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Starkweather & Shepley Broker Kyle O’Neill Recognized as a 2026 Private Client Power Broker
Kyle O’Neill, SVP, President, Private Client, Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Growing up immersed in sports, Kyle O’Neill combined his passion for athletics with a career in risk management. Since joining Starkweather & Shepley in 2018, O’Neill has been an integral part of the growth, direction, and formalization of the Private Client Group. With associates… View Article
Marsh Risk Broker Jake Gussin Recognized as a 2026 Consumer Products Power Broker
Jake Gussin, SVP, FINPRO Advisor, Marsh Risk Insurance director Melora Copeland was concerned that the pending claim against her company, Compass Group USA, would blow up its renewal. And there was little time to react. The food service company was notified of the claim in June and was facing a September renewal, Copeland said. Jake… View Article
RCM&D Broker Bruce Guthrie Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Bruce Guthrie, Senior Broker, RCM&D Bruce Guthrie prides himself on delivering creative and effective solutions across a diverse client base. For a multi-state home health organization entangled in a workers’ compensation captive, Guthrie assisted the company in exiting the captive arrangement, retrieving its equity and reducing options from five states to one. “Bruce arranged our… View Article
Aon Broker Pamela Fleischer Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Pamela Fleischer, Senior Property Broker, Aon In anticipation of one client’s renewal, Pamela Fleischer combined her insights into the company’s priorities and values, along with her knowledge of the company’s incumbent insurer’s priorities and values, to proactively initiate a collaborative stewardship program. Fleischer brought together the insurer’s technical and underwriting managers and their counterparts to… View Article
Aon Broker Stephen Allen Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Stephen Allen, Account Executive, Managing Director, Aon At the core of Stephen Allen’s client service model is the technique of immersing himself in each client’s business, while thoroughly understanding their unique goals and challenges. One client needed to better understand the impact of climate change on its organization and to report that impact to various… View Article
Aon Broker Kate Laughlin Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Kate Laughlin, AVP/Umbrella Excess National Casualty Broker, Aon Collaborative relationships with clients are the cornerstone of Kate Laughlin’s personal approach to customer service. One client, experiencing a period of rapid expansion, turned to Laughlin during its most recent renewal cycles. Laughlin collaborated closely with risk management to anticipate and address new exposures arising from its… View Article
J.A. Montgomery Broker Colleen Vallen Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Colleen Vallen, Forensic Services Practice Leader, J.A. Montgomery Consulting Colleen Vallen is known for a client-first approach that prioritizes recovery while minimizing disruption, allowing businesses to focus on getting back to work. Her service philosophy is built on three pillars — the numbers, the story, and the strategy — recognizing that every claim represents more… View Article
Aon Broker Blair Hollowell Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Blair Hollowell, Managing Director, Aon Blair Hollowell’s goal is to deliver exceptional customer service that is not only reliable and insightful, but is also something that adds tangible value to her clients’ businesses. This is most evident in Hollowell’s relationship with one client, whereby she has built consistent service and excellent brokerage results on their… View Article
Aon Broker Rachael Najarian Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Rachael Najarian, VP, Senior Broker – Umbrella/Excess Casualty, Aon One significant challenge a client of Rachael Najarian faced during the company’s 2025 excess casualty renewal was changes in the underwriting appetite, while carriers looked to compress limits. Najarian informed the client early in the process, with full transparency of what the client may expect, helping… View Article
Aon Broker Jimmishea O’Lee Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Jimmishea O’Lee, West Middle Market Broking Leader, Aon Jimmishea O’Lee is helping reshape how the insurance market approaches one of the fastest-growing and most misunderstood sectors: digital assets. Favorable regulatory and public policy developments in 2025 have accelerated industry growth, but it is O’Lee’s persistence and technical expertise that have helped translate momentum into meaningful… View Article
Gallagher Broker Hannah Hodges Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Hannah Hodges, Area Assistant Vice President, Gallagher For Hannah Hodges, it is vital to prioritize clear, timely communication so clients feel informed, supported and never left for answers. She also advocates fiercely for her clients to achieve the best possible outcomes. She approaches the insurance industry with persistent curiosity. “Our organization is already pretty risk… View Article
IMA Broker Sam Haslam Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Sam Haslam, Senior Vice President, IMA Financial Group Sam Haslam is instrumental in the growth and development of his client’s companies. From his very first interaction with one client, he recognized critical gaps in its coverage — their umbrella policy was actually only covering one of the company’s entities and leaving a huge exposure to… View Article
Kapnick Broker Brian Pilarski Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Brian Pilarski, Partner, Client Executive, Kapnick Insurance During the last two years, Brian Pilarski has worked diligently with a large, multi-state client with a complex risk profile. Specifically, Pilarski was tasked with balancing proper limits within leases and contracts, while establishing coverage protection of the client’s entire risk exposure set. Pilarski’s built a customized structure… View Article
Aon Broker Katie Corrigan Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Katie Corrigan, Vice President, Aon Katie Corrigan sees every client as a partner; not an account. For one client, Corrigan led a comprehensive global marketing effort to rebuild capacity and reposition the client’s risk to the marketplace: “Katie delivered an exceptional property insurance renewal that exceeded our expectations and stands out as the best outcome… View Article
Marsh Risk Broker Jennifer Knoblauch Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Jennifer Knoblauch, VP, Property Claims Advocate, Marsh Risk When a client experienced tornado damage at one of its locations, it engaged Jennifer Knoblauch to guide it through the complex claims process, involving both the insurance carrier and the landlord. The initial claim estimate from the client’s contractor was approximately $1.3 million, with the carrier’s estimate… View Article
Marsh Risk Broker Tanner Sturm Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Tanner Sturm, Associate Client Executive, Marsh Risk When a real estate investment client faced headwinds in placing coverage for a large asset in the Southeast, they turned to Tanner Sturm for a solution. Through proactive engagement with carrier partners, Sturm strives to identify and implement innovative ancillary solutions that add tangible value. “Our asset is… View Article
Marsh Risk Broker Marlen Hurtado Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Marlen Hurtado, Managing Director, Marsh Risk For Marlen Hurtado, every challenge presents an opportunity to create meaningful solutions. Like for one educational client, which, due to increasingly restrictive coverage options, it chose to self-insure certain lines. “In the last year, Mar has brought together Marsh industry experts to address institutional risks that are intersectional,” said… View Article
Marsh Risk Broker Helena Beliveau Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Helena Beliveau, Assistant Vice President, Marsh Risk For Helena Beliveau, client service could be distilled in one word: reliability. This was most evident in Beliveau’s work with a global industrial gas producer that was evaluating its global property renewal, which is the bulk of the client’s overall premium spend. During the renewal strategy process, Beliveau… View Article
Aon Broker Matthew Ginsburg Recognized as a 2026 At-Large Power Broker
Matthew Ginsburg, Director – Alternative Risk Transfer, Aon The casualty insurance market can be quite volatile, so when Matthew Ginsburg’s client was facing a 10-15% premium increase despite a strong historical loss record, Ginsburg implemented a multi-year structured insurance program. Specifically, this program locked in risk transfer costs over a three-year term. Partnering with actuaries… View Article
Spring Consulting Group Broker Prabal Lakhanpal Recognized as a 2026 Captives Power Broker
Prabal Lakhanpal, Senior Vice President, Spring Consulting Group Placing risks via a captive company is a complex process that can be a hard solution for a risk manager to sell to leadership. Unless, of course, they can boast the support of an exceptional broker like Prabal Lakhanpal. “Some brokers come up with solutions that cannot… View Article