Anne Hardner

Anne has 40 years of insurance experience. Currently, she is the Executive Vice President of Arch Insurance Group where she leads Executive Assurance Division (EA). EA has a team of 95 underwriting professionals in over 12 locations across the U.S. that specialize in providing management liability insurance to a broad range of industries. The division is divided into four specialty sub-units: Large Commercial Group, Growth & Middle Market, Financial Services and Transactional Risk Liability.
Prior to leading EA, she led the Large Commercial Group (LCG). LCG offers a suite of products including Directors & Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Fiduciary Liability to public and private companies with revenues over $1B. LCG also provides capacity for Representations & Warranty Insurance and Tax Liability Insurance.
Before joining Arch, she was with The Hartford where she managed the large Public & Private D&O, Fid and EPL book of business in the Midwest. Before entering the Management Liability world, she held various leadership positions in the Primary and Excess Specialty Casualty lines for The Hartford.
The most rewarding aspects of Anne’s role at Arch is the development and mentoring of individuals in the organization. She is passionate about helping with career progression, and, in particular, supporting other women in their career journey.
In addition to her role at Arch, Anne was also a board member for The Riverside Foundation for 7 years. Riverside Foundation is a not-for-profit, community-based organization serving adults with moderate-to-severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Their moto “Changing Lives – One Person at a Time” is just one of the reasons Anne joined the board. She is passionate about helping those that are some of the most vulnerable in our communities.
She has a B.A. of Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
Anne is a third generation native Californian, although, for the past 30 years, she has lived outside of Chicago with her husband. She has two grown children and is fortunate to have both of them living nearby. In her spare time, she loves to ski, play tennis (and recently pickle) read and garden.