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-one (61) life insurance companies based or otherwise operating in New York State, as well as fifteen (15) allied professional firms (law, actuarial, and 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 to 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 as Director 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.