Conn.-Based SPARTA Insurance Names Chief Underwriting Officer

Hartford, Conn.-based SPARTA Insurance Co. promoted Tom Colosi to chief underwriting officer effective June 1. He has been serving as senior vice president of underwriting since joining SPARTA last November.

Prior to joining SPARTA, Colosi led The Hartford’s countrywide group captive program business. He is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, specializing in alternative risk, commercial programs, and national accounts. In addition to The Hartford, Tom previously held positions of increasing underwriting and management responsibility at Travelers, Kemper, and Liberty Mutual.

SPARTA is an acronym for Specialty Program and Risk Transfer Alternatives and was formed in March 2007 as a property/casualty underwriting company providing customized, unbundled program services in the property/casualty marketplace in the United States.