Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 14, 2003
MARK EDMUND WATSON III is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Argonaut Group, Inc., a $1.6 billion property and casualty insurance
group. Argonaut is a national underwriter of certain specialty lines of
business, including workers' compensation, excess and surplus lines and
special coverages for governmental entities. Prior to joining Argonaut,
Mr. Watson was one of two founding partners of Aquila Capital Partners,
a Texas-based venture capital firm focused on technology and life
science related companies. Before founding Aquila, Mr. Watson was an
Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of Titan
Holding, Inc., a NYSE-listed property and casualty insurance group from
1992 until its acquisition in 1998 by USF&G Corporation. From 1989 to
1991 he was an Associate Attorney with Kroll & Tract, a New York law
firm focusing on international financial services clientele. In 1989 Mr.
Watson was Briefing Attorney and Legislative Aid to Texas State Senator
Donald Henderson where he helped draft legislation creating the first
college savings bond program in the state as well as the first mandatory
alternative fuels bill, both of which were enacted into law. Mr. Watson
graduated with a BBA from Southern Methodist University and a JD from
the University of Texas, School of Law. Profile
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Mr. Watson: Argonaut Group is a national specialty underwriter. We break
our business down into four different
