James C. Herrmann is the President of James C. Herrmann & Associates, Ltd., (JCH) a full service insurance agency and brokerage with offices in Rockville Centre, New York, Denver and Atlanta. Jim began his insurance career in 1986, specializing in healthcare professional liability, financial services and environmental insurance. JCH is the endorsed provider of environmental insurance for The Community Bankers Association of New York State and has obtained National recognition as a leading provider of Environmental Risk Management & Insurance Services for commercial lending, mergers & acquisitions, the mining industry and Brownfield redevelopment. Jim has been a speaker and participant at both local and national meetings and conventions and was honored to speak at the National Brownfields Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. Jim is a Past President of The Friends of Mercy Medical Center, an Ex-Captain in the Rockville Centre Volunteer Fire Department and has served on various charitable boards including Mercy Medical Center, Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home and The RVC Friends of Senior Services. He is currently a member of The Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority, the State University of New York College at Old Westbury Foundation, The Perfect Health Insurance
Company and The Foundation of UCP of Nassau.

Anthony Gerrato: "JCH" is proud to welcome Anthony G. Gerrato as Executive Vice President and Partner. A distinguished insurance industry leader, known for his extensive knowledge and his vast array of experience, Tony has developed his multi-faceted insurance career to include Healthcare, Construction and the creation of niche program business. He has built Equipment Maintenance and Product Warranty programs, managed a multi-line nursing home facility and brokered a wide variety of property & casualty products and programs during his 20-year career. In his private time, Tony is involved with numerous organizations that support his passion for education and athletics. These organizations include the Inner City Catholic School Scholarship Foundation, West Islip High School Scholarship Program, Penn State University Charitable Foundation & Mentoring Program and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation where he serves on the Board of Directors. Tony also serves as a Member on the Board of Directors for Kemark Financial Services and has auctioneered over 40 charitable events, including the American Cancer Society and CCFA.

Gene P. Devine, Esq. joined JCH in 2001. Prior to JCH, Gene was a Vice President and environmental specialty broker in the New York City office of Marsh & McLennan where he managed numerous major accounts including multiple site transactions, finite, and blended finite insurance programs. For five years prior to joining Marsh, Gene was a managing attorney in AIG's Environmental Claims Department where he handled claims brought under Cost Cap and other environmental policies. His technical experience as a field biologist and environmental analyst for a local regulatory agency in New York round out his understanding of environmental law and the issues surrounding regulatory enforcement. He is responsible for JCH’s manuscripted environmental insurance policies and negotiating policy terms and conditions with insurance carrier’s counsel. Gene is a member of the New York State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section.

Michael E. Herrmann, P.G. is a professional geologist with over 15 years of consulting experience in environmental site assessment and remediation. Michael has provided the technical expertise required to characterize the complicated environmental risks associated with
commercial property transactions and facilitated the marketing and placement of comprehensive coverage to address our clients' unique risks. Michael has been primarily involved in the design and marketing of our reclamation and closure bonding program for the mining industry and is our liaison to Federal, State and Local regulators regarding financial assurance negotiation and placement.

Travis A. McManigal, M.B.A. joined JCH as a Production Account Executive for the environmental and general lines insurance groups. He began his tenure within the insurance industry as an underwriter for AIG Environmental and most recently worked for a national insurance broker based out of Denver, Colorado. Travis specializes in working with banks and lending institutions and their borrowing entities to review and transfer environmental liabilities that may arise from lending and owning Real Property.

Kathleen Moriarty has been involved in the marketing and underwriting of environmental insurance products since the 1980’s when these products first became available. With over twenty years commercial insurance experience, Kathleen has specialized exclusively in environmental insurance since 1988. Prior to joining JCH she was the Southeast Regional Underwriting Manager for AIG Environmental where she was responsible for the underwriting of Cost Cap policies as well as all other environmental coverage. She specializes in commercial real estate transactions, brownfield redevelopment, merger & acquisition transactions, BRAC and DoD GFPR contracts and complex environmental insurance programs. She developed two environmental insurance products currently marketed by AIG Environmental and other insurers. Kathleen is a certified instructor for the State of Georgia and North Carolina in environmental insurance for agent’s licensing continuing education credits. She also lectures at Georgia State University and Georgia Tech on environmental insurance issues and products and their role in brownfield redevelopment. She is a frequent guest speaker at environmental conferences and forums.

Jim E. Hamilton joined the Denver office of JCH Insurance with over 15 years of Environmental Risk Management experience in the insurance brokerage and claims mitigation business. Prior to joining JCH, Jim was the Director of Marketing for Dispute Resolution Management, Inc. (DRM), an international consulting firm that specializes in non-litigious solutions for the settlement of complex, long-tail and latent insurance claims, predominantly of the Environmental, Asbestos, Product Liability or Insolvent Carrier nature. This included detailed insurance policy archaeology, policy form review, interpretation of coverage, environmental claim quantification and qualification, claim allocation to historical coverage, settlement targeting and review/development of post-settlement risk transfer options. Prior to joining DRM, Mr. Hamilton was an environmental & complex commercial accounts insurance broker and the founder and president of the environmental insurance and risk management division of a leading US insurance brokerage firm. Mr. Hamilton’s past clients include numerous Fortune 500 and TSE 100 companies, brownfield redevelopers, Superfund PRP groups, TSD facilities and environmental engineering firms and contractors. His familiarities with complex environmental and asbestos claim settlements, as well as Governmental perspectives, environmental risk and cost quantification, the remedial redevelopment business and innovative risk transfer and structured finite programs provide a breadth of experience to the JCH team.