Attracting women from a variety of backgrounds, the two-day event sought to spark innovation and provide support for the next generation of female technology leaders.
Carol Murphy describes herself as a disciplined follower of Aon’s analytically rigorous approach to data. A string of successes proves her effectiveness.
Aon broker Max West is a pioneer in developing environmental liability coverage for unknown formerly owned and operated properties long after they have been sold.
When a franchisor client was confronted with the limitations of a traditional cyber program, it collaborated with 2019 Cyber Power Broker® Souwei Ford to boldly go where no cyber coverage had gone before.
Frank Albrecht, Area Vice President, Gallagher Diversity is Frank Albrecht’s key strength. One day he can be dealing with complex international cross border matters and the next handling issues affecting local construction and haulage firms. Albrecht helped one client, petroleum consultancy DeGolyer & MacNaughton, reduce its Russian Federation taxes by 25 percent after placing the… View Article
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
Michael Calhoun, Managing Director, Aon Constriction in the aerospace sector was a common theme this year. “Major carriers have left,” said one director of insurance. “We had a very difficult time this year, trying to get a renewal with 65 percent of the previous market capacity left out there. Michael was able to go to… View Article
Frank Baer, Agency President, AssuredPartners When a struggling captive group approached Frank Baer in 2011 to audit and produce a report on its program, little did he know that seven years later he would have turned around its fortunes. The group was having problems with the structure of its rent-a-captive program that it had only… View Article
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
Justin Corrado, Vice President, Marsh Marsh’s Justin Corrado recently helped a global shipping and logistics company place its first — and incredibly complex — cyber program. “No standard canned off-the-shelf policy would fit our needs,” said the company’s global risk and insurance manager. Together with Corrado, they built a robust and groundbreaking program. Corrado helped… View Article
Ken Banks, Area Senior Vice President, Gallagher Ken Banks has acted as Melissa Diaz’s colleague, competitor and broker over the last 12 years. When she signed on as risk services manager for the University of San Francisco, she said the transition was easy: Banks was already the university’s insurance broker. “He does more than act… View Article
Amanda Lania, Account Manager, Beecher Carlson “We have had the privilege of watching Amanda’s career as she has truly developed as an insurance broker,” said a risk manager of Beecher Carlson’s Amanda Lania. “Recently, we were putting together — at the 11th hour, of course — an extensive request-for-proposal bid response. Amanda, without blinking, jumped… View Article
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