New Day Underwriting Managers LLC

Executive Profiles

JEFFEREY S. LEJFER, CPCU

President and Founder

Jeff Lejfer is Founder and President of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC.  Jeff has enjoyed more than 30 years in the insurance industry during which he has developed broad-based industry expertise in specialty coverages, underwriting management, administration, sales, and marketing.  Prior to establishing New Day Underwriting, Jeff served as President of XL Programs, a U.S. division of Bermuda-based XL Capital.  At XL, Jeff managed overall operations and underwriting relationships with program managers who administered XL’s book of specialized program business.  Prior to that position, Jeff served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Services, for XL Environmental, another XL Capital company.  Jeff’s extensive environmental insurance underwriting experience was honed during the more than a dozen years he spent with XL Environmental, formerly called ECS, Inc., one of the pioneering environmental insurance providers. There, he held many senior positions, directing underwriting operations and business development.  He was also responsible for maximizing the use of the company’s strategic resources, including Human Resources, Quality and Organizational Effectiveness, Information Services, Marketing and Communications, and Government Affairs.  He was a director of the Center for Environmental Risk Management a forum for discussing current issues and trends in environmental risk management for brokers and agents.  Prior to ECS, Jeff was Vice President and managed the North American operations for Property and Inland Marine for American Home Assurance Company, New York, a division of AIG. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Connecticut and the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.  He is past Skipper of the New York Mariners Club and former President of the Philadelphia Mariners Club.

JEFF SLIVKA, ARM, CRIS

Senior Vice President

To New Day Underwriting, Jeff Slivka brings a strong combination of professional experience, having worked with major brokerage firms, managing agencies and insurance carriers. He has spent the last 18 years developing his environmental and professional liability underwriting expertise at Aon, Arthur J. Gallagher, and ECS, Inc.  In his most recent position as a senior consultant/construction specialist in Aon’s Environmental Group, Jeff served as environmental and professional liability resource for all construction related business, assisting in the sales and broking of environmental and professional liability insurance programs for all types of construction firms on an international basis.  Over the years, Jeff has assisted approximately 50% of the ENR Top 400 Construction firms with managing environmental and/or professional liability.  Jeff has also been in the forefront of helping businesses’ address a growing concern -- mold liability. To help businesses learn about and manage their mold risks, Jeff co-developed many mold management/awareness programs for various construction-related risks.  While at ECS/XL Environmental, Jeff underwrote and managed all types of environmental insurance and construction related professional liability products.  Jeff received his Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.  He has completed the professional designations of Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS), and is pursuing the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.  He is a member of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and serves on AGC’s National Risk Management Committee and Environmental Committees.  Jeff is also the environmental columnist on IRMI.com.

TIMOTHY FARRELL

Vice President, Sales

Tim Farrell is a 20-year veteran of the commercial property and casualty industry with an exceptionally strong sales and marketing record in the environmental insurance industry.  Tim joined New Day Underwriting Managers after more than a decade selling environmental insurance coverages and services with XL Environmental, formerly ECS, Inc., part of the XL Capital group of companies.   He began his environmental insurance sales career with ECS in 1995, prior to the company’s acquisition by XL Capital in 1999.  During his tenure at ECS/XL Environmental, Tim was influential in seeing that the company’s book of environmental insurance business grow to almost $400 million in 2004.  While at XL, Tim’s personal sales territory represented a significant portion of the total XL Environmental book of business.  His extensive experience includes additional sales and marketing experience as a broker, managing general agent and insurance carrier. Prior to joining ECS, Tim worked in regional sales and marketing positions for CIGNA Property & Casualty Co. in Philadelphia and Maguire Insurance Group in Wynnewood, PA.  He earned his Masters of Business Administration from St. Joseph’s University and his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Temple University.  He is a member of Philadelphia’s Mariner Club.

JOHN HEFT

Vice President

For New Day Underwriting, John Heft not only adds 17 years of environmental underwriting experience, but he brings a solid base of facility-focused work experience – working for a major brokerage firm, an insurance carrier and an environmental consultant. Throughout his professional career, John has provided environmental risk management solutions for a variety of industry sectors including chemical, petrochemical, energy, manufacturing, real estate, universities and healthcare.

To provide the right risk management solutions, John honed his expertise in environmental liability assessment, quantification, loss control, as well as insurance program development and placement. John’s specialty is transactional business where he is well-trained to address clients’ legacy liability issues and prospective portfolio insurance programs.

In his most recent position as a Vice President/Client Advisor in Marsh’s Environmental Practice, John was responsible for working with large domestic and international Fortune 100 to middle market clients. He also generated new and expanded revenue for the Practice. Prior to joining Marsh, John was a Manager of ECS/XL Environmental’s Chemical Facilities Unit, promoted from a Senior Facility Underwriter position, and he was responsible for underwriting and managing all types of environmental insurance products. John also has environmental consulting experience with Consulting Services, Inc. (CSI) where he was responsible for environmental risk assessment surveys for facilities throughout the US.

John received his BS degree in General Science and a MS Degree in Water Resource and Environmental Engineering from Villanova University. He is currently pursuing his Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation.