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Marsh Broker Matthew Pullen Recognized as a 2024 Utilities Power Broker
Matthew Pullen, Senior Vice President, Marsh There are times when all it takes to find a Power Broker is to look around some. That’s how one lucky client found Matthew Pullen. “We switched brokers last year after talking to Matthew,” said one treasury executive. “At the time, we had five significant construction projects in the… View Article
Marsh Broker Erin O’Shaughnessy Recognized as a 2024 Utilities Power Broker
Erin O’Shaughnessy, Vice President, Marsh The energy field is complex and provides a wide range of products and risks. It requires a sophisticated broker to address them. Erin O’Shaughnessy can field that complexity. “Erin helped us get a change to a power purchase contract to give us greater flexibility with insurance requirements,” said one risk… View Article
Energy Insurance Mutual Broker Peter Nadel Recognized as a 2024 Utilities Power Broker
Peter Nadel, Director, Energy Insurance Mutual Talk to insurance leaders and many will tell you they look at the energy transition as a place where they can earn new business. One of Peter Nadel’s clients during his time as an SVP at Marsh is developing a new process for producing electricity. “We purchased a 1,300-megawatt… View Article
Aon Broker Brian DeBruin Recognized as a 2024 Utilities Power Broker
Brian DeBruin, Managing Director, Aon “Brian handles my forced outage program that covers both our nuclear and our natural gas facilities,” said one director of insurance. “The insurance markets were stressed by the late December 2022 winter storm that struck across the U.S. This storm caused grid reliability issues, creating non-performance penalties to be charged… View Article
Aon Broker Julia Yu Recognized as a 2024 Utilities Power Broker
Julia Yu, Senior Casualty Specialist, Aon Industry knowledge is one thing. Combine that with sheer determination and you might just wind up with Julia Yu. “Julia provides superior service to our U.S. onshore business,” said the insurance specialist at one major global client, “specifically on the casualty insurance needed for both our operational and construction… View Article
Marsh Broker Bruce Kovach Recognized as a 2024 Workers’ Compensation Power Broker
Bruce Kovach, VP Marsh Advisory, Claims Solutions, Marsh In today’s world, businesses with competitive workers’ comp programs can’t just manage claims. They need to analyze them, searching for trends they can address either through introducing new safety measures or by catching red flags after a claim has occurred. It takes a broker with a true… View Article
Aon Broker Timothy Madden Recognized as a 2024 Workers’ Compensation Power Broker
Timothy Madden, Specialty Workers’ Compensation Practice Leader, Aon Timothy Madden has carved out a bit of a niche for himself. His work supports government contractors that are working in the Defense Base Act (DBA) workers’ compensation space. His clients are dealing with all sorts of complex workers’ compensation safety risks — from those involved in… View Article
Aon Broker Connie Liu Recognized as a 2024 Workers’ Compensation Power Broker
Connie Liu, Managing Director, Aon In a volatile market, Connie Liu knows how to get her workers’ comp clients the best possible deal. She led a full marketing effort for one client’s workers’ compensation program this year as it sought a carrier that would use employee count — rather than the standard payroll figures —… View Article
Marsh Broker Chrystal Woodard Recognized as a 2024 Workers’ Compensation Power Broker
Chrystal Woodard, SVP, Senior Claims Advocacy Professional, Marsh Businesses with locations in multiple states know how challenging managing a workers’ comp program can be. Each state has its own requirements and regulations, leaving risk managers and their brokers with much to keep track of. Chrystal Woodard makes managing multi-state workers’ comp programs a breeze. A… View Article
Insurance Office of America Broker Jeff Breskin Recognized as a 2024 Workers’ Compensation Power Broker
Jeff Breskin, Commercial Lines Producer, Insurance Office of America Jeff Breskin is so responsive that “he’s part of the three certainties in life: death, taxes and Breskin’s customer service,” quipped client Otto Cipolla, CEO and president of Cipolla, Bhatti, Hoyal & Roach. In fact, Breskin is so reliable that when a client had a fire… View Article
World Insurance Associates Broker Ettie Schoor Recognized as a 2024 Workers’ Compensation Power Broker
Ettie Schoor, Unit Leader, PRISM: a Division of World Insurance Associates Ettie Schoor is a master at implementing risk management programs that result in substantial premium reductions for her clients. One health care client saw its experience mod increase due to claims that are common in the space. Its premium increased in turn. Schoor stepped… View Article
Marsh Broker Steve Wagner Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Steve Wagner, Vice President, Marsh Versatility is a key trait of broker Steve Wagner. In the last year, one of his clients was directly impacted by two mass shooting incidents in the workplace. The unique challenges of these two incidents were compounded by the company’s high-loss frequency liability claim exposures. With the client in urgent… View Article
IMA Financial Group Broker Debbie Brailsford Recognized as a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Debbie Brailsford, Vice President/Employee Benefits Consultant, IMA As the human resources manager for Metro Metals Northwest Inc., Beverly Jackson oversees health insurance benefits for the manufacturer’s roughly 450 employees in three states: Oregon, Washington and Colorado “That has been a problem for us,” said Jackson. “We could not offer the same benefits for all of… View Article
Marsh Broker Pamela McElroy Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Pamela McElroy, Senior Vice President, Marsh Ensuring a positive settlement outcome for a major claim is a challenge. But that’s exactly what Pamela McElroy achieved. One of her client’s employees filed a $10 million lawsuit against a vendor for negligence after they suffered a serious accident. The client offered a $1 million contribution towards a… View Article
Marsh Broker Sarah Griffith Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Sarah Griffith, Senior Vice President, Marsh The markets may not always be ready for the solutions proposed by Sarah Griffith. Nonetheless, she is consistently able to go and get them, said the former senior legal counsel at a fast-growing company. “She was persistent, polite and professional, and that was critical to us as we entered… View Article
Aon Broker Jimmishea O’Lee Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Jimmishea O’Lee, West Region Middle Market Property Leader, Aon Cryptocurrency and digital assets are a relatively new and complex risk to handle. That’s why industry expert Jimmishea O’Lee is worth her weight in gold. Among the most challenging areas to secure coverage is for property, due to the high levels of equipment, considerations of currency… View Article
Aon Broker Rebecca Salagan Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Rebecca Salagan, Vice President and Senior Broker, Aon There can be few more devastating events than a property being completely flooded, but that’s exactly what happened to Rebecca Salagan’s client. Detroit Public Schools District, many of whose schools were extensively damaged following severe flooding in the city’s metropolitan area in late June 2021. In February… View Article
HUB International Broker Zach Kuperman Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Zach Kuperman, SVP, National Restaurant & Retail Practice Leader, HUB International Zach Kuperman has a knack for breaking down the issues and finding the pain points for his clients. But he doesn’t stop there. “He almost immediately pivots with a plan,” said Michael Simmons, VP of human resources, risk and legal for WKS Restaurant Group…. View Article
Alliant Insurance Services Broker Emily Quinlan Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Emily Quinlan, Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services Climate change may be the single biggest risk impacting the wine sector, where it’s hard to secure full coverage at an affordable price. That’s why Emily Quinlan came up with an alternative solution to the problem. She carried out comprehensive due diligence on property markets globally, then filed… View Article
Hylant Broker Bob Grigas Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Bob Grigas, Senior Vice President, Hylant Because of a challenging safety record, Chicago-based Marquee Event Rentals was not able to renew its insurance coverage at an acceptable price. So, the company’s COO Brad Siniscalchi reached out to Bob Grigas. Even though another brokerage had the account, Grigas got down to work. “He spent a significant… View Article