Management Team
NIF Services of NY
Mark P. Maher
PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
NIF Group, Inc.
Mark attended the College of Insurance Work-Study Program from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, he took a full-time position as a Property Facultative Broker at Willcox Baringer Inc. and continued college at night. In 1982, he became a Property Facultative Underwriter at Kaler, Carney, and Liffler, underwriting managers for Allstate Insurance Company. In 1983, he was hired as an Underwriter for both facultative and treaty reinsurance on the New York Insurance Exchange.
In 1985, he joined Danmar Associates as an Excess Lines Broker/Underwriter for both property and casualty business, which was subsequently purchased in 1990 by NIF Group and later merged into what is now the NIF Service of New York. Mark became President of NIF Services of New York in 1999. In 2006, Mark became President and Chief Operating Officer of NIF Group, Inc.
Email: mmaher@nifgroup.com
John A. Buckley
President - NIF Services of NY
John graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH in 1982. In 1983 John joined Moore Excess, a surplus lines wholesaler. He eventually purchased the firm in 1991. Moore Excess was purchased by NIF Group in 1995 and John was named Sr. Vice President and part-owner in NIF Services of New York. In June of 2006 he was named President of NIF Services of New York. John served as president of the Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association (PIWA) 1991 to 1993. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Excess Lines Association of New York (ELANY).
Email: jbuckley@nifgroup.com
