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Marsh Broker Deepak Adappa Recognized as a 2024 Technology Power Broker
Deepak Adappa, Managing Director, Head of South Central FINPRO, Marsh A high-profile news article led to a substantial litigation risk just as a technology company was about to go for renewal of its D&O coverage. As lawsuits started to hit its peers, the company’s insurer yanked its quote and said it would offer an extension… View Article
Aon Broker Erin Bundy Recognized as a 2024 Technology Power Broker
Erin Bundy, Vice President, Aon A FinTech’s falling stock price, combined with outstanding claims, made for a fairly difficult renewal of its D&O coverage. But because the process was overseen by Erin Bundy, the FinTech’s risk manager had total confidence going in. “I’ve had a relationship with her for many years now, and she never… View Article
Newfront Broker Tim Dunleavy Recognized as a 2024 Technology Power Broker
Tim Dunleavy, Senior Vice President, Newfront Cyber coverage is not just an obligation for a cybersecurity company — it’s critical. “They want to know what our risk profile looks like,” said the in-house attorney at one cybersecurity firm. “If things were to hit the fan, do we have enough coverage in place to take care… View Article
CAC Specialty Broker Vara Cybart Recognized as a 2024 Technology Power Broker
Vara Cybart, Vice President, CAC Specialty It’s never easy to switch brokers, but it can be especially painful for a software company with 17 legal entities that all do slightly different things. “In fact, when it was suggested that we should consider moving, I thought, ‘Oh, no,’” said a financial executive at the company, which… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Pam Caron Recognized as a 2024 Transportation Power Broker
Pam Caron, Senior Vice President, Waste & Recycling Practice Leader, Risk Strategies Having worked in the waste and recycling industry for 25 years, Pam Caron understands the vast scope of exposures facing this industry, and she structures insurance programs to cover these unique risks. “Solid waste collection is a totally different industry than any other… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Haley Hughey Recognized as a 2024 Transportation Power Broker
Haley Hughey, Senior Account Manager, Risk Strategies Aviation insurance policies are customized to offer comprehensive risk coverage for the full spectrum of aviation operations. Woodland Aviation has been working with Haley Hughey for several years to develop risk management solutions. “With our business, the decision on who you choose to work with revolves around the… View Article
AssuredPartners Broker Matt Coleman Recognized as a 2024 Transportation Power Broker
Matt Coleman, Senior Vice President, Agency Sales Leader, AssuredPartners For more than 13 years, Matt Coleman has been involved with the trucking and logistics industry. He continuously embeds himself within it — observing industry trends, supplying data and giving advice on unique business decisions. Coleman’s client FST Logistics, a large third-party logistics firm, was having… View Article
Aon Broker Lance Williams Recognized as a 2024 Transportation Power Broker
Lance Williams, Vice President, Aviation Practice, Aon Lance Williams’ approach to client service is to try to relate to his clients — to understand their needs, personalities and priorities in order to properly address their risk transfer requirements. Williams recognizes the unique attributes each client and their company bring to the table in terms of… View Article
Gallagher Broker Kevin Woods Recognized as a 2024 Transportation Power Broker
Kevin Woods, Managing Director, Rail, Transportation Practice, Gallagher As managing director of Gallagher’s rail transportation practice, Kevin Woods invests time and energy in many rail industry associations, and he regularly communicates with rail underwriters to keep up to date with insurance market trends and cultivate stronger relationships with clients and industry constituents. Woods also works… View Article
Marsh Broker Jordan Barr Recognized as a 2024 Transportation Power Broker
Jordan Barr, Senior Vice President, Rail Practice, Marsh Marsh Rail’s primary focus is servicing its U.S. freight and transit railroad clients. That’s where Jordan Barr comes in. In his role as senior vice president of Marsh’s rail practice, he handles this unique subsector within the transportation industry, crafting liability excess and other programs for clients…. View Article
Aon Broker Christine Palomba Recognized as s 2024 Utilities Power Broker
Christine Palomba, Managing Director, Aon Sometimes, mergers and acquisitions can be the toughest test of a broker. Christine Palomba passed the test. “This year in particular, my company went through a major acquisition, and Christine led us through a seamless integration of our two casualty and auto programs while working in concert with our parent… View Article
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