Selective Insurance Group, Inc. announced the appointment of Kate Sampson to the Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2024.  Ms. Sampson is an insurance industry and technology specialist with over 25 years of experience in financial, operational, and management roles.  She began her career at Marsh McLennan as a client executive in 1996, ultimately becoming head of the San Francisco/San Jose office.  From 2014 to 2018, Sampson joined Lyft, the rideshare company, as its first vice president of risk solutions and developed its insurance programs.  From 2019 to 2024, she was with Anthemis Group, a financial technology asset management firm, first as managing director and then as partner leading insurance technology venture investments.  In 2019 Kate founded Merinn Advisors LLC, which provides strategic management and risk consulting services to innovative companies in the insurance, mobility and financial services industries.

She has served on the boards or advisory boards of several technology firms, including Metabiota, Trov, Hedvig, Joshin, Inc., REIN, Vouch Insurance, Eigen Technologies, Kyte, and Elevate.inc., most related to Anthemis investments.  Ms. Sampson also serves on the Duke University FinTech Advisory Board.  She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. With Ms. Sampson's appointment, Selective's Board of Directors will expand from 12 to 13 members before expected retirements.