Nicole M. Katz

Nicole Katz has more than 20 years in the insurance industry specializing in large Property & Casualty programs in various industry sectors including manufacturing, retail, hospitality, financial institutions, and professional services firms. At CRS, she leads the overall Stewardship practice and is responsible for the development of strategies around the growth of that business and conversion opportunities post diligence. She also serves as an outsourced risk management advisor for a number of CRS’ large multi-national PE investment fund clients.

Prior to joining CRS, Nicole held various positions within large brokerage firms, and was most recently the Director of Risk Management for The New York Racing Association (NYRA), where she managed all aspects of operational and enterprise risk, as well as claims, safety, loss control and occupational health care services for three New York State horse racing tracks, Belmont, Aqueduct & Saratoga. Prior to her role at NYRA, she served as the Risk Manager for Praxair, Inc., the largest global industrial gas company in North & South America.

Nicole holds a Bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and a Master’s of Business Administration, with a focus in International Finance, from Boston College. She continues to remain active on a number of Not-for-Profit Boards of Directors in the New York and CT areas and is the Chair of the Insurance and Risk Management Advisory Committee for her town. Given her family’s love of golf, she recently became a committee member of the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Board of the First Tee of CT.