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Marsh Broker Ana Rocheleau Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
Ana Rocheleau, Claims Advocacy Professional, Marsh Workers’ compensation claims can be notoriously tricky to negotiate. That’s where Ana Rocheleau comes in. One of her clients had an injured employee who filed three claims relating to his lower back and underwent several surgical interventions; another surgery is being recommended. The carrier opined that the employee would… View Article
Aon Broker Christopher Chao Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
Christopher Chao, Senior Vice President, Aon Business travel has become one of the biggest risks in recent years — there was COVID-19, then the ongoing war in Ukraine and the current Middle East conflict. One of Christopher Chao’s clients needed coverage for travel in an excluded war risk area. So Chao came up with a… View Article
Insurance Office of America Broker John Averill Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
John Averill, Vice President, Senior Broker, Insurance Office of America True specialist brokers in the aviation space are a rare breed. That’s why John Averill is worth his weight in gold. When the plane of one of his clients — Priority Jet’s Cessna Citations — was hit on the ramp during an overnight stay at… View Article
Aon Broker Cabot Lyman Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
Cabot Lyman, Senior Vice President, Aon Working on complex accounts is second nature to Cabot Lyman. That was evidenced at the February 1, 2023, renewals, where Lyman tried to place coverage for her client Bath & Body Works, a chain with more than 1,800 stores in the U.S. and Canada and 440 international franchised locations…. View Article
EPIC Broker Laura Tesoriero Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
Laura Tesoriero, Managing Principal, EPIC Laura Tesoriero has made a reputation for herself for coming up with creative ways of looking at an organization’s risk profile and delivering the best insurance solution. This skill came into its own for one client that was facing punitive terms from its carrier if the company decided not to… View Article
Marsh Broker Chad Barnes Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
Chad Barnes, SVP, Consulting Director, Marsh Any risk improvement or savings that can be made makes a big difference for an individual or company, particularly for large retail chains such as Walmart. That’s exactly what Chad Barnes was able to achieve when he took over as the company’s third-party global risk engineering and loss control… View Article
Aon Broker Jennifer Mula Recognized as a 2024 At-Large Power Broker
Jennifer Mula, Broker, Aon Property insurance is one of the hardest markets right now. Rates have been on the increase every quarter, even more so for catastrophe-exposed accounts and those that have historically sustained large losses, driven by rising reinsurance costs and inflationary pressures. Jennifer Mula’s client United Rentals felt this particularly acutely after using… View Article
AssuredPartners Broker Reid Clary Recognized as a 2024 Agriculture Power Broker
Reid Clary, VP, Agribusiness, AssuredPartners “As part of the ag industry, we’ve been watching the pool of insurance companies decline to less than a handful,” said Barb Koehnke, CFO of Maplehurst Farms. After its current insurer announced that it was leaving the already-difficult ag space, “there are two avenues where Reid Clary has been extremely… View Article
WTW Broker Jaclyn Perryman Recognized as a 2024 Agriculture Power Broker
Jaclyn Perryman, Casualty Broker, WTW Imagine you’re on a team of two that manages over 120 policies covering 300 subsidiaries (give or take four or five acquisitions a year) across 22 countries as an importer-exporter that distributes roughly 30,000 products across the U.S. You’d need someone like Jaclyn Perryman on your team. For Stacy Hastings,… View Article
Aon Broker Chris Hubbard Recognized as a 2024 Agriculture Power Broker
Chris Hubbard, Director, Aon Two years ago, said Kathy McCarty, AVP of risk management at OSI Group, Chris Hubbard suggested she consider a security backed letter of credit. “We would use a surety bond to post their credit,” McCarty said, “which helps our balance sheet, because we’re not showing that debt on our balance sheet… View Article
Aon Broker Nathan Burror Recognized as a 2024 Agriculture Power Broker
Nathan Burror, Vice President, Broker III When its incumbent non-renewed its entire program, said the former principal accounting officer of a rapidly expanding food manufacturer, “that kind of put us on our heels a little bit.” And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time: “The property market has just been soaring through the roof,”… View Article
Lockton Broker Phil Torpey Recognized as a 2024 Agriculture Power Broker
Phil Torpey, Vice President, Senior Account Executive — Food, Agriculture and Beverage Practice, Lockton Syngenta is a multinational agricultural, chemical and seeds company doing business in roughly 90 countries, said John Burleigh, its head of corporate insurance. His relationship with Phil Torpey began about a year and a half ago. “He has exceeded expectations, to… View Article
AssuredPartners Broker Scott Aukes Recognized as a 2024 Agriculture Power Broker
Scott Aukes, President, Agribusiness, AssuredPartners Engineering out the risk is never a bad idea. “Like a lot of farmer cooperatives, we have a lot of aging concrete silos out there,” said Steve Nielsen, general counsel at Landus Cooperative. “And we had a loss in 2021. That was a big one — $30 million.” It’s the… View Article
Hylant Broker Anne Marie Towle Recognized as a 2024 Captives Power Broker
Anne Marie Towle, CEO, Global Risk and Captive Solutions, Hylant Facing a hard market and capacity constraints, Topco Associates, a member-owned cooperative of 45 grocery chains, needed to relieve financial pressure and leverage purchasing power for its members to drive savings and remain competitive. It called on Anne Marie Towle to deliver a solution. In… View Article
Insurance Office of America Broker Tony Spina Recognized as a 2024 Captives Power Broker
Tony Spina, Commercial Lines Producer, IOA Construction temp and staffing agency Tradeco Construction’s insurance was previously written directly by an underwriter. The problem, however, was that its coverage didn’t meet its specific needs. So the company approached Tony Spina to look at some options. After assessing Tradeco’s insurance requirements, Spina proposed switching to a captive… View Article
Gallagher Broker Josh Clark Recognized as a 2024 Captives Power Broker
Josh Clark, Area Vice President, Gallagher Cash flow is the lifeblood of every business. Josh Clark’s new client was severely impaired by the deductible adjustments it had to make after its prior policy year loss funds were entirely exhausted. Clark knew he had to take immediate action. He approached the market to see if other… View Article
Lockton Broker Greg Jarrell Recognized as a 2024 Captives Power Broker
Greg Jarrell, Account Executive, Lockton Acquisitions can be difficult at the best of times. But where a captive is concerned, they can be even more tricky. When a private equity client approached Greg Jarrell for help with such a deal, he faced a host of challenges. The client was acquiring multiple companies, one of which… View Article
Marsh McLennan Agency Broker Steven Norton Recognized as a 2024 Captives Power Broker
Steven Norton, Executive Vice President, Marsh McLennan Agency Steven Norton’s client Alta Refrigeration was installing a refrigeration compressor for a cold storage warehouse, and in the process, some piping was damaged. Ammonia was released, several employees were injured, and there was significant property damage. Alta’s customer paid the loss with its insurance and then subrogated… View Article
Marsh Broker Julie Patel Recognized as a 2024 Captives Power Broker
Julie Patel, Senior Vice President, Marsh There’s almost no aspect of captive insurance that Julie Patel hasn’t dealt with. When her client Knife River Corporation, a construction materials and contracting provider, was spun off by its parent company, Patel, having led the captive efforts pre-spinoff, was engaged to discuss the various options with her client… View Article
AssuredPartners Broker Phil Hayes Recognized as a 2024 Construction Power Broker
Phil Hayes, VP of Sales, Construction, AssuredPartners Companies with big plans can’t achieve their goals without the input of brokers like Phil Hayes, who — when it comes to insurance — makes sure all details are in place. For help with a $450 million carve-out in the construction space, Diverzify, a commercial flooring and facilities… View Article