Education
Colgate University; The Wharton School.
founder president chief executive
Colgate University; The Wharton School.
He is the Chief Executive Officer of Fusion Company, a global digital merchandising provider that specializes in ancillary products. Fusion was created in 2012 after being spun-out of a large international insurance company. Before Fusion, Ansell was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Global Assistance United States of America, one of the largest travel insurance companies in the United States and American specialty insurer Jefferson Insurance Company.
Ansell grew up in Binghamton, New New York He graduated with a Bachelor in Economics from Colgate University in 1972 and an Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1977.
From 1972 to 1975, he was an executive for the Broome County Medical Society, an affiliate of the American Medical Association. From 1978 to 1985 he was in charge of corporate planning and product development at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, now a Wellpoint company.
In 1986, he was one of the founders of the travel insurer Access America and World Access, later acquired by the international travel insurer Mondial Assistance. In 2004 he co-founded and served as the first president of the United States Travel Insurance Association, the trade association of American insurers, brokers and administrators specializing in travel insurance.
He has been cited as a "visionary" in the travel insurance industry and is a frequent business speaker.
He was also a member of the management board of Allianz Global Assistance, formerly Mondial Assistance, an international travel insurance and assistance company based in Paris, France.