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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
Aon Broker Don Giordano Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Don Giordano, Senior Vice President, Aon A solution developed last year by Don Giordano surprised even a veteran risk manager: “It wasn’t something that I had thought of before,” they said. It resulted in lower costs and improved market relationships for the client. But it started with Giordano’s deep dive into the business itself, the… View Article
Aon Broker Stephen Kyriacou Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Stephen Kyriacou, Managing Director, Senior Lawyer, Aon As an emerging product, judgment preservation insurance is not easy to secure. But Stephen Kyriacou has emerged as a leader in the space, both for delivering policies and explaining how they work. “His ability to educate me as the corporate risk manager, for him to educate our in-house… View Article
HUB International Broker Bradley Rutt Recognized at a 2023 At Large Power Broker
Bradley Rutt, Senior Vice President/ Cannabis Practice Leader, HUB International Every little benefit you can give your client is key to being a top broker. That was the case for Bradley Rutt, when his client, cannabis operator Parallel, approached him because it had a machine imported from China that was stuck in a Los Angeles… View Article
Aon Broker Kate Simons Delmedico Recognized as a 2023 Agriculture Power Broker
Kate Simons Delmedico, Managing Director, Aon The food manufacturing space is a difficult one to place when the subject is property insurance. That’s where Kate Simons Delmedico demonstrates her value to her clients. One client, Ardent Mills, has flour manufacturing facilities in 50 locations, including Puerto Rico and Canada. In just one example, it has… View Article
Marsh Broker Peg Niekrasz Recognized as a 2023 Agriculture Power Broker
Peg Niekrasz, Claims Advocacy Professional, Marsh Peg Niekrasz’s complex claims skills were put to the test when she had to intervene to resolve a coverage dispute between her client — a global agrochemical company — and two carriers for two different policy periods. The day before the policy term date, the client received notice that… View Article
Parker, Smith & Feek Broker Josh Hedrick Recognized as a 2023 Agriculture Power Broker
Josh Hedrick, Vice President, Account Executive, Parker, Smith & Feek For the clients that know him and greatly appreciate him, Josh Hedrick is a broker they can trust both to understand their business and to integrate himself into their professions and community. In the past year, one of his clients was spun off from its… View Article
Aon Broker Brenda Weaver Recognized as a 2023 Agriculture Power Broker
Brenda Weaver, AVP, Farm and Ranch Practice Leader, Aon When an insurer canceled coverage for the Rusted Gate Farm in Central Point, Oregon, in early 2022, the nonprofit’s executive director was stressed. “It was nail-biting for me,” said the director, Jo Ann Shannon. At the recommendation of one of its funders, the nonprofit brought in… View Article
Aon Broker Thomas Pagano Recognized as a 2023 Agriculture Power Broker
Thomas Pagano, Senior Vice President, Aon One client may never forget the difference that Thomas Pagano made to her company. “Like a breath of fresh air,” she said, he arrived on the scene and patched up her insurance program. In the process, he uncovered some bone-chilling gaps in her company’s coverage. “It was eye-opening and… View Article
AssuredPartners Broker RP Lopez Recognized as a 2023 Agriculture Power Broker
RP Lopez, Midwest Region Agribusiness Practice Leader, AssuredPartners There’s knowing your sector, and then there’s the degree to which AssuredPartners’ RP Lopez knows his sector. He knows it so well that some admiring clients simply refer to him as the “Ag King.” That knowledge base “is where RP really shines,” one client said. “His industry-specific… View Article