Jeff Lanier

V.P. Finance
Stewart Title Guaranty Company

Jeff D. Lanier has over fifteen years of progressive domestic and international experience successfully driving results and corporate development initiatives across organizations, cultures, and within matrix environments for leading Life & Annuity, P&C, and Title companies. He has broad and deep experience leading strategic planning, M&A efforts across the complete M&A lifecycle, a portfolio of strategic initiatives, as well as business line leadership, retail distribution, product development, and financial planning & analysis. He has worked with businesses based in U.S., Japan, UK, China, Ireland, Israel, South Korea, and Latin America.

He is currently Head of Finance for Stewart Title’s Commercial and Agency businesses responsible for overseeing the financial planning and analysis organization to drive business growth and profitability including Stewart’s Agency Expansion Loan program. Through the loan program Stewart has successfully supported their agency partners with growth expansion through acquisitions.

Prior to Stewart, he was a leader in Deloitte’s Insurance practice; served as Head of Finance & Administration for a national Life and Retirement retail distribution IMO; and served for a decade in a variety of leadership roles at AIG including Global Head of Health Business Alliances; Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO of the AIG Global Life, Health, and Annuity business; and Director of Strategy & Financial Planning for AIG Life, Health, and Annuity.

Mr. Lanier has a B.A. and B.A.A. from UT Austin, and an M.B.A. from Rice University.