Stephen R. Crim
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Crim became President and CEO in 2003, and manages the Company’s U.S. insurance operations, American Safety Insurance Services, Inc., and Bermuda-based holdings company, American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

Previously, Mr. Crim served as Executive Vice President and was responsible for the insurance operations of the Program Insurance Services Division of the Company.  Mr. Crim joined the Company in 1990 as Vice President of Underwriting, and was responsible for all underwriting functions of the Company.  

Prior to joining ASI, Mr. Crim was employed in the underwriting departments of Aetna Casualty and Surety and The Hartford Insurance Co. between 1986 and 1990.  

Mr. Crim has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with an outside field in business from Indiana University in 1986.


Joseph D. Scollo, Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Scollo, who joined American Safety Insurance in 1998, currently serves as President and COO and is responsible for the Company's U.S. insurance operations. He was previously Executive Vice President from 2003 to 2008, and Senior Vice President of Operations from 1998 to 2003.  He also serves as Executive Vice President and COO of the Bermuda-based holding company, American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

Prior to joining ASI, Mr. Scollo served as Senior Vice President of Operations of United Coastal Insurance Company for nine years.  

Mr. Scollo has 17 years experience in the insurance industry. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Western New England College in 1985 and holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate.


William C. Tepe
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Tepe joined American Safety Insurance in 2005, and is responsible for all accounting and finance functions of the Companies.

Prior to joining ASI, Mr. Tepe was Chief Financial Officer of GAB Robins, an international third party administrator of insurance claims.  Prior to joining GAB Robins, Mr. Tepe held various financial management positions in the insurance industry at companies including USF&G and Firemen’s Insurance Company of Washington DC.

Mr. Tepe received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Robert Morris College and his Masters in Finance from The Johns Hopkins University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Maryland Association of CPAs.  


Randolph L. M. Hutto
Secretary and General Counsel
Mr. Hutto joined ASI in 2006 with more than ten years of experience as general counsel for publicly traded companies, as well as twelve years of experience in private practice in the fields of securities, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining ASI, he was with NDCHealth Corp., where he served in various executive-level capacities including Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. He also has held executive-level legal positions with First Financial Management Co. from 1992 until the company’s merger with First Data Corporation. Following the merger, Mr. Hutto was Senior Vice President- Strategic Planning and Corporate Development with First Data until 1997. Additionally, he has 13 years’ experience in private practice.

He received his Juris Doctor, with distinction, from the Emory University School of Law in 1978.  He was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as the Managing Editor of the Emory Law Journal. He received his B.S. in Biology from Washington & Lee University in 1972.


Ambuj Jain
Senior Vice President 
Mr. Jain joined American Safety Insurance in 2004, and is responsible for overseeing the yearly corporate planning and integration of acquisitions, as well as overseeing the Company's healthcare division. He has served as a consultant to the Company's Executive Management since 1999.

Prior to that, Mr. Jain was Senior Vice President, Marketing and Planning for RCI.  He has also served as Senior Manager with Deloitte Consulting, Partner with WorldMark Group, Inc., and a marketing professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.  

Mr. Jain has more than 20 years of marketing and operations experience.   He received his MBA in 1985 and Ph.D. in Marketing and Social Psychology in 1990 from the State University of New York-Buffalo.

Laura L. Ervin