SUMMIT RE ANNOUNCES KEY STAFF ADDITIONS.

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, June 18, 2010 Summit Reinsurance Announces Key Staff Additions

Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. (Summit Re), a reinsurer of HMOs and insurance companies and a managing general underwriter of stop loss coverage for employer health plans, is pleased to announce several new employees:

• Jeana Kidd has joined Summit Re as a managed care coordinator. Kidd has more than 20 years of experience in the health care and insurance industries. Her primary focus will be on administering Summit Re's comprehensive managed care program for self-funded clients. She also will conduct reviews of large claim notices and support underwriting staff in the disclosure process. Kidd is based in Minneapolis. She can be contacted at jkidd@summit-re.com or at 763-432-7684.
  
  
• Shane Kemerly has joined Summit Re as a regional vice president. With more than 15 years of employer stop loss sales experience, Kemerly will be responsible for a selected territory of employer stop loss sales, primarily in the eastern and southeastern United States. His responsibilities include offering and servicing the value proposition that Summit Re provides its clients. Kemerly is based in Lapel, Ind. He can be contacted at skemerly@summit-re.com or at 765-534-4548.
  
  
• Charleen Dugas has joined Summit Re as a senior underwriter. Based in Indianapolis, she is responsible for assigned employer stop loss accounts. Dugas has 14 years of underwriting experience, underwriting new business and renewals for selected clients. She can be contacted at cdugas@summit-re.com or at 317-607-9264.
  
  
• Scott Terhaar has joined Summit Re as a senior underwriter. Terhaar will assist Brian Shively and Greg Demars in Summit Re's HMO-carrier-provider excess underwriting unit. He will be based in Minneapolis. Terhaar holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Minnesota and brings 15 years of experience to Summit Re. He can be contacted at sterhaar@summit-re.com or at 763-432-9059.
  
  

Mark Troutman, Summit Re's president, said, "The addition of Shane, Charleen, Scott and Jeana to Summit Re renews and strengthens our commitment to the marketplace and will allow us to capitalize on new opportunities. I am confident that we will deliver exceptional service to our clients and be a resource to them as the needs for financial risk protection change with health care reform."

ABOUT Summit Re Based in Fort Wayne, Ind., Summit Re is a full service managing general underwriter, working with Companion Life Insurance Company of Columbia, S.C., and Swiss Re to provide excess-of-loss coverage to self-funded employers, health plans and insurers. Summit Re helps clients analyze, transfer and manage risk to protect their financial stability. In addition to its headquarters in Fort Wayne, the company has offices in Minneapolis, Chicago, Jacksonville, Fla., Charlotte, N.C., Golden, Colo., Indianapolis, and Lapel, Ind. More information is available at www.summit-re.com