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Aon Broker Alyssa Montgomery Recognized as a 2019 Pharmaceutical Power Broker
Alyssa Montgomery, Broker, Aon In 2018, one of Alyssa Montgomery’s pharmaceutical clients officially transitioned from the research and development stage to receiving FDA approval for a revolutionary treatment. However, the client’s policy at the time did not contemplate any sold-product exposures, only clinical participants. Montgomery and her team arranged client meetings with underwriters to educate… View Article
Aon Broker Natalie Marquess Recognized as a 2019 Pharmaceutical Power Broker
Natalie Marquess, Assistant Vice President, Aon Natalie Marquess has gone well above and beyond for her life sciences clients. “Natalie has done a great job for us, including lowering our costs for product liability insurance quite dramatically,” said Mark Ostler, chief financial officer at 4Life Research. “When I say dramatically, I mean that Natalie was… View Article
Aon Broker Stephen Busch Recognized as a 2019 Pharmaceutical Power Broker
Stephen Busch, Broker, Aon Stephen Busch was able to achieve a great renewal result for a fast-growing maker of more than 400 health and wellness products. The client has experienced strong revenue growth over the past several years and forecasted further growth for the upcoming year. Busch recommended remarketing the program based on an expanding… View Article
Marsh Broker Paula Bennett Recognized as a 2019 Pharmaceutical Power Broker
Paula Bennett, Managing Director, Marsh Paula Bennett’s approach to client service is to partner with the client, conduct the necessary research to fully understand their business, and then become an extension of their team, acting with a sense of urgency to get to optimal outcome. “Paula quickly pulled a strong syndicate of insurance carriers to… View Article
Marsh Broker Whitney Nelson Recognized as a 2019 Marine Power Broker
Whitney Nelson, Vice President, Marsh Whitney Nelson knows marine insurance. But it is what she does with that knowledge that makes her a Power Broker®. “Marsh and Whitney came to the table and said, ‘Let’s take your raw products and finished goods out of your property program, which has a higher rate, and put that… View Article
Marsh Broker Martin McCluney Recognized as a 2019 Marine Power Broker
Martin McCluney, Managing Director, Marsh Martin McCluney knows the sea. He grew up in a family engaged in various shipping activities and trained for and considered a career at sea. He also knows insurance, and in the maritime category, that’s a powerful combination. “He knows how to get things done,” said one satisfied client. “He… View Article
Aon Broker Scott Davis Recognized as a 2019 Marine Power Broker
Scott Davis, Senior Vice President, Aon After a long string of loss-free years, a global manufacturer was blindsided when the London markets hit its excess cargo program with a 25 percent premium increase just 30 days before renewal. Scott Davis knew it was time for the client to make a move, but he also knew… View Article
Marsh Broker Wesley Bryan Recognized as a 2019 Marine Power Broker
Wesley Bryan, Senior Vice President, Marsh Marsh Wortham’s Wesley Bryan doesn’t just know the insurance business, he knows the insured’s businesses. “Wesley knows our business, our philosophy and our needs intimately,” said one client. “This level of understanding and commitment to our account ensures that we get the right solution first time and in no… View Article
JLT Specialty Broker Aaron Baum Recognized as a 2019 Entertainment Power Broker
Aaron Baum, Vice President, JLT Specialty Vice Media has grown to become an international digital and broadcasting company with unique insurance requirements. These are catered to by Aaron Baum, VP of JLT Specialty USA, who put together a custom-tailored global risk program for Vice, providing 16 lines of coverage covering the client’s feature film and… View Article
HUB Broker Seth Cohen Recognized as a 2019 Entertainment Power Broker
Seth Cohen, Vice President, HUB A documentary filmmaker declined for E&O coverage by more than 10 markets was informed that the project was uninsurable. But those rejections failed to deter HUB’s Seth Cohen, who set up screenings for multiple insurers to identify areas of concern. He also brought in a respected media attorney to advise… View Article
Marsh Broker Paul Evans Recognized as a 2019 Entertainment Power Broker
Paul Evans, Senior Client Advisor, Marsh This past year, Marsh’s Paul Evans achieved great success creating tailored solutions for clients. Real estate developer The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) required a robust events cancellation insurance program for their newly refurbished Pier 17 location at New York’s South Street Seaport. Said Randy Kostroske, HHC’s SVP, risk management,… View Article
Aon Broker Sherry Loughrige Recognized as a 2019 Entertainment Power Broker
Sherry Loughrige, Senior Vice President, Aon Reviving the fortunes of the city of Detroit has been central to the work taken on by Sherry Loughrige and her team at Aon. Loughrige works with Little Caesar Enterprises; Ilitch Holdings Inc. and The District Detroit, which since 2014 have undertaken the revitalization of 50 city blocks, a… View Article
Gallagher Broker Daniel R’bibo Recognized as a 2019 Entertainment Power Broker
Daniel R’bibo, Area Senior Vice President, Gallagher Gallagher’s Daniel R’bibo claimed a 2018 Power Broker® award for helping a film production company cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. This year, he developed an insurance program to cover all film shoots for Airbnb Inc.’s marketing and online content globally. The online marketplace and hospitality service hadn’t previously… View Article
Zodiac Insurance Services Broker David Wash Recognized as a 2019 Entertainment Power Broker
David Wash, President, Zodiac Insurance Services This year, David Wash and his team at Zodiac Insurance Services have been working to find insurance solutions for entertainment companies that use mobile equipment and inflatables. Wash reports that the challenge has been developing products in an almost non-existent insurance market that has been through significant periods of… View Article
Aon Broker James Bennett Recognized as a 2019 Traditional Energy Power Broker
James Bennett, Vice President, Aon “In the second half of this year, we had many changes. [We] spun-off one business segment into its own public entity,” said one risk manager.“ Then, just a few weeks later, we were purchased by a major global corporation. “To meet all contractual requirements, we had to develop and obtain… View Article
Willis Towers Watson Broker Paul Chirchirillo Recognized as a 2019 Traditional Energy Power Broker
Paul Chirchirillo, Senior Director, Willis Towers Watson To put Paul Chirchirillo’s 2018 accomplishments into context, one manager of global insurance had to summarize a difficult 2017. “Our property and business-interruption placement has $2 billion in limits. Our 2017 renewal was severely impacted by the three large hurricanes, Harvey, Irma and Maria. “Even though our company… View Article
Marsh Broker Gavin Hurd Recognized as a 2019 Traditional Energy Power Broker
Gavin Hurd, Managing Director, Marsh “Gavin led us through a very complicated builder’s risk loss at one of our major construction projects,” said one director of risk management of Marsh Wortham’s Gavin Hurd. “That loss involved not only property damage, but [also] business interruption and extra expense components that were very difficult to prove and… View Article
Marsh Broker Jilian Rossow Recognized as a 2019 Traditional Energy Power Broker
Jilian Rossow, Vice President, Marsh Although her clients laud her customer service and her industry knowledge, Marsh’s Jilian Rossow wants to be known first and foremost as a team player. “My clients and my colleagues are my ‘team’,” says Rossow. But even given that, her clients still single her out for praise. “She has proven… View Article
Aon Broker Austin Sims Recognized as a 2019 Traditional Energy Power Broker
Austin Sims, Vice President, Aon “In 2018, we certainly got superior service from Austin Sims,” said a director of global insurance. “He was able to manage the cost of our property damage and business interruption program in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey claims … and keep away the premium increase we expected and realize a… View Article
Marsh Broker Lee Snelgrove Recognized as a 2019 Traditional Energy Power Broker
Lee Snelgrove, U.S. FINPRO Energy Industry Leader, Marsh Most energy brokers specialize in one segment of the industry, but Lee Snelgrove was lauded by clients upstream, downstream and in the services sector: “When Lee and his team at Marsh were hired as our new broker, our company had experienced a major organizational transformation that dramatically… View Article