ISO Board of Directors Names Coyne Chairman

Frank J. Coyne, president and CEO of Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), was named chairman of the ISO board of directors, effective July 1.

Coyne became ISO’s president and COO in Jan. 1999 and CEO in July 2000. As chairman of the board, he succeeds Fred R. Marcon, who will continue to serve on the board.

Coyne joined ISO from Kemper Insurance Cos., where he served as executive vice president—specialty and risk management groups. Prior to that, he was president and chief operating officer of General Accident Insurance Co. of America for nine years.

Marcon, a 44-year ISO veteran, has served as ISO’s chairman since 1995. He became president and CEO in 1988. Under Marcon’s leadership, ISO converted to a for-profit, stock corporation in 1997 from a nonprofit membership corporation.