Managing Director
CurrentMr. Trout currently serves as the Managing Director of Risk Consulting. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and President from 2008 to 2014, when he was responsible for the strategic direction and overall operation of Bickmore. Bickmore is recognized as one of the leading risk consulting and actuarial firms in the U.S., with clients in 44 states. Bickmore serves as an objective, independent consutant to over 800 public and private entities, providing them with measurements and methods to identify and reduce their costs of risk.Mr. Trout has been the lead consultant on many large state consulting projects, including ones to measure the cost of various legislative reforms and to evaluate alternative ways to finance self-insurance risks.He has also conducted, or assisted in, numerous studies for state regulatory agencies.