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Lockton Companies Broker Ryan Brown Recognized as a 2022 M&A Power Broker
Ryan Brown, Partner, Executive Vice President, Lockton Companies It was in 2011 that Ryan Brown, partner, executive vice president at Lockton Companies, first joined the brokerage community. Recognizing a need for specialized brokerage services in a particular sector, Brown founded Lockton’s Metals and Mining Practice. Recognized as a key problem solver within the risk management… View Article
Aon Broker Jean McDermott-Lucey Recognized as a 2022 Manufacturing Power Broker
Jean McDermott-Lucey, Managing Director, National Practice Leader, Aon During her career of more than 35 years, Jean McDermott-Lucey has focused on specialty lines including product recall, malicious temper, kidnap and ransom, and terrorism. As a specialty line broker, McDermott-Lucey believes the first step in working with a client is to fully understand their business, working… View Article
Aon Broker Michael McCoy Recognized as a 2022 Manufacturing Power Broker
Michael McCoy, Managing Director, Aon As managing director at Aon, Michael McCoy has been fortunate to have been part of the insurance industry since 1991. During this time, he has focused on growing and learning to understand his clients’ businesses to deliver an optimum product. As the leader of the Southwest region of Aon’s national… View Article
Marsh Broker Anthony Walker Recognized as a 2022 Manufacturing Power Broker
Anthony Walker, Managing Director, Marsh In the industry, there is an expectation that once you become engaged in a claim, you apply your expertise to provide the best solution to your clients daily. This is the backbone of Anthony Walker’s role. Walker’s objective with each of his clients is to protect the company’s assets in… View Article
EPIC Insurance Broker Gary Lavery Recognized as a 2022 Manufacturing Power Broker
Gary Lavery, Vice President, EPIC Insurance Brokers For Gary Lavery, there are two key ways he strives to deliver best-in-class service. The first is providing continuous and proactive client communication and education. And the second is always going to bat for a client, regardless of the size of the issue at hand. “We had been… View Article
Aon Broker Ray Battle Recognized as a 2022 Manufacturing Power Broker
Ray Battle, Vice President, Senior Property Broker, Aon Ray Battle, vice president, senior property broker at Aon, prides himself on a client service philosophy built upon effective communication with the client and with insurance partners that he negotiates with on the client’s behalf. Battle also can understand and articulate the client’s needs from a business… View Article
Aon Broker Hope Eberhardt Recognized as a 2022 Manufacturing Power Broker
Hope Eberhardt, Director, Casualty Broking, Aon Recognizing that each client is very different in how they approach risk, implement insurance programs, and how they view a successful renewal is key to Hope Eberhardt’s brokering philosophy. Eberhardt’s objective is to identify any client concerns or desired areas of improvement by offering solutions that can enhance her… View Article
Lockton Companies Broker Jake Byrne Recognized as a 2022 Marine Power Broker
Jake Byrne, Vice President and Account Executive, Lockton Companies “Ships move,” one risk manager laconically said. “That makes them particularly susceptible to spoofing — bad actors falsifying a vessel’s position … That could cause a collision. We were seeking a gap policy to cover that type of peril, but most cyber coverage is concerned with… View Article
Marsh Broker Matt Midei Recognized as a 2022 Marine Power Broker
Matt Midei, Senior Vice President, Marsh More than any other sector, risks and exposures in the marine industry change significantly and rapidly with changing cargoes and volumes. Renewals are often complex as brokers try to keep their clients’ coverage current. “Our former broker was very last-minute,” said the owner of one marine operation. “I had… View Article
Marsh Broker Rafaela Bustamante Recognized as a 2022 Marine Power Broker
Rafaela Bustamante, ARM, Vice President, Marsh All top brokers know the markets and understand their clients; Rafaela Bustamante leans into knowing her clients in great detail, which enables her to negotiate more effectively on their behalf by presenting their strengths to the market. “With one month left until our renewal date, we decided to switch… View Article
Marsh Broker John Frazee Recognized as a 2022 Marine Power Broker
John Frazee, Senior Vice President, Marsh Clients of John Frazee have no problem singing the broker’s praises. “In 2021, we thought our cargo stock throughput program was going to have to go through major changes to align with our new management team’s risk tolerance,” the treasury manager for one shipper said. “John Frazee was able… View Article
Lockton Companies Broker Kyle Lochridge Recognized as a 2022 Marine Power Broker
Kyle Lochridge, Vice President, Account Executive, Lockton Companies “Kyle Lochridge, and his colleagues, worked with us on a property and were able to get us better coverage with a lower premium, and were extremely helpful throughout the entire process,” the director of operations at one shore-side client said. “We switched our account to Lockton based… View Article
Marsh Broker Randall Hollomon Recognized as a 2022 Marine Power Broker
Randall Hollomon, Senior Vice President, Marsh Broker Randall Hollomon “was heroic in placing our excess coverage in 2021,” the director of risk management for one major maritime operator said. “There are 108 carriers that play on our primary and excess liability programs, and Randall had to dance delicately amongst all of them to build the… View Article
Gallagher Broker Joan Dove Recognized as a 2022 Nonprofit Power Broker
Joan Dove, Area Executive Vice President, Gallagher COVID-19 sidelined Rebuilding Together’s volunteers, who help low-income homeowners with no-cost repairs. Rebuilding Together had to hire contractors to do the work instead, changing its risk profile. Joan Dove helped with risk transfer and waivers for homeowners, contractors and the remaining volunteers. She held webinars and attended meetings… View Article
Gallagher Broker Brandon Cole Recognized as a 2022 Nonprofit Power Broker
Brandon Cole, National Director, Gallagher A religious school in the Southwest had a longstanding relationship with a trust. Sadly, the trust offered only a generic insurance program, and the school needed to close some gaps. The CFO met with four brokers. Only Brandon Cole came up with a solution. “No other broker had that understanding”… View Article
Gallagher Broker Matt Jakubowski Recognized as a 2022 Nonprofit Power Broker
Matt Jakubowski, National Director, Gallagher When Wesley Family Services opened a multi-use building for its clients with behavioral health and other challenges about a year ago, “Matt dug in and spent a lot of time” researching the right policies for the complicated transaction. Part of the complexity came from establishing a condo association and five… View Article
Gallagher Broker Amy Kansay Recognized as a 2022 Nonprofit Power Broker
Amy Kansay, Vice President, Nonprofit, Gallagher When the Child Victim Act passed in New York, Henry Street Settlement was among the many nonprofits facing nonrenewal. “You can’t run a nonprofit without insurance,” said Josephine Lume, CFO. Amy Kansay pushed the carrier for a few extra months while she looked for a replacement, which she found,… View Article
Marsh Broker Julie Martin Recognized as a 2022 Nonprofit Power Broker
Julie Martin, Managing Director, Marsh Julie Martin’s philosophy is to educate her clients in order to help them make informed decisions about political risk or structured credit insurance — both of which are quite discretionary. Jeanne Shen, chief investments officer, investments at GAVI Alliance, said Martin was instrumental in helping GAVI Alliance address a critical… View Article
Aon Broker Natalie Marquess Recognized as a 2022 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Natalie Marquess, Vice President, Aon As a life sciences liability insurance broker, Natalie Marquess works to protect the bottom line for the companies she supports. She strives to utilize the trusted advisor model approach. Recently, Marquess was engaged by her client to help support a clinical trial stage life sciences/biotechnology company headquartered in China through… View Article
Aon Broker Michael Pope Recognized as a 2022 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Michael Pope, Vice President & Team Leader, Aon For Michael Pope, the way to deliver optimal results for clients is through effective communication and clear understanding of expectations. For each of Pope’s clients, it is his goal to understand their pressures and objectives so that he can advise them appropriately and represent them in the… View Article