January 6, 2025 — East Coast Underwriters, LLC (ECU) has announced the promotion of Jonathan Socko to President and Kody Parker to Senior Vice President of Sales. ECU’s former President, Aaron Wilkie will be shifting to the role of CEO. Aaron had previously served as ECU’s President since 2002. Jonathan, whom previously served as ECU’s Senior Vice President of Sales has been with the organization since 2012. Kody Parker, whom previously served as a Sales Director for ECU has been with the organization since 2017. Aaron will continue to be a part of East Coast Underwriters however daily leadership responsibilities will shift to Jonathan effective immediately.
“We’re pleased to announce the leadership changes at ECU” said Aaron. “Our company has continued to achieve our goals of ‘smart growth’ and we are positioned very well with the tremendous staff we have in place”.
Per Jonathan, “ECU has grown by over 40% since 2021, I attribute our success to Aaron’s vision for our organization and I look forward to carrying the torch. We are absolutely blessed to have the staff, carrier partners and clients, many of whom have been with us for nearly 10 years or more. To say that I’m excited about our organization’s future would be understated.”
Kody added - “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity and the responsibility that comes with it. I am excited to step into this role, and work even closer with our exceptional team to continue to drive growth, maintain and build relationships, and achieve our shared vision of success. We are all looking forward to the continued success and smart growth with our carrying partners and valued clients that we will continue to hold close.”
About East Coast Underwriters, LLC
Founded in 2001, ECU is a full-service MGU and captive/program manager for Medical Stop Loss based in South Carolina. ECU specializes in small-middle market Medical Stop Solutions but has product and underwriting capacities for plan sponsors of any size, small and large (25 EEs+). ECU works closely with brokers, TPAs and general agents alike. In 2014, ECU launched Blue Ridge Captive Solutions, a North Carolina captive domicile. ECU maintains several captive programs and continues to grow its captive and captive-parallel market presence.
For more information about ECU, please contact Kody Parker (kparker@ecumgu.com) and Andrea Brokamp (abrokamp@ecumgu.com).