President and Chief Executive Officer, HSB Group Inc.
Greg Barats is President and Chief Executive Officer of HSB Group Inc. and assumed responsibility in September 2011. Previously, he was appointed Executive Vice President of HSB engineering services in 2008.
Mr. Barats co-founded two companies and has held executive management positions within Munich Re, HSB and AIG. At AIG he was senior vice president and also served as chair of SAIGTAS, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of AIG.
Prior to his tenure at AIG, Mr. Barats co-founded Applied Earth Technology Inc., a physical science research firm focused on the energy sector and Applied Environmental Technology Inc., specializing in environmental assessment and remediation in the San Francisco region. He began his career as a research scientist for the United States Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California.
Mr. Barats serves on the Munich Re U.S. P&C Operations Executive Board, and on the boards of various HSB affiliated corporations.
Mr. Barats holds a BS in geology and a master’s degree in business administration with emphasis in finance from Southern Oregon University.