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Gallagher Broker Michael Kearney Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Michael Kearney, Managing Director, Life Sciences, Gallagher Although Michael Kearney has represented life sciences clients for nearly 30 years, he still considers himself a student of the industry. And it was his diligent review of the property forms of several leading life sciences insurers that led him to identify a critical coverage gap for software… View Article
Marsh Broker Scott Ansell Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Scott Ansell, Vice President, Marsh It’s no surprise that even companies providing humanitarian medical supply shipments are having trouble securing insurance to transport their goods, given the number of escalating global conflicts blocking key passageways. Yet Scott Ansell managed to find a way for a major pharmaceutical company. “Scott was instrumental in helping us secure… View Article
Aon Broker Samuel Smith Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Samuel Smith, Broker, Aon An early-phase clinical trial company working to deliver innovations in oncology needed guidance to navigate the nuances of insuring its latest solutions. Then there was the matter of coordinating that new coverage with its existing casualty policies. With ample experience as a life sciences products liability insurance broker, Samuel Smith was… View Article
Gallagher Broker Sarah Palmer Recognized as a 2024 Pharmaceuticals Power Broker
Sarah Palmer, Area VP, Senior Director, Life Sciences Practice, Gallagher Financial institutions get a lot of credit for their expertise in cybersecurity. But pharmaceutical and life sciences companies must have stringent cyber controls and hygiene as well. As someone who specializes in working with biotech companies at the R&D, clinical trial and initial commercialization stages,… View Article
Aon Broker Brent Blasiak Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Brent Blasiak, Broker, Assistant Vice President, Aon Finding coverage during a hard market can be tough for even the best risks. But when a property project suddenly lost coverage mid-construction after its carrier stopped writing builder’s risk policies, Brent Blasiak had to hit the ground running. After seven declinations, Blasiak secured a meeting with a… View Article
Aon Broker Daisy Nelson Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Daisy Nelson, Assistant Vice President, Aon One of Daisy Nelson’s private equity clients was looking for a more efficient solution for his personal auto coverage. His unique situation meant he owned several vehicles, but many were kept garaged most of the year, driven only once annually for maintenance purposes. These collector and classic vehicles needed… View Article
Marsh McLennan Agency Broker Jodie Knadler Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Jodie Knadler, VP, Risk Consultant, Marsh McLennan Agency One of Jodie Knadler’s clients came to her with an urgent request: She had only five days to place coverage for a multimillion-dollar yacht. The yacht was facing a high rate with subpar coverage,and the rest of the client’s personal insurance program needed carrier consolidation and improved… View Article
Alliant Broker Heather Rogers Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Heather Rogers, AVP, Client Executive, Alliant When a client’s insurer asked for flood vents on a property in Florida post-Hurricane Ian, Heather Rogers took action. FEMA-compliant flood vents would be costly and require an extensive construction project. Rogers procured an outside flood service firm to inspect the property and confirm its requirements. Their research found… View Article
Marsh McLennan Agency Broker Meg Dieppa Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Meg Dieppa, Senior Risk Consultant, Marsh McLennan Agency One of Meg Dieppa’s niche areas of expertise is helping clients find coverage in the challenging Florida property market, which she has specialized in for the past 30 years. She understands how changing weather patterns have affected underwriting guidelines — and how to use this knowledge to… View Article
Aon Broker Chelsea Tesei Bronstein Recognized as a 2024 Private Client Power Broker
Chelsea Tesei Bronstein, Philadelphia Market Leader, Senior Private Risk Advisor, Aon For one client who suffered a large loss from Hurricane Ian, Chelsea Tesei Bronstein was a lifesaver. “She was there every step of the way and truly goes above and beyond,” said the client. The hurricane damage was related mostly to flooding, but the… View Article
USI Insurance Services Broker Jason Guerrera Recognized as a 2024 Public Sector Power Broker
Jason Guerrera, SVP, Public Entity & Social Services, USI Insurance Services While there’s ease in going with the flow, broker Jason Guerrera knows there’s no true comfort in complacency. That’s where insurance programs become stagnant — and risk grows. “Jason’s not selling the flavor of the month,” said Craig Schmidt, risk manager, City of Norwalk…. View Article
Marsh Broker Samar Patni Recognized as a Public Sector Power Broker
Samar Patni, SVP, Client Executive, Marsh We often hear the word “partnership” in this industry, but seldom do we see someone embody the word like Samar Patni: “She really believes she’s a partner to the organizations she supports. She’s not an outsider who coordinates things on your behalf. She is truly trying to help reduce… View Article
Gallagher Broker Marcus Henthorn Recognized as a 2024 Public Sector Power Broker
Marcus Henthorn, Managing Director, Gallagher A good broker knows that a cyber insurance tower will only withstand a ransomware storm when the right tools are in place. Marcus Henthorn is a good broker; he places the cyber tool kit right in his clients’ hands. “We use the tool kit to be proactive, to protect and… View Article
Gallagher Broker John Chino Recognized as a 2024 Public Sector Power Broker
John Chino, Area Senior Vice President, Gallagher Setting up a captive requires heavy lifting. So when the New Mexico County Insurance Authority formed its own captive, city risk manager Taylor Horst relied on John Chino to get the job done. “This last year, after helping us get the resources marshaled to set up a captive… View Article
Gallagher Broker Joshua Daly Recognized as a 2024 Public Sector Power Broker
Joshua Daly, AVP, Regional Education Practice Leader, Gallagher A broker supplies clients with solutions to their biggest risks — through insurance, preventative practices and more. That’s what a broker does. But a Power Broker? They do that while striving for the mission of their clients. For Daren Moran, CFO, Capital Area IU #15, his broker… View Article
Aon Broker Kyle Powell Recognized as a 2024 Public Sector Power Broker
Kyle Powell, Public Entity Account Executive, Aon Negotiations go a long way in this business. Broker Kyle Powell gets that. For Adria White, risk manager, City of Reno, Powell went to bat. “Our initial overall policy increase was forecasted at 50%,” she said. “Kyle is the primary person for our insurance renewals. He did the… View Article
Marsh McLennan Agency Broker Adam Waldeck Recognized as a 2024 Real Estate Power Broker
Adam Waldeck, Managing Director, Marsh McLennan Agency Adam Waldeck faced a challenging renewal this year. His client had a portfolio of retail, industrial and office spaces worth about $90 million — or so they thought. Updated valuations showed the properties were actually worth much more, and were therefore underinsured. Additionally, the properties had collectively suffered… View Article
Marsh McLennan Agency Broker Taylor Lister Recognized as a 2024 Real Estate Power Broker
Taylor Lister, Principal, Marsh McLennan Agency Taylor Lister has achieved success as a broker by acting as a risk advisor and consultant to her clients — not as an insurance salesperson. Over the past year, she has taken on several new clients that were facing unaffordable rate increases. By digging into their specific exposures, loss… View Article
Aon Broker Elena Rolseth Recognized as a 2024 Real Estate Power Broker
Elena Rolseth, Broker, Aon Earlier this year, Elena Rolseth faced the nearly impossible task of finding coverage for a CAT-exposed property at a competitive rate in one of the hardest cycles the property market has ever seen. She leveraged her broad knowledge of the market, her carrier relationships and her internal resources at Aon to… View Article
Marsh Broker Lisa Viebrock Recognized as a 2024 Real Estate Power Broker
Lisa Viebrock, Vice President, Property Claims Advocate, Marsh As a property claims advocate, Lisa Viebrock has helped her clients navigate through potentially catastrophic losses, engaging with carriers, TPAs, adjusters, legal counsel and claims auditors to get claims resolved and her clients made whole. One risk manager described a three-year-old claim that his company’s adjuster had… View Article
