Israel Bonds' Insurance Division Holds Annual Luncheon, Honors Two Influential Industry Professionals.

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Before practicing law as an appellate attorney at law firms specializing in insurance law, Hughes served as a Law Clerk to United States District Court Judge Joe J. Fisher. He spent 10 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Foreign Counterintelligence Division, earning a commendation from the FBI Director for "his exemplary service with respect to a security matter of great interest to the Bureau and the Nation."

* Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds, the underwriter of debt securities issued by the State of Israel in the United States, held its Insurance Division Luncheon on October 17, 2018. Spanning over several decades, the annual event drew more than 255 industry professionals to the St. Regis Hotel in New York, and honored Keith J. Wolfe, President, U.S. Property & Casualty at Swiss Reinsurance Company and Thomas Hughes, Executive VP & General Counsel, Corporate Secretary for Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company.

Distinguished guests included the Honorable Robert Abrams, former attorney general of New York, and Asaf Shariv, senior Israeli diplomat and political advisor as guest speaker. Event honorees Keith J. Wolfe and Thomas Hughes both received the 2018 Israel Bonds Insurance Division Leadership Award at the luncheon.

As President of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Keith J. Wolfe is focused on serving the needs of US-based P&C insurance companies through brokers and direct client channels. He is based in the company's Americas Division headquarters in Armonk, NY.

Wolfe spent the first half of his 22-year career in primary property insurance, holding various sales, operations and underwriting leadership roles at GE...