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Chicago, Il, Us

Headquartered in Chicago Illinois, Hub International Limited is a full service global insurance broker for property and casualty, life and health, employee benefit, investment and risk management products and services. From offices throughout North America, Hub’s vast network of specialists provide peace of mind on what matters most by bringing clarity to a changing world with tailored solutions and unrelenting advocacy.

Chicago, Il, Us

Woodberry Forest , Va, Us

Woodberry Forest , Va, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Valhalla, Ny, Us

Served as a multi-regional resource along the eastern seaboard, specializing in the design and placement of complex property accounts, conducting policy deficiency analyses and performing catastrophe modeling. Engaged on accounts throughout the sales cycle from meeting with producers and prospects to negotiating terms with carriers.

McAuley Woods was purchased by R-T Specialty in October, 2010 and is a leading independent wholesale insurance brokerage. R-T Specialty, LLC is a subsidiary of Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, specializing in wholesale brokerage, MGA/MGU underwriting facilities and other services to agents, brokers and carriers. As McAuley Woods, the company placed annual premiums approaching $150M and made a niche for itself as a “boutique” brokerage, designed to limit its offerings to a select group of retail insurance partners.• Specialization in large, layered and quota shared property insurance programs • Co-developed gap analysis tool to analyze layered property placements and uncover policy deficiencies• Improved existing property submission template, including the use of pivot tables to summarize key data for underwriters. Resulted in numerous testimonials from underwriters regarding their increased willingness to work on our accounts• Developed "lunch and learn" presentations and present to retail insurance producers and marketers• Utilized database and analytical skills to "mine" agency management system for leads and sales trends• Published article on Campus and School Threat Coverage in monthly online publication for University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA)

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl , Us

Garden of Life (www.gardenoflife.com) is a $55 million company in the $20 billion natural products industry that manufactures and markets premium, whole-food based dietary supplements and probiotics and offers a wide array of health and wellness services. Recognized for growth by winning the Nutrition Business Journal’s Gold Award for growth in mid-size companies for ‘03 and ‘04 and being listed #14 on the 2005 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies with 2,865% growth over 3 years. • Responsible for leading regulatory and risk management programs. Key member of team which rebranded 50 products to comply with FDA and FTC regulations. Reported to general counsel.• Negotiated and implemented property and casualty insurance programs• Worked as liaison between legal and marketing departments to ensure that product collateral, labels and advertising adhered to strict FDA and FTC regulations. Interpreted FDA labeling regulations to create supplement facts panels based on third party nutritional testing results.• Developed and conducted training program for back-office and front-line employees regarding applicable FDA and FTC regulations• Led the effort to establish and implement product development files to document the product life cycle from conception to sale for 50 products and over 280 ingredients

• Provided in-house technical expertise for 70 employee wholesale insurance brokerage with locations in five states• Responsible for creating Crystal Reports for company owners and CFO. Required extensive reverse engineering of agency management system as few reports were included in software package• Trained employees on use of agency management system (AIM) and various Microsoft applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other productivity applications

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