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Michael Cronin

President
Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.
Member of the Insurance Council

Michael Cronin is a President of Cronin Consulting Services, an insurance consulting firm focused on product management primarily in personal lines and small commercial lines, with concentration in auto insurance. He specializes in the application of analytical and business process solutions to insurance pricing, underwriting, marketing, and acquisitions. Mr. Cronin also works with both insurance companies and investors in the area of competitive intelligence, applying the product management disciplines to the analysis of rate levels, profitability and strategic positioning. After product management at Progressive Insurance and officer-level positions with GMAC Auto Insurance, he founded Cronin Consulting Services in 1999. Mr. Cronin has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry spanning across actuarial, product management, general management roles, and consulting roles. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1999 - present President
Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.
1994 - 1999 Sr. Product Manager
GMAC Insurance Company
1986 - 1992 Product Manager
The Progressive Corporation

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GMAC Must Keep Insurance Rating Agencies Satisfied | 05-09-2008
Analysis of: GMAC Buys Time for ResCap Unit as Bankruptcy Looms | www.bloomberg.com
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

GMAC, LLC includes real estate financing, auto insurance financing, and insurance.  Insurance is delivering much needed income and stability while the mortgage business hemorrhages and the auto loan business stagnates.  But insurance requires a very stable capital structure, and the insurance...

Smart Homeowners Insurers Use More Than Cat Models | 04-29-2008
Analysis of: Insurers Overly Focused On Cat Models, Says Expert | www.propertyandcasualtyinsurancenews.com
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

A recent news story quotes the insurance modeling pioneer Karen Clark as saying, with keen insight, that insurers rely too much on catastrophe models.  This analysis provides background on cat models and how homeowners insurers use them.  The analysis also offers suggestions...

Standard insurers reach downmarket for nonstandard auto | 03-20-2008
Analysis of: Standard Insurers Nab More Nonstandard Auto Biz | www.propertyandcasualtyinsurancenews.com
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

PGR ALL TRV FAC AFFM HALL IPCC ASAM 1. Softer market invites auto insurers to consider looser standards for growth. 2. Similar expansion occurred during the last soft market phase in 1998-2000. 3. Pricing techniques are more accurate, but underlying characteristics of nonstandard customers...

Auto insurance channel conflict: More smoke than heat. | 09-26-2007
Analysis of: Agents unnerved by Progressive changes | www.marketwatch.com
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

Does Progressive's (PGR) consolidation of its Direct and Agency business units place added pressure on agency sales?  Progressive Insurance Company has been fighting fears of channel conflict for 15 years.  A recent UBS poll of agents brings the issue to the fore again. ...

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