Background
Jack Bogardus wrote on
risk and insurance history for IRMI.com.
With an insurance career spanning more than 40 years, Mr. Bogardus joined
Alexander & Alexander as a trainee in 1950 and spent his entire
professional career with the firm. Rising through the ranks, he held the
positions of vice president (1962-1973), executive vice president (1973-1977),
president and chief operating officer (1977-1978), president and chief
executive officer (1978-1982), chairman and chief executive officer
(1982-1987), chairman of the board (1987-1988), and director (1963-1995).
Respected as well outside of the insurance industry, Mr. Bogardus has served
as a director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., Security Capital
Corporation, and United States Surgical Corporation. He was a trustee of
Pomfret School and also held leadership positions in nonprofit organizations in
the town of Greenwich, Connecticut.
A featured speaker at insurance industry meetings, Mr. Bogardus is the
author of articles in various professional journals. He served as a director of
the Insurance Brokers Association of New York and a director and chairman of
the governing committee of the National Association of Insurance Brokers. He
was also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Insurance Committee, and a
board member of the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriters and of the Insurance Institute of America.
Born in New York City, he graduated from Princeton University in 1950. Mr.
Bogardus served two tours of active duty in the U.S. Navy, the first as an
enlisted man, subsequently as an officer.
Jack Bogardus and Robert Moore are co-authors of the award winning
Spreading the Risks: Insuring the American
Experience (2003) and the revised edition (2005). Mr. Bogardus can be
reached at (703) 759-0233 and through the website www.spreadingtherisks.com.