Erin Parkinson Trendler is the US Specialty Lines AVP - for CNA's Field Operations East, managing production of privately held Directors and Officers (D&O), Employment Practices Liability (EPL), Fiduciary, Fidelity, Miscellaneous Professional Liability, Technology E&O and Media Professional lines for the region, and overseeing the growth of CNA's specialty segments including Pro Programs, E&S, Publicly Traded Management Liability and HealthPro. Her career has spanned both underwriting and brokerage at AIG, Marsh and CNA over the past decade.

Erin is a frequent presenter throughout the Northeast on management liability topics. She has delivered more than twenty continuing education credit classes on D&O and EPL, served as a guest professor at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) University, presented two School of Risk Control Excellence sessions on EPL, participated as a panelist on multiple specialty lines panels and has presented several Web-based and other educational seminars to underwriters, agents and insurance buyers.