JOHNSTON – Insurance giant FM Global has a new member of its board of directors, and it’s a local man.
Ruud H. Bosman of Warwick has been elected to the board and has been appointed vice chairman, FM Global has announced. The global business-property insurer – a mutual insurance company that is owned and governed by its policyholders – is the largest private company in the state.
Bosman began his career with FM Global in 1971. He most recently served as executive vice president of staff, operations and planning. He now oversees all of company’s operations, engineering, underwriting, marketing and claims activities around the world.
He joins FM Global’s 12-member board that is made up of executives from some of the world’s largest corporations.
Those directors include:
• Shivan S. Subramaniam, chairman and CEO, FM Global
• David B. Burritt, vice president and chief financial officer, Caterpillar Inc.
• Walter J. Galvin, senior executive vice president, chief financial officer, Emerson Electric Co.
• Mary L. Howell, executive vice president, Textron Inc.
• John A. Luke Jr., chairman and CEO, MeadWestvaco Corp.
• Gracia C. Martore, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Gannett Co. Inc.
• Robert J. O’Toole, director and retired chairman and chief executive officer, A.O. Smith Corp.
• David Pulman, president, global manufacturing and supply, GlaxoSmithKline.
• Elisabeth M. Struckell, vice president, business development, PepsiCo.
• James C. Thyen, president and CEO, Kimball International Inc.
• Alfred J. Verrecchia, chairman of the board, Hasbro Inc.
Johnston-based FM Global – formed from the merger of Allendale Insurance and four other companies, and occupying the former Allendale headquarters – is a commercial and industrial property insurer with nearly 5,000 employees in 61 offices worldwide. Its roots in Rhode Island stretch back to 1835. Additional information is available at www.FMGlobal.com.
