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Mathematics and physics graduate from the Ecole des Mines in France with MBA in Finance from the Wharton School. 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, both in Europe and in the US. Founder of Duler & Co.
Headline:
Entrepreneur
Work status:
Employed Full-Time
Industries:
Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel
Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup
Schools:
The Wharton School
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Duler & Co.
Position:
Founder
Description:
John-Bernard Duler is the founder of Duler & Co., a boutique insurance broker based in the San Francisco Bay area, serving mid-size companies and non-profits either with foreign exposures or with foreign parents.
Employer:
Esurance
Position:
Founder
Description:
Most recently Duler founded Esurance, a direct automobile insurance company serving customers in 35 states. Duler raised $40 millions through a combination of successive rounds of equity with Silicon Valley venture capital firms and a reinsurance transaction / warrants with Berkshire Hathaway. Duler served as Chairman & CEO until he sold Esurance to a large insurance group, and remained a director until January 2002. In 2007 Esurance had revenues of $1B and is growing at 40% per year.
Employer:
Factory Mutual, FM Global, AXA
Position:
Work experience
Description:
Before joining CIGNA, Duler served as loss prevention engineer in the Charlotte, NC office of Factory Mutual, and subsequently as a senior underwriter for FM Global, an insurance and risk management firm. He also served as an executive with AXA, one of the world’s largest financial services company, with revenues of $60B and assets of $900B, in a variety of underwriting and actuarial roles.
Employer:
Temple University, University of Pennsylvania / The Wharton School, and San Francisco State University
Position:
Lecturer in entrepreneurship and finance
Description:
Duler is an internationally recognized expert in risk management and financial techniques applied to insurance transactions. From 1989 to 1993 Duler taught advanced risk management in the Master in Finance and Risk Management program in Bordeaux, France. Duler has been a lecturer in entrepreneurship and finance at Temple University, University of Pennsylvania / The Wharton School, and San Francisco State University.
Employer:
CIGNA Worldwide (now ACE Ltd.)
Position:
Executive
Time period:
December 1987 - November 1998
Description:
From 1988 to 1998 Duler was an executive with CIGNA Worldwide (now ACE Ltd.). In 1994 Duler launched the West Coast operations for CIGNA and served as its Vice President and General Manager until 1998, overseeing the Western Region (Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego offices). Prior to arriving on the West coast, Duler led worldwide marketing, sales, and business development for CIGNA’s Global Risk Management, from the company’s headquarters in Philadelphia, PA.
Duler began his career at CIGNA in France in 1988 in underwriting for both property and casualty large accounts. In 1991 he was promoted to regional manager of the North East region (Boston office) and the South East region (Atlanta office).
