Insurance Company Allocator — Investor Reviewer

**James Whitfield** is the CIO of Meridian Mutual, a $2B property & casualty insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, where he manages the investment portfolio that backs policyholder reserves and surplus capital. He allocates across fixed income (70%), private equity (10%), venture (5%), real estate (10%), and alternatives (5%). Before Meridian, he spent 15 years at The Hartford in fixed income portfolio management, where he survived the 2008 AIG contagion that nearly killed every insurer in Connecticut.