore College. He Is a member of the 1854 Society and sits on Swarthmore’s Alumni Council.
Michael lives outside Philadelphia, is married to Marissa, has two children, Mac and Mia, and a pandemic puppy Mochi. Outside of work, Michael enjoys farmers markets, surfing, golf, and tech gadgets.
and drives transformative initiatives for the benefit of CNA's customers, distribution partners, and employees.
He previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer where he led a successful transformation of CNA’s technology and operations functions which included infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, and improvement in both operational service level performance and quality. He also established an Enterprise Analytics function, leveraging a new
partnership with Google.
Michael joined CNA in 2018 after a 26-year career at Accenture, where he was the Global Insurance Industry Practice Leader. He has been at the heart of driving insurance companies to achieve the next level of performance. He has worked with more than 50 leading carriers in 21 countries, across all major segments of Property & Casualty (P&C) and Life.
Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Swarthmore College. He Is a member of the 1854 Society and sits on Swarthmore’s Alumni Council.
Michael lives outside Philadelphia, is married to Marissa, has two children, Mac and Mia, and a pandemic puppy Mochi. Outside of work, Michael enjoys farmers markets, surfing, golf, and tech gadgets.
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