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Gallagher Broker Madalyn Young Recognized as a 2024 Health Care Power Broker
Madalyn Young, Account Executive, Gallagher Startup firms in the health care industry are exciting and innovative — traits that make them interesting but challenging to insure. With these new opportunities come new risks and exposures to mitigate. Madalyn Young focuses on these firms, finding success by learning their business, understanding their risks and being an… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Paul Gazso Recognized as a 2024 Health Care Power Broker
Paul Gazso, Vice President, Senior Account Executive, Risk Strategies Paul Gazso was able to reduce premiums for several clients this past year by thinking creatively. Finding innovative solutions in a challenging marketplace isn’t easy, but Gazso focused on different ways to find efficiencies while lowering costs. One of his clients owned 25 policies, acquired over… View Article
Marsh Broker Mary Anne Budworth Recognized as a 2024 Health Care Power Broker
Mary Anne Budworth, Senior Vice President, Marsh Managing drastic rate swings and marketplace shifts has become second nature for Mary Anne Budworth. One of her clients faced a tough mid-year renewal. Getting ahead of it meant beginning renewal conversations early to inform and prepare the client for a deteriorating marketplace and set expectations that the… View Article
Marsh Broker Henry Yuan Recognized as a 2024 Health Care Power Broker
Henry Yuan, Senior Account Executive, Marsh Henry Yuan says his client philosophy starts with understanding the client’s business inside and out. This method has allowed him to develop his niche health care knowledge and find solutions to common challenges. This year, one of his clients saw a triple-digit increase in its workers’ compensation premium. Leveraging… View Article
Insurance Office of America Broker Andy Pettise Recognized as a 2024 Hospitality Power Broker
Andy Pettise, Vice President, IOA When it comes to injury probability, restaurants have to be right up there with construction and other injury-prone professions. All it takes is one cook hustling behind the line to hit a grease spot and boom! He could be down with a head injury. As you may know, workers’ comp… View Article
Insurance Office of America Broker Greg Massey Recognized as a 2024 Hospitality Power Broker
Greg Massey, Vice President, IOA When he was 16 years old, Greg Massey waited tables at a Denny’s. From there, he worked as a server at a Johnny Rockets, and later on, as a cook at an Italian restaurant. So it’s fitting that Massey now works as a commercial insurance broker serving the hospitality industry…. View Article
Aon Broker Terence Bohan Recognized as a 2024 Hospitality Power Broker
Terence Bohan, Senior Vice President, Aon Those that manage risk for the big gaming companies know Terence Bohan’s name very well. They also make sure they don’t lose his phone number. “If there is a better property broker out there, I don’t know of one,” said one admiring risk manager who works for a large… View Article
Aon Broker Jason Peery Recognized as a 2024 Hospitality Power Broker
Jason Peery, Executive Vice President, Gaming Practice Leader, Aon So much has happened in the gaming industry in a relatively short time. Long gone are the days when Nevada casinos were the only place you could legally place a bet on a football game. With the rapid rise of online gaming, companies needed insurance solutions… View Article
Risk Strategies Broker Rob Hoover Recognized as a 2024 Hospitality Power Broker
Rob Hoover, Vice President, Business Production, Risk Strategies Let’s be honest: Some people might make great entrepreneurs, but they would rather not deal with the intricacies of an insurance policy. “I understand that many business owners hate dealing with insurance because they don’t understand it and don’t know how to control it,” Rob Hoover wrote… View Article
Robins Insurance Broker Matthew Clements Recognized as a 2024 Hospitality Power Broker
Matthew Clements, Insurance Advisor, Robins Insurance The beautiful thing about a number of our hospitality Power Broker winners this year is that they started out working in the restaurant business themselves. Sometimes, you have to work in a field from the ground up to really know it and be effective in it. IOA’s Andy Pettise… View Article
Aon Broker Katie Cole Recognized as a 2024 International Power Broker
Katie Cole, Senior Associate Broker, Aon Detail-oriented. Responsive. Great customer service. Proactive. These are just some of the words and phrases that clients use to describe Katie Cole. “Katie has delivered several risk management solutions that are not only creative but also incredibly useful to our organization in several ways,” said Jay Perry, director of… View Article
Aon Broker Beth Breitenbach Recognized as a 2024 International Power Broker
Beth Breitenbach, Senior Broker, SVP, Aon Beth Breitenbach has worked with a myriad of clients in the international insurance industry since 2004. In her work, Breitenbach takes the time to research each country and change in exposure. She sees herself as her clients’ eyes and ears, and she is adept at understanding the nuances of… View Article
Aon Broker Anthony Folsom Recognized as a 2024 International Power Broker
Anthony Folsom, Broker, AVP, Aon Anthony “Tony” Folsom’s key approach to mastering international insurance is to seek out opportunities to expand his knowledge and network, which comes in handy when working within the complex international insurance space. In 2019 and 2020, Folsom worked with Moog Inc. after the company acquired a German entity, GAT. While… View Article
Aon Broker Anthony Walker Recognized as a 2024 International Power Broker
Anthony Walker, VP, Team Leader, Aon Anthony Walker builds meaningful relationships with both clients and colleagues in order to deliver the best international insurance services possible. Not only does Walker recognize that the international insurance space can be confusing for U.S. clients, he also provides a holistic approach to client services — addressing challenges and… View Article
Woodruff Sawyer Broker Jane Njavro Recognized as a 2024 International Power Broker
Jane Njavro, SVP, Management Liability, Woodruff Sawyer For many insurance professionals, being a solid client advocate is a keystone of their professional lives. This certainly rings true for Jane Njavro, who illustrated that remarkable achievement in securing D&O insurance coverage to protect a company in advance of its IPO within two business days, despite significant… View Article
WTW Broker Mary Coughlin Recognized as a 2024 International Power Broker
Mary Coughlin, Director, FINEX North America, WTW Mary Coughlin understands the challenges in placing best-in-class directors and officers international insurance programs. As one of Coughlin’s key clients explained, “D&O is a particularly difficult coverage to place on a local basis because there is a need to understand the different countries’ rules and regulations. Mary provides… View Article
Gallagher Broker John Marchisi Recognized as a 2024 M&A Power Broker
John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher It took only a single deal to convince an executive at one SPAC — or special-purpose acquisition company — that John Marchisi was the right choice. Marchisi helped keep D&O insurers committed to the SPAC’s transaction through an extension and several delays in closing a deal last fall,… View Article
Aon Broker Martyn Chattey Recognized as a 2024 M&A Power Broker
Martyn Chattey, Chief Broking Officer, Americas, Aon Martyn Chattey was not the only one to spot a yawning gap in the insurance coverage for mergers and acquisitions. But he was the broker who decided to find a solution for it, according to an attorney who was impressed by Chattey’s persistence and creativity. That something new… View Article
Aon Broker William Coleman Recognized as a 2024 M&A Power Broker
William Coleman, Senior Vice President, Aon Matt McClellan has sounded a couple of alarms over the past year. But they never seem to fluster William Coleman, said McClellan, treasurer of Commercial Metals, a construction products manufacturer based in Irving, Texas. “M&A deals, when they get hot and heavy, become somewhat of a pressure cooker, and… View Article
Marsh Broker Kurt Spielmann Recognized as a 2024 M&A Power Broker
Kurt Spielmann, Managing Director, Marsh As part of a larger conglomerate, one pharmacy software division carried cyber insurance with a deductible of $25 million. While the conglomerate could afford the risk, it became an issue when the division was poised to be sold to a peer owned by a large asset manager. “It’s hard to… View Article
