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BIO
Gordon Stewart is immediate past president of the Insurance Information Institute, from which he retired on December 31, 2006. Mr. Stewart came to the I.I.I. in 1989 after a career in politics, business, theater and teaching.
From 1982 to 1989, he was vice president for public affairs at the American Stock Exchange. Before going to the Exchange, Mr. Stewart served in the White House as deputy chief speechwriter to President Carter. Earlier, he was chief speechwriter and executive assistant for programs and policies to New York City Mayor John Lindsay.
Before joining the Carter White House, he was the original director of the play, "Elephant Man," and has directed and conducted productions at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center and the Edinburgh Festival, among others. Prior to that Mr. Stewart taught English and Drama at Amherst College in Massachusetts.
Since becoming president of the Insurance Information Institute, Gordon Stewart has focused its work on improving public understanding of insurance, primarily through the global media. The I.I.I. now provides assistance on an average of 14 stories per working day and covers all aspects of print, magazines, television, radio and new electronic media.
The I.I.I. today is generally recognized as the most credible and frequently used single source of information and referral concerning a widely diverse industry. Its Board represents companies from all sides of the industry. In addition, some twenty other insurance organizations contract with I.I.I. for media services.
Mr. Stewart has also led in the creation of significant new industry-wide efforts such as the Hurricane Insurance Information Center in Florida following Hurricane Andrew, a precedent which was repeated after the Northridge earthquake and the Malibu fires, and is ready to be redeployed for large events.
Also new is the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum which brings together the nine major insurance company associations for the first time in an annual meeting.
I.I.I. is involved in products as diverse as original research with the National Bureau of Economic Research, through widely used consumer publications, to maintaining the National Insurance Consumer Helpline on behalf of the entire U.S. property/casualty industry.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College, Mr. Stewart also holds a master's degree from the University of Chicago; a certificate in theatre and music from the University of Vienna; and a master's in fine arts from the Yale University Drama School. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Century Association. He is secretary of the Judson Welliver Society of former chief presidential speechwriters.
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