The Board of Directors of the Psi Upsilon Foundation are pleased to announce the election of Brother Apurva Upadhyay, Eta ’06 (Lehigh) as the newest member of the board. Mr. Upadhyay graduated from Lehigh and brings extensive experience from a distinguished career in insurance.
Apurva received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management with a minor in French Language from Lehigh University and his Masters of Business Administration from Villanova University. In addition to his extensive education in business, Apurva is a licensed property and casualty agent in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as a designated Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS). His great persuasive capabilities and affable nature make him an excellent addition to the Foundation board.
I lived in Florida before I went to Psi U at Lehigh University. And, when I moved to Lehigh, I didn’t have much in the way of family around. I didn’t have friends right away, either, as I was not local to PA, so when I joined Psi U, it became that. Psi U that immediate family for me, and it always will be, quite frankly. So, now I can be anywhere in the world, anywhere in the country, and connect with people that are family that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. Psi U will always be an important part of my life, and it’s something that I feel very, very strongly about…I truly feel that Psi U was that family that I needed when I was 18 years old and living away from home. That’s why I feel as strongly as I do about Psi U as a whole.
Professionally, Apurva joined The Safegard Group in 2008 and currently holds the position of Senior Vice President of Commercial Lines. He serves as a team leader and an Account Executive maintaining client accounts and proactively helping to improve their total cost of risk. Apurva maintains significant relationships with his clients, helping them with various coverage issues and keeping them informed. In addition, Apurva specializes in formalizing coverage terms and conditions across Safegard’s multiple insurance companies and keeping his clients informed of coverage and litigation changes that affect their risk management portfolio. Apurva has also incorporated managing and maintaining insurance company relationships and marketing efforts. By managing the book of business on a macro level, Apurva maintains growth and profitability goals for Safegard with its partner insurance companies.
Apurva has worked in the insurance industry for over two (2) decades. Previously, Apurva worked with Crum & Forster Insurance Company as a Senior Underwriter for the Philadelphia regional office with territory responsibilities as far west as Ohio.
Over the years Apurva has maintained contact with many brothers and describes some of the young men who he attended college with as his best friends that he still is in regular contact with. In fact, during Covid, his friends started a weekly “running call” with multiple Psi U brothers. “We have a running call with some of my buddies. Every Monday and Wednesday we go out at 6:30 in the morning, and we run wherever we are, and we talk and fill each other in on our lives, and it’s a great opportunity for us to catch up. We started that during Covid…I didn’t really have any outlets at all, and my buddy Mike (Michael Sale, Eta ’06) was like, “Hey, we have to go out and get some fresh air, do stuff and just talk and be connected.” [Other important parts of the group are Benjamin G. Jahre, Tom Rovere and Gregory Brown, also Eta ’05 and ’06. Just one way Psi U connections have been important to Apurva.]
For the Foundation Board Apurva looks forward to finding ways to contribute and move the leadership of Psi Upsilon to reflect the brotherhood and society as a whole. He is particularly passionate about the Schoepflin Society and planned giving program. He says, “I feel planned giving is crucial to what we [as the Foundation] do now. It’s [paramount] in terms of helping out brothers to make sure that they have an opportunity to succeed, and to continue to do the work we do. That’s something that we can’t do enough of. Planned giving helps to have a direct impact on that”
Apurva lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife, Katie, and their dog named Gizmo.