Portrait of William Kanich, MD, JD

William Kanich, MD, JD

Executive Chairperson, MagMutual Partner

Dr. Bill Kanich is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who practiced in Charleston, South Carolina, before joining MagMutual in 2017. He served as MagMutual’s Chief Medical Officer and head of The Institute at MagMutual® for five years. In that role, he advised members of The Institute on medical matters and led educational seminars for PolicyOwners. 

Bill, a longtime MagMutual PolicyOwner, was named to the company’s Board of Directors in 2021 during his tenure as CMO. He was elected to serve as executive chairperson, succeeding longtime MagMutual executive, board member and chairperson Dr. Joe Wilson, and assumed the role on January 1, 2023. 

Bill received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, his JD from the University of North Carolina and his MD from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia.