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Sean P. Downes became Executive Chairman in 2019. Prior to being the Executive Chairman, Mr. Downes was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 2013 to 2019. Mr. Downes also served as President of the Company from 2013 to 2016. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Downes served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2005 and Chief Operating Officer of UPCIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since 2003. Mr. Downes has served as a director of the Company since 2005 and as a director of UPCIC since 2003. Prior to joining UPCIC, Mr. Downes was Chief Operating Officer of Alder Adjusting Corporation (formerly Universal Adjusting Corporation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 1999 to 2003.

Stephen J. Donaghy became a director of the Company in? 2020. Mr. Donaghy became Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 2019 and was previously the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from 2016 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. He also served as our Secretary from 2013 to 2019, Chief Marketing Officer from 2015 to 2016, Chief Administrative Officer from 2013 to 2015, Chief Information Officer from 2009 to 2015 and Executive Vice President since 2006. Before joining the Company, Mr. Donaghy held various executive positions at JM Family Enterprises, a private company, including Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Senior Information Officer.

Frank C. Wilcox became the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company's wholly-owned insurance subsidiaries in 2013. Mr. Wilcox served as the Company's Vice President - Finance from 2011 to 2013 and as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer from 2013 to 2022. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wilcox held senior corporate accounting positions with Burger King Corporation (2006 to 2011) and BankUnited (2000 to 2006), as well as various auditing, finance, accounting and SEC reporting positions from 1989 to 2000 at Coopers & Lybrand, The Blackstone Group, Dean Witter, Credit Suisse First Boston and American Express Financial Advisors. Mr. Wilcox has been licensed as a certified public accountant in New York since 1996.

Ms. Campos joined the Company in 2007 and became Chief Administrative Officer in June 2015 and Chief Information Officer in February 2015. Prior to assuming these roles, Ms. Campos spent eight years in the Company's internal audit department, serving as both IT Manager and then IT Audit Director. She managed IT general controls reviews and new application deployment and performed ongoing security and risk awareness training to improve operational efficiencies and address ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements.

Jon W. Springer became a director of the Company in 2013? and was an executive with the Company from 2006 until his retirement in 2021. Mr. Springer served as President and Chief Risk Officer of the Company from 2016 until 2021. Prior to taking on such role, he served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2013. Mr. Springer was an Executive Vice President of Evolution Risk Advisors, Inc. (formerly Universal Risk Advisors, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 2006 through 2008, and an Executive Vice President of Blue Atlantic Reinsurance Corporation (Blue Atlantic), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 2008 to 2013. Before joining Evolution Risk Advisors, Inc. in 2006, Mr. Springer was an Executive Vice President of Willis Re, Inc. and was responsible for managing property and casualty operations in its Minneapolis office.

Michael A. Pietrangelo became a director of the Company? in 2010. Since 1998, Mr. Pietrangelo has practiced law and has been of counsel to the firm of Pietrangelo Smith, PLC. Mr. Pietrangelo is admitted to the bars of the states of New York and Tennessee and the District of Columbia. He served on the board of directors of MRI Interventions Inc., a publicly traded research and development company, from 2010 to 2014.

Richard D. Peterson became a director of the Company in? 2014. Mr. Peterson has over 20 years of experience in the areas of executive management, finance and accounting. From 2022 until his retirement in November 2025, Mr. Peterson served as Chief Financial Officer of Turn Biotechnologies, Inc., a private biotechnology company. From 2021 to 2022, Mr. Peterson served as Chief Financial Officer of Clarus Therapeutics, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Mr. Peterson previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of various biotech companies from 2015 to 2020, including the publicly traded Botanix Pharmaceuticals, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Novan, Inc. Mr. Peterson served in various executive roles at Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, a NYSE listed company, from 1995 to 2012, including as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2008 to 2012.

Scott P. Callahan became a director of the Company in 2013. Mr. Callahan has more than thirty years' experience in the property and casualty reinsurance industry. Mr. Callahan currently serves as President and Managing Member of SPC Global RE Advisors, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in reinsurance matters, a position he has held since 2013. From 2002 to 2011, Mr. Callahan served as Executive Vice President of Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. and Everest Reinsurance Company. Mr. Callahan also served as a director of Everest Reinsurance Company from 2001 to 2011, a director of Everest International Reinsurance, Ltd. from 2003 to 2007, and director of Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda), Ltd. from 2001 to 2007.

Ozzie A. Schindler became a director of the Company in? 2007. Mr. Schindler has been a shareholder with the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP since 2005, specializing in all aspects of international tax planning. He is admitted to both the Florida and New York state bars.

Carol G. Barton became a director of the Company in 2024. Ms. Barton has more than 40 years' experience in the property and casualty insurance industry, including senior leadership positions at American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and Factory Mutual Insurance Group (FM). In 2023, Ms. Barton retired from Strategem, LLC, which she founded in 2019 to provide consultation services for insurance organizations as well as executive coaching. Ms. Barton previously served as President of AIG Multinational, where she was a member of the executive leadership team and responsible for the worldwide leadership and strategic direction of AIG's multinational business operating in >200 territories. Prior to joining AIG in 2012, Ms. Barton served as Senior Vice President of Underwriting and Reinsurance at FM, a large specialty property insurance company, where she held global leadership responsibility for all underwriting and reinsurance activities across a multi-billion dollar portfolio.

Shannon A. Brown became a director of the Company in 2022. In November 2022, after a long and distinguished career, Mr. Brown retired from his position as Senior Vice President, Eastern Division U.S. Operations and Chief Diversity Officer at FedEx Corporation, the world's largest express transportation company. From 2008 to 2018, Mr. Brown served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources & Diversity Officer of FedEx; and prior to that, he held a series of leadership positions at FedEx. Since 2016, Mr. Brown has served on the board of Cadance Bank (New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): CADE). He is lauded as a business trailblazer and one of the most iconic executives in the company's 50-year history.

Marlene M. Gordon became a director of the Company in? 2020 and has more than 25 years of experience serving as legal counsel within the consumables and service industries and championing women's leadership in the workplace. Mrs. Gordon has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal, Risk and Compliance Officer for Panera Brands, Inc., one of the world's largest fast-casual food service restaurant platforms, comprised of Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Bagels, since 2022. Mrs. Gordon previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, a global producer, marketer and distributor of fruit and vegetable products, from 2020 to 2022, and she previously served as Chief Legal, Compliance & Communications Officer and Corporate Secretary at Del Monte from 2018 to 2020. Prior experience includes approximately six years at Bacardi U.S.A., Inc., a spirits company, where she served most recently as Vice President, General Counsel for North America, in addition to serving as the Global Chair for Bacardi's Women-In-Leadership Program, an initiative that was founded with the mission of unleashing the potential of current and future female leaders at Bacardi to drive sustainable top and bottom line business growth. Prior to Bacardi, Mrs. Gordon spent 14 years at Burger King Corporation, serving most recently as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, in addition to serving as chair of the company's Women's Leadership Forum.

Francis X. McCahill, III became a director of the Company in? 2021. Mr. McCahill began his insurance career in 1972 with the Wall Street brokerage firm Frank B. Hall serving as junior account executive in the marine insurance department. He went on to manage the worldwide corporate risk management departments of three Fortune 500, multi-national corporations: Bristol Myers-Squibb, Norton Simon, Inc., and Harris Corporation. In 1989, he joined Johnson & Higgins, Inc. as a Vice President. From there he founded Cypress Underwriters, a regional property & casualty managing general agency. Ultimately, Mr. McCahill was a founder, President and CEO of Homeowners Choice, Inc. a Florida homeowners insurance company until his retirement in 2011.

On March 14, 2022, Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. appointed Gary L. Ropiecki to serve as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer, effective the same day. Mr. Ropiecki, age 66, previously served as the Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at the Company since 2015 and continues to serve as Corporate Secretary. Mr. Ropiecki started his career at Deloitte and his experience includes roles at Hannover Re, Torus Insurance, KPMG and E&Y. Mr. Ropiecki is a graduate of New York University and is a licensed CPA and CGMA.