Polak Named Texas Windstorm Insurance Association General Manager

John Polak has been named general manager of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA). Since April 2011, Polak served as interim general manager for the association.

Polak has more than 39 years of industry experience, including management positions in financial, actuarial, underwriting and claims handling. He has worked in both the public and private sectors, and has served as the head of a state agency.

As CEO of a major insurance company, he dealt directly with regulators in all 50 states. In addition, he has managed claims organizations that handled a daily claims volume in catastrophe-prone areas, and was directly involved in responses to loss events due to hurricanes Rita, Katrina, Charlie, Ivan, Jeanne and others.

Polak earned his CPCU designation in 1976.