William Malone to serve as Vice President, Head of Agency at Hippo

Home insurance firm Hippo has appointed 25-year industry veteran, William Malone as the Vice President, Head of Agency effective immediately.

Malone will lead Hippo’s sales, account management, and customer support functions. He has previously served in sales leadership positions at Chubb, Hartford, Liberty Mutual, and GEICO.

Rick McCathron, Chief Executive Officer and President, Hippo, commented: “We are thrilled to welcome such an accomplished sales leader to the pod.

“His experience leading agent sales and support teams in independent, captive, digital, and exclusive agency settings across every major P&C product line makes him an invaluable asset to Hippo as we continue building a world-class agency committed to finding a policy for every customer, regardless of carrier.”

Malone added: “Personal lines insurance is in my professional DNA and is my first, and true, love. I am beyond excited to deploy the fullness of my experience and passion with Hippo’s great foundation and tech-forward capabilities to drive and deliver results accretive to all stakeholders.

“I am equally thrilled to join and lead a team of customer-centric agency professionals dedicated to protecting the joy of homeownership.”

Simultaneously, Hippo has also announced the departure of long-time executive, Yuval Harry. He joined the company in 2018 as Vice President, Partnerships before being promoted to Chief Revenue Officer in 2020.

Most recently, Harry led the Hippo Agency, overseeing Hippo’s sales, account management, and customer support teams.

McCathron said: “Yuval was instrumental in the growth and maturation of Hippo and played an integral role in our transition from a scrappy start-up to a publicly traded company. More recently he helped launch and build the Hippo Agency. We are grateful for his hard work and wish him well in all future endeavours.”

“I am incredibly proud of all we accomplished during my time at Hippo, growing from a small start-up to a public company selling various products across multiple distribution channels.

“I am excited about what the future holds for the company, particularly the Hippo Agency’s growth under an experienced leader like William Malone,” concluded Harry.

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