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Gallagher Broker Cameron Boots Recognized as a 2025 Construction Power Broker
Cameron Boots, Area Vice President, Gallagher 2024 was one of the toughest marketplaces in the last 15 years for crane insurance, but it’s Cameron Boots’ area of expertise. Reduced capacity options for excess liability drove a recent spike in large claim settlements throughout the industry. To help his clients, Boots and his team performed market… View Article
Aon Broker Brandon Schoper Recognized as a 2025 Construction Power Broker
Brandon Schoper, Project Area Advisor & Casualty Broker, Aon Brandon Schoper listens closely to clients, learns their specific needs and provides customized, easy-to-understand solutions to complex situations. Early in his career, Schoper learned about OCIPs, which allow an owner to secure and manage insurance coverage for a construction project, and CCIPs, which enable a general… View Article
Marsh Broker Philippe Dion Recognized as a 2025 Construction Power Broker
Philippe Dion, Vice President, Marsh Philippe Dion’s clients are glad to have him on their side as they face an increase in devastating storms and other threats. Although he boasts a diverse book of clients with varied project types and many different locations, Dion keeps abreast of the unique challenges and risks they each face…. View Article
Marsh Broker Eyad Kabbani Recognized as a 2025 Cyber Power Broker
Eyad Kabbani, VP, Cyber Advisor, Marsh Five months into her new job at Lehigh Valley Health Network in eastern Pennsylvania, Kimberly Krupka confronted a Russian ransomware attack that compromised sensitive information, including nude photos of cancer patients undergoing treatment. Broker Eyad Kabbani shepherded the health system through the breach’s aftermath by coordinating vendors, making required… View Article
Marsh Broker David Earl Recognized as a 2025 Cyber Power Broker
David Earl, Client Advisor, Marsh As a government services contractor, Amentum takes on projects with fairly complicated risks. They can be tough to explain to underwriters, and some even involve classified matters, said Stephen Easley, senior director of risk management for the company, which is based in Chantilly, Va. David Earl has done a “phenomenal… View Article
Johnson Kendall Johnson Broker Alexandra Bretschneider Recognized as a 2025 Cyber Power Broker
Alexandra Bretschneider, VP, Cyber Practice Leader, Johnson Kendall Johnson When a nonprofit discovered that a hacker had accessed the email account of a staff member in accounts payable, time was critical. “There was no telling to what extent they were able to change things,” said a finance executive at the organization. Alexandra Bretschneider quickly marshaled… View Article
Newfront Broker Michele Lepper Recognized as a 2025 Cyber Power Broker
Michele Lepper, AIC, SCLA, Senior Cyber Claims Consultant, Newfront After its carrier denied a seven-figure claim related to the Change Healthcare outage, the legal executive at a pharmaceutical company wanted to keep pressing. He sat down with broker Michele Lepper, who pored over the claim and made the case again. And again. On the third… View Article
Marsh Broker Julian Sylvestro Recognized as a 2025 Cyber Power Broker
Julian Sylvestro, SVP, Marsh A manufacturer had five months to create a cyber program for a business unit it was spinning off as a standalone company with a significantly different cyber risk. “It’s something that is easily messed up, because it’s complicated and it’s super timeconsuming,” said the risk manager for the manufacturer. Broker Julian… View Article
Aon Broker Adam Bruere Recognized as a 2025 Cyber Power Broker
Adam Bruere, VP, Team Leader, Aon When a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare created a backlog of unpaid health claims, it raised concerns at Meijer, a grocery chain with pharmacy operations. Tabatha Greer, the chain’s risk manager, reached out to broker Adam Bruere, knowing he would be on top of the situation. “You can tell… View Article
AssuredPartners Broker Steve Crawford Recognized as a 2025 Education Power Broker
Steve Crawford, Senior Executive Vice President, AssuredPartners Steve Crawford grew up in his family’s insurance brokerage before it was acquired by AssuredPartners, providing him with more than 30 years of insurance experience that benefits educational institutions throughout Kentucky. Seeing districts faced with daunting insurance premiums in their property and casualty programs, Crawford mobilized a creative… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Scott Kurzynski Recognized as a 2025 Education Power Broker
Scott Kurzynski, Senior Account Executive, Risk Strategies It’s not every day that a president of the United States visits, but that’s just what happened at Sarah Lawrence University. Thanks to Scott Kurzynski, the school was prepared on short notice for this unique risk management experience. Kurzynski answered the call on a Saturday afternoon, telling him… View Article
Marsh Broker Tania Gainham Recognized as a 2025 Education Power Broker
Tania Gainham, Vice President, Marsh Helping clients put their best foot forward is one way Tania Gainham secures coverage for institutions of higher education. At York University in Toronto, Gainham remarketed key property policies, which led to a 30% reduction in overall premiums. For McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Gainham’s team secured coverage for a… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Judith Baxter-Aung Recognized as a 2025 Education Power Broker
Judith Baxter-Aung, VP, Sales/Marketing/Client Management, Risk Strategies Over nearly 25 years, Judith Baxter-Aung has played a pivotal role in transforming student health coverage at major universities. DePaul University in Chicago, which had discontinued its student health plan in 2015, left the student body of nearly 21,000 students without a university-sponsored coverage operation. Through a process… View Article
Gallagher Broker Nichole Johnson Recognized as a 2025 Education Power Broker
Nichole Johnson, Managing Director, Higher Education Practice, Gallagher Higher ed employees are following healthier habits, which is due in part to Nichole Johnson, who helps universities review and improve the health and wellbeing benefits offered to employees. Johnson discovered that Rock Valley College was underfunding its health care budget and was not prepared for high-cost… View Article
Gallagher Broker Eric Pearson Recognized as a 2025 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Eric Pearson, Area Senior Vice President, Gallagher Working with public school districts means being budgetconscious at every step. Eric Pearson excels in stretching limited funds while finding creative solutions by relying on his philosophy to question everything when working with clients. He helped one such massive state school system to achieve district-wide savings with minimal… View Article
Conner Strong & Buckelew Broker John Manion Recognized as a 2025 Employee Benefits Power Broker
John Manion, VP Business Development Executive, Conner Strong & Buckelew With a background in teaching, John Manion has a deeper understanding of the education sector, for which he brokers costeffective, comprehensive employee benefits solutions. A new client was facing a double-digit increase in its health care spend with its existing carrier, which would significantly strain… View Article
Gallagher Broker Kerry Hands Recognized as a 2025 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Kerry Hands, Area SVP, Health & Benefits, Gallagher Over the past year, Kerry Hands worked with a client that was considering moving from an outsourced Professional Employer Organization to in-house HR. Moving out of a PEO is a complex process. Throughout the process, the client appreciated how Hands guided them through the decision. She was… View Article
Alliant Broker Chad Schulz Recognized as a 2025 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Chad Schulz, Managing Director – Private Equity/M&A Practice Leader, Employee Benefits, Alliant Chad Schulz stands up for the small companies — and wins. He recognizes the challenge that fully-insured smaller employers face with limited strategic options to address the rising cost of health care. In a fully insured world, these options are often limited to… View Article
Newfront Broker Kimily Phu Recognized as a 2025 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Kimily Phu, Executive Benefit Consultant, Newfront Kimily Phu took over a new account and was faced with a concern from leadership that too many of its employees were declining health benefits, leading to the worry that employees were going uninsured due to high costs, missed deadlines or a lack of perceived value of employee benefits…. View Article
Gallagher Broker Heather Haseman Recognized as a 2025 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Heather Haseman, Area Assistant Vice Presient Gallagher Heather Haseman’s personalized approach to insurance brokering serves her well. In one example, a new client contacted Haseman for help with three challenges its HR team was experiencing: budget management, proactive service and pharmacy cost containment. First, Haseman identified key areas to improve the budget throughout the year… View Article