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Successor Spotlight: Gross Takes the Helm at SECURA

March 11, 2015 by Susanne Sclafane

Sometime after John Bykowski decided he would step down from the CEO role at SECURA Insurance, with a retirement date set for mid-2014, David Gross, the senior vice president of underwriting operations, started formally preparing to follow in Bykowski’s footsteps.

Executive Summary

As part of a series of articles on CEO Succession Planning, Carrier Management asked a SECURA's David Gross to describe his path to the CEO spot in this quarter's "Successor Spotlight" feature. Related articles include:
Executive SummaryAs part of a series of articles on CEO Succession Planning, Carrier Management asked a SECURA’s David Gross to describe his path to the CEO spot in this quarter’s “Successor Spotlight” feature.

Related articles include:

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Gross became president and chief operating officer on Sept. 1, 2013, and CEO less than a year later on July 1, 2014. But it wasn’t simply a 10-month transition.

Gross gave us some background when we asked three questions about his path to the C-suite.