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if ‘Niggeman,D Dies «. Louis W, Niggeman, chalr- man and chief executive offi- i cer of Fireman's Fund Ameri :. can insuraiite Companies and “yice chairman of the board of ' American Express Company, |, Spparent heart attack while on a business trip in Klosters, Switzerland. , t . A hative of New York, Mr. ! ; ” Niggeman attended the Uni- f versity of New Hampshire and: ‘S graduated from the aes + development program at N | York University and the Stan: ! ty school of bus} . “A "resident a Kentfield ti “Marin County, Mr. Niggeman +; began his 39-year insurance career in 1935 as an office boy for the New York brokerage ~ ments in 1938. Leaving private indastry nw i dead ct the ane ota : > Mr. eman, also chair ’ chief ey ENS RME time insurance division of the War Shipping Administration and later as assistant director of wartime jnourance in In 1946," ie ‘Niggeman joined Fireman's Fund as as- _@istant manager of the Atlan tie Merine Department in York. arid three years fater advanced to the position .of manager. Elected vice -"y' president in 1951, he was transferred to San "Francisco two years later and -took “charge of ell operations in the Western states, Mr. Niggeman "tok sentor executive i y tor aa. worldwide ocean-inland ma: rine operations: and reinsur- . ance in: 1856 and in 1850 was "elected a director tive vice president in charge of ail underwriting, produc- tion and claims, ‘17. | * He was elected president of Fireman’s Fund in 1967 and during the course of the next five years was elected execu- “tive vice’ president of Ameri- scan Express Company, chief executive officer and chair- man of the board .of Fire- ". man’s Fund and vice chair- man of the board of American ¥ ; 142, Mr. Niggeman served as Express bk. 2A. A, oe ‘ r ™ served as director of United * California Bank, the Crusader i Insurance Company in Rei- \ gate, England, and of Inter- , the. Mr vices boards of the Also chairman of the “AFIA’ _—e Worldwide Insurance, 6 con- +. sortium of U.S. property-lia- bility ‘companies insuring overseas risks, Mr. Nigge:nan continental Reinsurance Com- vany Lid. in Bermuda, Niggeman served on _U.S. Department of Housing “and Urban Development and -OPIC, the Overseas Private we POLS 4 ee oss . "gli asheo. > ents isdgudo.” = ae Insurance Chief: ee pri so yh OssimaaiACribn first vice preside: of the Cak,~ ffornia Chamber . ot. Con- mre oo wa, - vats das included past president’ of the California Insurance Federation Inc., a trustee for? the American Institute for. Property. & Liability: Under. writers, served on the board: the Insurance Society af New: Association of the U.S.” ' Recently appointed to .the, Stanford Business School Ad. ‘yisory Council, Mr. Niggeman was also s member of board of trustees for the World Affairs Council of Northern California, past president of the Internatlonal Hospitality Center of the Bay Area and was trusteé and past president of the Episcopal Di- ovese of California. Mr. Niggeman leaves ti in Kentfield; two sons, Peter Niggeman of London and Jon: Niggeman of New York; a, daughter, Susan De La Cruz’ children. business gittitas * tion and was associated’ with! - wife, Sue, of the family hore: 2 % | x. 3 York and the Maritime Law, - of Madrid, and three grand: . ;Puneral services are pend” * -, as are - ~ . h m, we i f |