David Glawe (pictured) will step down as president and chief executive officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau in October, ending a six-year tenure at the helm of the insurance industry's primary nonprofit dedicated to investigating and prosecuting insurance fraud and crime.
No successor has yet been named. The NICB board said it will announce its leadership transition plans at the appropriate time.
Nick Seminara, chairman of the NICB Board of Governors and executive vice president and chief claim officer at Travelers, credited Glawe's commitment to the organization's mission. "I want to thank David for his six years of service to NICB and his commitment to its important mission," Seminara said.
Glawe reflected on the team he is leaving behind.
"I have tremendous respect for the work they do every day and for the mission we share, bringing together the insurance industry, law enforcement, and our many partners to fight insurance fraud and crime and protect the public," Glawe said.
Glawe joined NICB on June 1, 2020, succeeding Joe Wehrle, who had led the organization for 12 years. He came to the role with an unusually deep national security background for an insurance industry leadership position.
Before joining NICB, he served as under secretary and chief intelligence officer at the US Department of Homeland Security, confirmed unanimously by the US Senate after nomination by President Trump. Prior roles included special assistant to the president and senior director for homeland security at the White House, assistant commissioner and chief intelligence officer at US Customs and Border Protection, and special agent and supervisory special agent in the FBI's counterterrorism division.
NICB is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, and is supported by more than 1,200 property-casualty insurance companies and self-insured organizations. The organization works with insurers and law enforcement through intelligence analytics, investigations, education and legislative advocacy. Insurance Business has previously reported on NICB's partnership with Agero to combat roadside insurance fraud and its broader data-driven approach to fighting auto theft and fraud rings.
NICB sits at the intersection of insurer intelligence-sharing, law enforcement coordination and legislative advocacy on fraud-related statutes, making its CEO role unusually consequential for the broader P&C market.
The organization's work directly affects how quickly staged accident rings, vehicle theft networks and catastrophe fraud schemes get identified and prosecuted, and its data feeds into carrier special investigations units across its 1,200-plus member organizations.
Meanwhile, the absence of a named successor at the time of Glawe's announcement is worth noting for those member carriers: leadership transitions at NICB have historically involved careful sequencing to avoid disrupting active investigations and law enforcement partnerships, and the board's stated intention to announce plans at the appropriate time suggests a deliberate rather than rushed process.
