Olympus Insurance Company, a leading Florida homeowners insurer, announced that Martin Newby has joined the company as Vice President of Claims. Mr. Newby will serve as Olympus' senior claims executive responsible for the development, implementation, organization and leadership of the Olympus claims programs and initiatives. He brings more than 28 years of claims and operations experience.

"We are pleased to welcome Martin to our growing company, and I look forward to working with him to maintain and enhance our best-in-class claims service," said Jeffrey B. Scott, CEO of Olym­pus Insur­ance.  

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Mr. Newby began his claim management career with State Farm Insurance Company and has extensive Florida executive experience leading claims and catastrophe operations. Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Newby served as President of Texas-based CIS Claim Services, an independent adjusting company servicing many Florida clients, including Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.  

"I look forward to continuing Olympus' revolutionizing of claims processing," said Mr. Newby. "We understand why homeowners buy insurance, and how we handle claims is the product we sell."