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Gallagher Broker Wes Grigston Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Brokers
Wes Grigston, AVP, Regional Director of the Public Sector Practice, Gallagher Local governments and public entities across North Carolina enjoy the option to enroll in the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool (NCHIP). NCHIP is a solution designed to help public entities increase affordable access to health insurance. Wes Grigston and his colleagues at Gallagher started… View Article
Alliant Insurance Services Broker Matt Malkin Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Matt Malkin, Senior Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services Matt Malkin’s proactive approach to lowering costs has paid off for his clients this year. The rising costs of health care benefits are impacting many employers. A new client came to Malkin after facing significant compensation challenges with its workforce. The client was struggling with a double-digit… View Article
HUB International Broker Maggie Osburn Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Maggie Osburn, Senior Vice President, HUB International Successful cost management strategies are more important than ever for employee benefit packages, with employers seeing sky-high increases this year. Maggie Osburn focused on helping her clients find ways to manage astronomical plan increases while still providing competitive employee benefits packages. One client received a 90% renewal quote… View Article
HUB International Broker Robert DeValle Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Robert DeValle, Senior Vice President, HUB International “Bob doesn’t just care about the commission. He cares about the mission.” One of Robert DeValle’s clients is a nonprofit organization aimed at helping children. The charity faced significant financial challenges following pandemic-related shutdowns and other constraints. DeValle organized a fundraising effort aided by HUB to raise $125,000… View Article
Risk Cooperative Broker Derrick Wong Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Derrick Wong, Practice Leader, Risk Cooperative Derrick Wong focused on combining his sharp eye for analytics with a deep understanding of his clients’ needs to provide the best employee benefits package possible. He earned the business of a new client through his proposal and went to work putting together a robust benefits package. He developed… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Adam Wax Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Adam Wax, Senior Vice President, Risk Strategies Adam Wax’s client faced an unexpected challenge this year. The incumbent HR director left suddenly at the same time as the employee benefits plan was up for renewal. The new director struggled to find coverage without an existing broker relationship. Wax was one of several brokers the client… View Article
Gallagher Broker Ryan Wallace Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Ryan Wallace, Area Vice President, Gallagher The pandemic caused many businesses to shift gears and change their operating models over the last year. One of Ryan Wallace’s health care clients underwent a significant change this year when it separated from the main hospital group’s ownership. This change affected 3,000 employees spread over several physicians’ offices,… View Article
M3 Broker Laurie Miller Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Laurie Miller, Regional Director, M3 Laurie Miller’s goal is to be a master of the insurance trade and her mission is to share her knowledge with her clients. Miller’s enthusiasm as a lifelong learner is echoed by her clients, with one saying “she is a wealth of knowledge in the area of benefits and human… View Article
HUB International Broker Jason Bainum Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Jason Bainum, SVP/Delaware Office Lead, HUB International Jason Bainum focused his efforts with one large university client on a waste reduction program this year. The client wanted to remove wasteful spending across the board, and Bainum was ready. He began by analyzing the health care plan and found most high-dollar claims were driven by a… View Article
HUB International Broker Randy Rider Recognized as 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Randy Rider, Senior Vice President, HUB International Randy Rider has been successful in delivering value and finding creative solutions for his clients with tight profit margins — and those with no profits at all. One client, a nonprofit family counseling center, spoke about how Rider “is always looking out for us to make sure we… View Article
HUB International Broker Brandt Stiggins Recognized as a 2023 Employee Benefits Power Broker
Brandt Stiggins, Executive Vice President, HUB International Brandt Stiggins likes to challenge the norm. He describes himself as someone who provides innovative solutions by doing what is best for his clients. This year, two new clients approached Stiggins for help. After continued annual increases, limited claims insight, and a hands-off broker approach, the clients wanted… View Article
Aon Broker Faye Yu Recognized as a 2023 Entertainment Power Broker
Faye Yu, SVP, Team Leader, Aon Proactively evaluating risk and providing solutions to clients is what drives Faye Yu. A great example of this is Yu’s work with Lenovo, a manufacturer of personal computers. Lenovo recently acquired a stake in Hong Kong-based IT service provider PCCW digital units. Within a three-day period, Yu and her… View Article
Gallagher Broker S. Corissa Stuckey Recognized as a 2023 Entertainment Power Broker
S. Corissa Stuckey, FCIP, ARM, Area Senior Vice President, Gallagher Because the entertainment industry is so innovative, there is always a new challenge to analyze to find coverage for clients. Broker S. Corissa Stuckey embraces these challenges at every turn. In the past year, Stuckey and her team handled all insurance policies for Miramax productions,… View Article
HUB International Broker Seth Cohen Recognized as a 2023 Entertainment Power Broker
Seth Cohen, Senior Vice President, HUB International When it comes to client service, Seth Cohen takes a hands-on approach with every entertainment industry client — from visiting filmmakers on set to studying the filmmaking process. “This year was not a typical year for our company,” said John Nemeth, director, operations at Jax Media. “It was… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Abby Flaherty Recognized as a 2023 Entertainment Power Broker
Abby Flaherty, Senior Account Manager, Risk Strategies No one knows the entertainment sector’s dynamism like Abby Flaherty, who has embraced this fast-paced world where lighting, weather and location have a big impact on a project’s success. Recently, one of Flaherty’s clients was producing a low budget indie Western in New Mexico. Given the tragedy on… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Cathy Brunetto Recognized as a 2023 Entertainment Power Broker
Cathy Brunetto, Assistant Vice President, Risk Strategies For more than 20 years. Cathy Brunetto has kept her primary focus on the entertainment space. As an industry veteran, she’s learned that staying abreast of updates and trends in the industry is profoundly beneficial for her and her clients alike. Mike Deckard, SVP, HR, Premier Productions, recently… View Article
Aon Broker Cecil Varghese Recognized as a 2023 Entertainment Power Broker
Cecil Varghese, Property Broker, Aon Cecil Varghese is a reliable asset when it comes to a client’s property risk management needs. He’s an integral part of one client’s property placement team and has been for many years. In a challenging market, Varghese was able to partner with long-term strategic insurers to obtain meaningful capacity on… View Article
Marsh Broker Matthew Kern Recognized as a 2023 Environmental Power Broker
Matthew Kern, Senior Vice President, Marsh Placing coverage for a property with environmental exposures can be tricky. Placing coverage for a diverse and ever-changing portfolio of properties with a variety of different environmental exposures? That takes a broker like Matthew Kern. The carrier for Lincoln Property Company — a REIT with just such a portfolio… View Article
Marsh Broker Jim Vetter Recognized as a 2023 Environmental Power Broker
Jim Vetter, Managing Director, Marsh This marks Jim Vetter’s fourth consecutive Power Broker — and rightfully so. Vetter isn’t afraid to take on some of the most complex M&A and brownfield development challenges his firm faces. One example is getting coverage for sites with a history of PFAS. Environmental covers may be required for a… View Article
Willis Towers Watson Broker Marshall Yacoe Recognized as a 2023 Environmental Power Broker
Marshall Yacoe, Vice President, Senior Environmental Broker, Willis Towers Watson Harbor Group Consulting, an insurance analytics firm in Miami, was advising a REIT that was in pursuit of a portfolio of post-industrial properties and whose lenders demanded environmental coverage free and clear of exclusions for known environmental conditions. Marshall Yacoe dug into the portfolio and… View Article