Robert Poli was formerly the Co-Owner and President of Insurance Marketing Center. He has been in the health insurance industry for over 30 years. While majoring in business and marketing at the University of Maryland, he interned for Insurance Marketing Center and never left. Under his leadership, Insurance Marketing Center grew into one of the leading GA’s in the Mid-Atlantic region. 15 years ago, Robert began focusing on selling consumer driven health plans and devising ways to make it easy for brokers to understand and implement them. As a result of his efforts, Robert is considered the resource in the Greater Washington area for consumer driven health information and long term cost containment strategies. Robert is a past President of the Greater Washington Association of Health Underwriters. In 2001 he was named “Health Insurance Person of the Year” by The Greater Washington Association of Health Underwriters, and is a lifetime qualifier of the Leading Producers Roundtable. He has also served as the Chairman for Agents for Change: a grassroots association dedicated to the modernization of the insurance industry. He currently serves on several carrier advisory boards, and has been directly responsible for plan designs and benefit changes for Maryland’s largest insurer, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield.