Paul Newsome, CFA

Managing Director, Equity Research

J. Paul Newsome, is a Managing Director and the senior insurance analyst in the Research Department of Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. Previously he was Vice President and the senior property-casualty insurance company research analyst at A.G. Edwards and at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Newsome has worked in or covered the insurance industry for over 20 years. Prior to Lehman Brothers he worked at Dain in Minneapolis, and Oppenheimer and Company. Mr. Newsome has B. A. degrees in mathematics and economics from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and an M.S. degree in economics from Iowa State College. He holds both the Chartered Financial Analyst and the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designations.