THOMAS E. WORKMAN
President
& Chief Executive Officer
THOMAS E. WORKMAN became
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Life Insurance Council of
New York, Inc., in September of 1999. LICONY is the trade association
representing sixty-two (63) life insurance companies based or
otherwise operating in New York State, as well as fourteen (14) allied
professional firms (law, actuarial, & accounting). LICONY has four
officers and five support staff with offices in New York City and
Albany.
Prior to September of 1999, Tom
served as Chair of the Insurance Law Department in the Ohio law firm
of Bricker & Eckler LLP, based in Columbus. He had been affiliated
with Bricker & Eckler LLP since 1969 and had been a partner since
1977. Tom received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration and his Juris Doctor degree from The Ohio State
University. He is admitted to the bars of the State of New York, the
State of Ohio, the Supreme Court of the United States, the United
States Court of Military Appeals, and the United States District
Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. Tom served as a
Captain in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from
1970-1973. He served as Legislative Counsel to the Association of
Ohio Life Insurance Companies from 1973 to 1999.
Tom recently completed his
service as the Delegate representing the Association of Life Insurance
Counsel in the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, and
he is a member of the Board of the Association of Life Insurance
Counsel. He is a Past Chair of the Life Insurance Law Committee of
the American Bar Association, and a Past Chair of the Board of
Directors of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel. Tom is a member of
the Insurance Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York, and a member of the Fellows of the American Bar
Foundation. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association
and the Ohio State Bar Association. In addition, he serves as a
Trustee of The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education. Tom also
serves on the Board of Directors of the Westfield Companies, a
leading, regional family of property-casualty insurance companies
headquartered in Westfield Center, Ohio. Tom and his wife, Pam,
reside in New York City.
