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CATIC forms National Agency Division

Rocky Hill, CT CATIC has formed its National Agency Division. The division will include Kyle Rank, senior vice president, national accounts manager who joined CATIC in January of this year. Joining Rank will be Christine Huff, vice president, national agency manager, Anthony Nalbone, vice president, national agency manager, and Bart Bodkin, vice president, national underwriting counsel. The team brings with it over 100 years of combined industry experience and will help to establish and build the newly formed division within the company.

Huff is a 30-year industry veteran, having spent 29 of those years working for the industry’s largest national underwriter and having spent the remainder of the time working for a smaller regional underwriter, assisting them with key growth and strategic initiatives. She brings with her a broad range of knowledge and experience having worked in multiple departments and roles throughout her lengthy career, including the title plant, accounting, legal/underwriting, national agency administration, and national agency sales. 

Nalbone is a 25-year veteran of the title and mortgage industries, having spent time working for two national underwriters, a regional underwriter, and holding senior roles in two large national agent organizations. He has expertise with forming RESPA and state-compliant joint ventures and affiliated business arrangements (AfBAs). He has been a long-standing member of the Real Estate Services Providers Council and has served on RESPRO’s board.

Bodkin is a 30-year industry veteran, having worked for more than a decade for three national underwriters in national agency counsel and underwriting roles. He also spent over 15 years working for a large national agent. He is admitted to the Bar Associations in Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. He brings with him extensive knowledge and experience underwriting complex and difficult transactions in both the residential and commercial arenas. He also brings with him a wealth of knowledge regarding joint ventures and affiliated business arrangements. 

“We are beyond thrilled to have Christine, Anthony and Bart join our growing team at CATIC as we continue to build for the future. This group brings a tremendous amount of national experience and will be instrumental as our family of companies continues its national expansion into key states and markets,” said James M. Czapiga, Esq., President and CEO of the CATIC Family of Companies.

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