George Krnich Promoted to Vice President of Claims & Risk Management at American Auto Guardian
Arlington Heights, Ill. – American Auto Guardian Inc. (AAGI) promoted George Krnich to vice president, Claim & Risk Management.
Krnich began his career with AAGI in 2000 and has more than 25 years of automotive service experience, with more than 20 years in VSC claims administration. He holds degrees in both Automotive Technology and Automotive Service Excellence. During his tenure with AAGI, Krnich has created and maintained a department which provides outstanding service with consistent and fair claim adjudication. His staff of mechanical claim adjusters will, effective immediately, increase by the addition of the GAP/ETCH/EWT claims group.
In addition to the management of the claims group, Krnich has been heavily relied upon by AAGI’s management regarding underwriting analysis of products and their related claims.
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