Luis Miranda Casañas
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Luis Miranda Casañas, a native of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
's Barrio Santana, is the Chairman of the Board of Universal, the largest insurance group in Puerto Rico, which also has a corporate presence on the United States mainland. He is credited, during his long career with Universal, as being the driving force behind the emporium's gradual but steady expansion into diverse lines of business and of successfully surviving banking's incursion into the insurance business.
A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico
Río Piedras campus School of Business Administration, his professional career in the insurance business began in 1957 as an underwriting trainee. In 1959, he founded his own company, and in 1983 founded the Eastern America Insurance Agency, the cornerstone of the Universal Insurance Group, which in 2004 began its mainland United States expansion and now has operations in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas, and had reached $1.4 billion in total assets by 2008.
A leader of Puerto Rico's insurance industry, Miranda presided ACODESE, the insurance industry's trade group in 1985, 1990 and 1998.
Miranda is a member of the prestigious Caribbean Business Hall of Fame, and one of only 22 businessmen to obtain the annual Lifetime Achievement Award instituted in 1988. In 2007, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
On a personal level, he is a paso fino
horse enthusiast.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo is a municipality in the northern midwest coast of Puerto Rico and located by the Atlantic Ocean, north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta, and Florida. Arecibo is spread over 18 wards and Arecibo Pueblo...
's Barrio Santana, is the Chairman of the Board of Universal, the largest insurance group in Puerto Rico, which also has a corporate presence on the United States mainland. He is credited, during his long career with Universal, as being the driving force behind the emporium's gradual but steady expansion into diverse lines of business and of successfully surviving banking's incursion into the insurance business.
A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...
Río Piedras campus School of Business Administration, his professional career in the insurance business began in 1957 as an underwriting trainee. In 1959, he founded his own company, and in 1983 founded the Eastern America Insurance Agency, the cornerstone of the Universal Insurance Group, which in 2004 began its mainland United States expansion and now has operations in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas, and had reached $1.4 billion in total assets by 2008.
A leader of Puerto Rico's insurance industry, Miranda presided ACODESE, the insurance industry's trade group in 1985, 1990 and 1998.
Miranda is a member of the prestigious Caribbean Business Hall of Fame, and one of only 22 businessmen to obtain the annual Lifetime Achievement Award instituted in 1988. In 2007, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
On a personal level, he is a paso fino
Paso Fino
The Paso Fino is a naturally gaited light horse breed dating back to horses imported to the Caribbean from Spain. Pasos are prized for their smooth, natural, four beat, lateral ambling gait and are used in many disciplines, but are especially popular for trail riding...
horse enthusiast.