{"id":175152,"date":"2026-04-24T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/175152\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:25:52","slug":"new-erie-indemnity-chairman-elected-thomas-hagen-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/175152\/","title":{"rendered":"New Erie Indemnity chairman elected; Thomas Hagen steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time since 2006, someone other than Thomas B. Hagen<\/a> will serve as chairman of Erie Indemnity Co., the management firm of Erie Insurance.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Hirt Hagen, son of Thomas B. Hagen and the late Susan Hirt Hagen, has been elected by the board to serve as its new chairman.<\/p>\n

The company’s board of directors elected the 63-year-old Philadelphia man during an April 19 meeting and named Thomas Hagen, who is 90, to serve as chairman emeritus.<\/p>\n

The elder Hagen, who led Erie Insurance as CEO from 1990 to 1993, was elected to replace former chairman F.W. Hirt, following his death.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Hagen is not new to the leadership ranks at Erie’s largest employer and the only Erie-based Fortune 500 company.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Jonathan Jonathan Hagen, Erie Indemnity Co. <\/p>\n

He has served as co-trustee of H.O. Hirt Trusts, vice chairman of Erie Indemnity and chairman of the board of Erie Affiliated Insurance Companies.<\/p>\n

Matthew Cummings, a spokesman for the company, said the company’s new chairman was elected unanimously.<\/p>\n

\"Jonathan Jonathan Hagen and his wife, Rekha Hagen ,unveil the sign in front of the $147 million Thomas B. Hagen Building in September of 2021. <\/p>\n

“This transition reflects both continuity and a deep connection to our company\u2019s history,” Cummings said in a statement. “Jonathan is the son of Tom Hagen and the late Susan Hirt Hagen, and the grandson of our co-founder, H.O. Hirt. He has served on our Board since 2005 and as Vice Chairman since 2013.”<\/p>\n

Tim NeCastro, who announced earlier this year that he intends to retire<\/a> as CEO at the end of this year, applauded the move in a memo to employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cJonathan brings a thoughtful, steady approach to leadership, along with a strong understanding of our business and our culture,\u201d NeCastro wrote. \u201cHe also carries forward the legacy of those who helped build this company \u2014 grounded in service, integrity, and a long-term perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Thomas Thomas Hagen, chairman of Erie Insurance speaks, on Sept. 15, 2021, during a dedication of the new $147 million Thomas B. Hagen Building. <\/p>\n

Like his father, Jonathan Hagen will serve as non-executive chairman, meaning that he will lead the board of directors, but will not oversee daily operations.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Hagen, who sometimes accompanied his father to work as a young man, worked at the company for several summers while attending college.<\/p>\n

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A graduate of McDowell High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, both an MBA and a law degree from Temple University and a master’s degree from Villanova University School of Law.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Hagen, who remains active as the leader of the Erie Historic Preservation Trust, served as the first secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since 2006, someone other than Thomas B. Hagen will serve as chairman of Erie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[31619,136,78476,138,9080,137,78475,78437,78477,78472,78474,78473,56488],"class_list":{"0":"post-175152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-chairman-emeritus","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-affiliated-insurance-companies","11":"tag-erie-headlines","12":"tag-erie-indemnity","13":"tag-erie-news","14":"tag-jonathan-hagen","15":"tag-jonathan-hirt-hagen","16":"tag-matthew-cummings","17":"tag-susan-hirt-hagen","18":"tag-thomas-b-hagen","19":"tag-thomas-hagen","20":"tag-tom-hagen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}