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Aon Broker Marty Detmer Recognized as a 2024 Manufacturing Power Broker
Marty Detmer, Broker, Aon Faced with unexpected policy wording changes, one food manufacturer turned to Marty Detmer to push back against recall stipulations they believed contravened USDA requirements. Detmer’s suggestion — to invite the underwriters on a factory tour to experience firsthand how boilerplate language would impact their loss potential — got the carrier to… View Article
Gallagher Broker Ania Caruso Recognized as a 2024 Manufacturing Power Broker
Ania Caruso, Casualty Practice Leader, Gallagher Broker Ania Caruso took on a large prepared foods conglomerate as a client just months after it faced a congressional investigation into one of its chief product lines. This scrutiny affected the entire product category, not just the company, but as its vice president of legal described it, “it… View Article
Aon Broker Ray Battle Recognized as a 2024 Manufacturing Power Broker
Ray Battle, Senior Vice President, Aon Faced with the prospect of insuring a large manufacturing facility with a high loss expectancy in Germany, Ray Battle quite literally broke the problem down into more manageable pieces. “We visited the facility, and he said, ‘We can actually break this facility into three separate [entities],’” explained Felix Brobbey,… View Article
Marsh Broker Greg Abboud Recognized as a 2024 Marine Power Broker
Greg Abboud, Vice President, Marsh As a large global company that ships goods all around the world, one of Greg Abboud’s clients needs local policies in many countries. On top of that, its 2023 renewal was particularly tough because the company had suffered significant cargo losses. “Despite large average increases across the industry and our… View Article
Lockton Broker Blake Creager Recognized as a 2024 Marine Power Broker
Blake Creager, Vice President, Account Executive, Lockton The blocking and tackling of maritime commerce is just that: block and tackle, getting cargo on and off ships. Not all of that is scheduled and automated. “We are a diverse business that specializes in loading and unloading cargo,” said one director of risk management. “We are always… View Article
Aon Broker Summer Graziano Recognized as a 2024 Marine Power Broker
Summer Graziano, Vice President, Aon Winning the business of a new client should be cause for celebration, but Summer Graziano’s client’s exhaustive selection process left little time before renewal. “We interviewed six brokers over the course of five months,” said the logistics manager of a transportation company. “We had made a couple of acquisitions and… View Article
Marsh Broker Connie E. Martin Recognized as a 2024 Marine Power Broker
Connie E. Martin, SVP, QSG Hull and Liabilities Leader, Marsh “I couldn’t have managed the placement of unique marine policy this year if it weren’t for Connie Martin,” said one director of risk management. “A team of researchers from various organizations partnered with us for an international trip that required finding insurance coverages that satisfied… View Article
Marsh Broker Manish Bissa Recognized as a 2024 Marine Power Broker
Manish Bissa, SVP, Marine & Logistics, Marsh One of Manish Bissa’s global clients acquired several large logistics companies, and all had “significantly different insurance buying philosophies,” said its group insurance director. “Manish and his team went through detailed analyses of all loss records and conditions, allowing us to evaluate all risks and costs implications. We… View Article
Marsh Broker Spencer Channing Recognized as a 2024 Marine Power Broker
Spencer Channing, SVP, Marine, Logistics & Transportation, Marsh Insurance isn’t just about loss protection. Having the right coverage can also help you expand your business. “Spencer [Channing] has been instrumental in a project to integrate our in-house transport management system with Marsh’s insurance platform,” said one general counsel. “He helped us increase sales by approximately… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Peter Rosky Recognized as a 2024 Nonprofit Power Broker
Peter Rosky, SVP, Market Leader, Risk Strategies For many nonprofit organizations, much of the revenue they accrue goes directly to the communities and missions they serve. This leaves little room for increased internal costs for these entities, especially when those costs are unexpected and arrive out of the blue. When a client of Peter Rosky… View Article
Gallagher Broker Ian Ackerman Recognized as a 2024 Nonprofit Power Broker
Ian Ackerman, Area Vice President, Gallagher Ian Ackerman’s client partnership abilities took center stage in the work that he did for the Food Bank For New York City (FBNYC). The food bank implemented a new in-house trucking service, an area of operations that was very important if the organization was to fulfill its mission. Compounding… View Article
Gallagher Broker Ampy Jimenez Recognized as a 2024 Nonprofit Power Broker
Ampy Jimenez, Area Vice President, Gallagher One entity within the nonprofit sector that can experience difficulties in securing adequate but affordable coverage is the Catholic Church. “[For] the Catholic Church, property insurance is getting way more expensive,” said Jim Mitchell, CFO for the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas. “It’s been very difficult to get good coverage… View Article
Gallagher Broker Brandon Cole Recognized as a 2024 Nonprofit Power Broker
Brandon Cole, Managing Director, Gallagher Gallagher’s Brandon Cole is no stranger to the Power Broker accolade — and for good reason. Year after year, he consistently delivers end results that enhance his clients’ work tremendously. When one of Cole’s clients came to him with the ask of evaluating current insurance policies that were placed by… View Article
Conner Strong & Buckelew Broker Michele Fields Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Michele Fields, VP, Claims Practice Leader, Life Sciences, Conner Strong & Buckelew Sometimes, the amount of work required to get the best results for clients is staggering. For a large pharmaceutical client, Michele Fields was able to put in the work to get her client the desired result — but it was no small task…. View Article
Conner Strong & Buckelew Broker Naimah Brown Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Naimah Brown, Account Executive, Conner Strong & Buckelew A group of over 30 independent companies operating under academic collaborations with research institutions needed to find a way to streamline its risk transfer strategy. Naimah Brown took stock of each entity’s unique exposures and was able to leverage relationships with top life sciences insurance markets to… View Article
Gallagher Broker Michael Kearney Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Michael Kearney, Managing Director, Life Sciences, Gallagher Although Michael Kearney has represented life sciences clients for nearly 30 years, he still considers himself a student of the industry. And it was his diligent review of the property forms of several leading life sciences insurers that led him to identify a critical coverage gap for software… View Article
Marsh Broker Scott Ansell Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Scott Ansell, Vice President, Marsh It’s no surprise that even companies providing humanitarian medical supply shipments are having trouble securing insurance to transport their goods, given the number of escalating global conflicts blocking key passageways. Yet Scott Ansell managed to find a way for a major pharmaceutical company. “Scott was instrumental in helping us secure… View Article
Aon Broker Samuel Smith Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Samuel Smith, Broker, Aon An early-phase clinical trial company working to deliver innovations in oncology needed guidance to navigate the nuances of insuring its latest solutions. Then there was the matter of coordinating that new coverage with its existing casualty policies. With ample experience as a life sciences products liability insurance broker, Samuel Smith was… View Article
Gallagher Broker Sarah Palmer Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Sarah Palmer, Area VP, Senior Director, Life Sciences Practice, Gallagher Financial institutions get a lot of credit for their expertise in cybersecurity. But pharmaceutical and life sciences companies must have stringent cyber controls and hygiene as well. As someone who specializes in working with biotech companies at the R&D, clinical trial and initial commercialization stages,… View Article
Aon Broker Brent Blasiak Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Brent Blasiak, Broker, Assistant Vice President, Aon Finding coverage during a hard market can be tough for even the best risks. But when a property project suddenly lost coverage mid-construction after its carrier stopped writing builder’s risk policies, Brent Blasiak had to hit the ground running. After seven declinations, Blasiak secured a meeting with a… View Article