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Marsh Broker Trish Kawa Recognized as 2019 Construction Power Broker
Trish Kawa, Project Risk Leader, Marsh A client of Trish Kawa’s tasked her with researching three years of workers’ comp data that an insurer had misreported. The errors negatively affected the experience mod of one of the client’s providers. Kawa “spent a tremendous amount of time to research and reconcile all the proper reported payrolls… View Article
Marsh Broker Andy Bullock Recognized as a 2019 Construction Power Broker
Andy Bullock, Senior Vice President, Marsh When the owner of an oft-delayed project lost its owner-controlled insurance program, the project faced further delays and ballooned insurance costs. The owner gave Marsh’s Andy Bullock 45 days to bind $100 million of general liability limits covering all the project’s contractors and eight years of completed operations coverage… View Article
Willis Towers Watson Broker Charles Storm Recognized as a 2019 Agriculture Power Broker
Charles Storm, Director, Willis Towers Watson There’s no question severe weather presents a risk to every business, but for produce farmers, packers and shippers, a bad storm can ruin a good harvest and wipe out an entire year’s profits. After the hurricanes of 2017, one farming organization found their property coverage did not pick up… View Article
Aon Broker Brian Sebold Recognized as 2019 Agriculture Power Broker
Brian Sebold, Senior Vice President, Aon Just because an insurance program is working doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. Aon’s Brian Sebold never takes the path of least resistance, always scouring the market for better coverage at better rates for his clients. “He doesn’t just look at something and say ‘renew as is.’ He… View Article
Gallagher Broker John Riley Recognized as a 2019 Agriculture Power Broker
John Riley, Regional Director, Gallagher Compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act is an ongoing challenge for the agriculture sector due to increased scrutiny from the FDA. Food and beverage companies are under greater pressure to verify the practices of their vendors and supply chain partners while also controlling food safety risks in their own… View Article
Alliant Broker Sheneen Nicholson Recognized as a 2019 Private Client Power Broker
Sheneen Nicholson, Assistant Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services Sheneen Nicholson believes continuing education for herself, and her clients, is the key to helping high net worth individuals gauge risk and sort through complex policies. She regularly attends seminars and risk management groups and stays up to date with the latest federal updates through agencies such… View Article
Aon Broker Katherine Glancy Johnston Recognized as a 2019 Agriculture Power Broker
Katherine Glancy Johnston, Assistant Director, Aon Heavy catastrophe losses in 2017 made many companies nervous about 2018 property renewals. Even those that sustained no significant losses anticipated rising rates across the board. “Heading into our year-end property renewal last year, we were quite concerned. There had been a number of large CAT losses, which had… View Article
Marsh Broker Kashif Khan Recognized as a 2019 Private Client Power Broker
Kashif Khan, Senior Client Advisor, Assistant Vice President, Marsh Marsh Private Client Services’ Kashif Khan has often been described as “client obsessed” and is known for being consistently accessible, responsive and proactive on serving his clients’ needs. The retired CEO of a $5 billion public company, who has sat on multiple corporate boards, said Khan… View Article
Aon Broker Sandra Gulick Recognized as a 2019 Agriculture Power Broker
Sandra Gulick, Senior Vice President, Aon In 2018, Sandra Gulick, director of Middle Market Brokerage with Aon, was handed the challenge of restructuring a franchisee program including more than 350 franchises and nearly 3,000 individual policies. The client wanted a lower-cost program that was easier to administrate and did not sacrifice breadth of coverage. “Sandra… View Article
Gillis, Ellis & Baker Broker Betsy Ellis Clement Recognized as a 2019 Private Client Power Broker
Betsy Ellis Clement, Vice President, Gillis, Ellis & Baker Inc. Perched below sea level and prone to flooding and hurricanes, New Orleans can be a pricey place for insurance, especially for high net worth individuals. Identifying a growing need for private client services in the area, Betsy Clement spearheaded the creation of the Personal Life… View Article
Marsh Broker Jodie DeVries Recognized as a 2019 Agriculture Power Broker
Jodie DeVries, Senior Vice President, Marsh Power Brokers distinguish themselves by being more than insurance salespeople; they are true client advocates whose work enables companies to achieve their goals. When Graceland Fruit made an acquisition early in 2018, for example, the company had enough pieces of the puzzle to fit together on the operational side… View Article
Aon Broker Traci Crimm Recognized as a 2019 Private Client Power Broker
Traci Crimm, Senior Account Executive, Aon The solutions Traci Crimm delivers for her private clients tend toward the dramatic. In one instance, a panicked client woke her with the news that their finished basement was flooded. The family was traveling and the client feared for her two cats and whether they would survive the flood…. View Article
Aon Broker Kerry Bostwick Recognized as a 2019 Private Client Power Broker
Kerry Bostwick, Senior Account Executive, Aon For many high net worth individuals, having a single point of contact for all personal property and casualty needs can eliminate many headaches. Kerry Bostwick’s mission is to do just that by consulting with clients to negotiate the best pricing and coverage with everything under her guidance. “She’s like… View Article
Alliant Broker Jacqueline Altschul Recognized as a 2019 Private Client Power Broker
Jacqueline Altschul, Account Executive Lead, Alliant Insurance Services By building deep relationships with her clients and their families, Jacqueline Altschul adds value by often anticipating risk before they do. While reviewing coverage for a billionaire client from Japan, she noticed he hadn’t appraised his art collection in five years. A new appraisal was completed, revealing… View Article
Aon Broker Larry Bowlus Recognized as a 2019 Technology Power Broker
Larry Bowlus, Senior Vice President, Aon Professional liability insurance veteran Larry Bowlus is a broker his clients have come to rely on. His positive traits are numerous, but they include the fact he is a great listener who is also skilled at communicating with various internal constituents. “I didn’t have an insurance background coming into… View Article
Aon Broker Payal Chahal Recognized as a 2019 Technology Power Broker
Payal Chahal, Vice President, Aon Autonomous vehicles are intriguing, but placing insurance coverage for the companies that manufacture them is tricky. Aon’s Payal Chahal was able to shepherd an autonomous vehicle startup through the whole process; no easy task. For one, there is very little loss history for underwriters to go on. Chahal had numerous… View Article
Gallagher Broker Bruce Tindal Recognized as a 2019 Nonprofit Power Broker
Bruce Tindal, EVP, Chief Operating Officer, Gallagher Bruce Tindal and his team took a social service agency client away from standard “first-dollar” insurance policies — and a total cost of risk of $7 million — and placed the agency in Gallagher’s alternative risk transfer program, where the client’s cost for excess of retention insurance is… View Article
Gallagher Broker Mark Munroe Recognized as a 2019 Nonprofit Power Broker
Mark Munroe, Area Assistant Vice President, Gallagher One of Mark Munroe’s clients, a hospice, was dissatisfied with the service it was receiving from both its joint powers authority and its former broker. Munroe and his team successfully won the hospice’s business, and then placed the client in the same nonprofit self-insured group as another client,… View Article
IMA Select Broker Wesley Keating Recognized as a 2019 Nonprofit Power Broker
Wesley Keating, Producer, IMA Select One of Wesley Keating’s clients, SOS Outreach, is a nonprofit that provides mentorship and outdoor activities to help at-risk youth “gear up for life.” Previously, each of the organization’s extreme sports activities was covered by a separate company with extensive limiting exclusions. Keating and his team worked with Philadelphia Insurance… View Article
Johnson, Kendall & Johnson Broker Kevin Dougher Recognized as a 2019 Nonprofit Power Broker
Kevin Dougher; Vice President; Johnson, Kendall & Johnson Inc. In 2018, Kevin Dougher and his team successfully completed a five-year journey to move Legacy Treatment Services’ workers’ compensation insurance program from the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Insurance Plan to a private plan, albeit with a large deductible. Then this year, the plan transitioned to a… View Article