David Pesce

Mr. Pesce is on the panel for Workshop T5, “Emerging Bonding Issues for Contractors and Sureties,” on Tuesday afternoon. He is a 1986 graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, PA, with a B.S. in mathematics. Upon graduation he began his surety career with Seaboard Surety Company in its home office and NJ branch offices. He then worked as assistant branch manager for Reliance Surety Company in Orlando, FL. In 1996 he began working for Liberty Mutual’s surety department in New York City, becoming the regional vice president for the Mid-Atlantic Region. From 2001 through July 2005 he was in the home office of Crum & Forster as underwriting manager in charge of underwriting for various regions in the country. He was also involved with Crum & Forster’s Reinsurance Treaty and underwriting systems and design. After serving as assistant vice president for Surety Underwriting at AIG in New York, with primary underwriting responsibility for the eastern third of the country, he is currently an assistant vice president for Berkley Surety Group in its home office in Morristown, NJ, where he is responsible for numerous branch offices as well as leading the Environmental Surety Practice. Mr. Pesce has served as president of the Florida Surety Association where in 1995 he was awarded the Surety Information Office Silver Award for excellence in Surety Bond Promotion. He is a member of AGC, GCA, CFMA, Surety Association of America, and an associate member of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers. He has given numerous presentations on various surety-related issues to contractors, architects, lawyers, bankers, and accountants associated with the construction industry.