For over three decades Paul Mayo has focused his career in the student insurance and specialty insurance industries. “Specialty” in his case refers to the student health and intercollegiate sports special risk insurance industry. Paul has covered all the bases from being an underwriter, consultant, manager, multi-million dollar producer for a Fortune 500 company to owning 2 specialty insurance agencies.Paul’s primary purpose with Academic HealthPlans / Risk Strategies is to help entities insure their students. Over the years Paul has capitalized on his relationships with carriers and clients to develop new and innovative insurance products that are not readily available in the standard marketplace. Those products in concert with Paul’s expertise make for a unique combination only available to those clients with a niche insurance need.Prior to acquisition by Academic HealthPlans / Risk Strategies, Paul founded Specialty Insurance Solutions, Inc, and was co-owner of Summit America Insurance Services, LC in Overland Park, KS (now Relation Insurance Serices). Paul’s role included carrier relations, marketing sales force administration, production of the agencies largest accounts and operations.In his tenure at Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company of Glenview, IL, Paul was the National Sales Manager for the Special Risk Division.Paul had the pleasure of working with AON Corporation for nearly a decade. His AON journey started in Salk Lake City, UT producing athletic accident insurance products endorsed by NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics). In 1996 he moved that program to K&K Insurance Group Inc. of Fort Wayne, IN (an AON owned subsidiary). K&K proved to be one of the most integral components of Paul’s career as he was able to create and manage a multi-million dollar block of business consisting of accident, liability, special event and catastrophic insurance programs.Specialties: Youth and amateur sports insurance programs (accident medical, catastrophic and liability), student health insurance programs, SHIP eligibility management, liability insurance, risk management consulting for athletic and student insurance programs, contingency coverages, promotions, other specialty insurance placements.