Sep 16, 2020
Property Casualty 360
Risk Strategies acquired Securitas Insurance Partners, LLC, a specialty brokerage focused on the retail insurance and risk management needs of venture capital and private equity-backed portfolio companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sep 11, 2020
Business Insurance
Securitas specializes in insurance and risk management services for venture capital and private equity-backed portfolio companies in various sectors, including life science, healthcare, technology, new energy and financial services, a Risk Strategies statement said.
Sep 10, 2020
Benzinga.com
"Companies that are part of a private equity or venture capital investment portfolio, or simply focused on growing through acquisition, face complicated and often high stakes risks," said John Mina, Risk Strategies' CEO. "Securitas is a leader in identifying and mitigating these risks. We saw that expertise as a great fit for our growing national Private Equity practice."
Sep 10, 2020
Insurance Business America
Risk Strategies CEO John Mina described Securitas as “a great fit for our growing national Private Equity practice,” which experienced a boom in 2019 following the acquisition of private equity specialist, Krauter & Company.
Sep 9, 2020
Healthcare Risk Management
As many hospitals have a large deductible, or self-insure their workers’ compensation exposure, the largest expense typically is their actual losses, notes Joe Levy, senior vice president with Risk Strategies, a consulting firm in Philadelphia.
Sep 8, 2020
insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency
Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Boardman, Ohio-based McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency Inc.
Sep 3, 2020
Captive Insurance Times
Johnston joins Risk Strategies from CopperPoint Insurance where she served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
Sep 3, 2020
Risk & Insurance
Johnston’s experience includes branding, marketing and communications in the insurance industry, consulting and professional services as well as technology.
Sep 1, 2020
The Christian Science Monitor
Theresa Gerigk, director of private client services at insurance broker Risk Strategies, says she has been fielding an influx of requests from wealthy California homeowners who want individualized wildfire protection.
“With public resources spread so thin, people want to use their own resources,” she said.
Aug 31, 2020
Reuters
Theresa Gerigk, director of private client services at insurance broker Risk Strategies, says she has been fielding an influx of requests from wealthy California homeowners who want individualized wildfire protection.
Aug 31, 2020
NS Insurance
Risk Strategies, a privately held insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Ohio-based health insurance agency McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency, for an undisclosed amount.
Aug 31, 2020
Intelligent Insurer
US insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired Ohio-based McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency, an all-lines agency offering health, commercial package, life insurance and personal lines.
Aug 25, 2020
Agency Checklists
Risk Strategies a privately held, rapidly growing international insurance brokerage and risk management firm, today announced that Jennifer Johnston has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer.
Johnston brings a wealth of experience in branding, marketing and communications in the insurance industry, consulting and professional services as well as technology. She has a proven ability to lead marketing during times of change and rapid expansion and has been a passionate advocate for high-value client experience and digital marketing solutions.
Aug 25, 2020
Captive International
Risk Strategies has appointed Jennifer Johnston to the newly created position of chief marketing officer.
Johnston joins Risk Strategies from CopperPoint Insurance Companies where she served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Before that she was chief strategic marketing officer at PMA Companies/Old Republic Insurance Group, and vice president of marketing for Unisys Global Industries. She started her career at TELUS, a Canadian national telecommunications company.
Aug 19, 2020
Insurance Business
Risk Strategies has announced the appointment of Jennifer Johnston to the newly created role of chief marketing officer.
Johnston has extensive experience in branding, marketing and communications in the insurance industry, consulting and professional services and technology. She has been a passionate advocate for high-value client experience and digital marketing, Risk Strategies said.
Prior to joining Risk Strategies, Johnston served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at CopperPoint Insurance Companies. She has also held executive marketing roles at PMA/Old Republic Insurance Group and Unisys Global. She began her career at TELUS, a Canadian telecommunications company.
Aug 14, 2020
The New York Times
“This is all still emerging,” said Elizabeth Marks, senior strategy consultant with Academic HealthPlans, which provides student health insurance plans at campuses across the country.
Jul 28, 2020
Artsy.com
“There’s been a shift away from hacking and data breaches that steal credit card numbers, as they became less valuable to sell,” said Robert Rosenzweig, vice president and national cyber risk practice leader at DeWitt Stern. “Now there’s more diversion and manipulation.”
Jul 20, 2020
Insurance Journal
The liability that nursing homes carry is going to be a huge concern going forward. Insurance carriers are already writing COVID-19 exclusions into their professional liability policies for the next renewal period, and we expect the insurance market to harden even further.
Jul 9, 2020
Inside Higher Ed
“Our work has absolutely increased tenfold because of the work around COVID,” Demchak said.
Premiums for higher education clients rose between 20 and 40 percent this year, said Bret Murray, who leads higher education strategy at Risks Strategies Company, a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
Jul 8, 2020
Business Insurance
Some insurers are attempting to remove nonphysical damage exposures from their property policies, too, said Peter Fallon, senior vice president, at brokerage Risk Strategies Co. Inc. in Boston.
Jul 6, 2020
Robert Rosenzweig, national cyber risk practice leader at Risk Strategies, noted that every company faces different cyber security threats, but the study provides insight into where they are investing.
“Understanding what peers are doing and where there’s ROI is important,” Rosenzweig said, noting the study “aligns with where we’re seeing the claims activity in the marketplace.”
Jun 23, 2020
Insurance Journal
Insurance specialist LeConte Moore and professional fine art appraiser Vincent Wiener deal with high-profile performers and artists and their works so hearing talk of big dollar figures is not unusual.
Jun 3, 2020
PropertyCasualty360
How COVID-19 is reshaping risk management
Jun 2, 2020
Forbes.com
Separate roles with a “Chief People Officer” or any number of non-HR titles that give employees a trusted, confidential and “safe” place to speak openly. Top-down buy-in is required. The C-Suite needs to report back on action taken based upon employee feedback regularly to reinforce the culture. - Zain Hasan, Risk Strategies Company
Jun 2, 2020
MyNewMarkets.com
John A. Hamby, senior managing director, national entertainment practice leader, DeWitt Stern of California Insurance Services, a division of Risk Strategies Co., said the film and television space is still essentially shut down. He doesn't see the industry picking up production until at least July, even into August, September or October.
May 29, 2020
Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that the MPA and the Independent Film & Television Alliance have been advocating for federal help in gaining insurance on productions, while DeWitt Stern Risk Strategies insurance brokerage managing director Peter A. Marshall was helping to craft language regarding media production for the bill. When reached by THR, Marshall said he didn't believe that language was included in the first draft, although it might be added if the draft goes to committee.
May 21, 2020
Advisen
May 20, 2020
Insurance Journal
John A. Hamby, senior managing director, national entertainment practice leader, DeWitt Stern of California Insurance Services, a division of Risk Strategies Co., said the film and television space is still essentially shut down. He doesn’t see the industry picking up production until at least July, even into August, September or October. Much of that decision lies within jurisdictional restrictions and guidelines, he noted.
May 20, 2020
Hollywood Reporter
Peter A. Marshall, a managing director of the DeWitt Stern Risk Strategies insurance brokerage, has helped craft language that could specifically address media production. The MPA and IFTA are hopeful those provisions would be part of any bill that goes forward.
May 11, 2020
Risk & Insurance
Schaffer, a Fine Arts Power Broker and senior account executive at DeWitt Stern, a division of Risk Strategies, doesn’t want insurance to ever be the obstacle in her clients’ way.
May 6, 2020
The New York Times
Policies tailored for theatrical productions typically do not require physical losses, said Peter Shoemaker, a managing director at DeWitt Stern, an insurance brokerage that works with Broadway shows.
Apr 27, 2020
Architectural Record
"We’ve seen two to three times the usual number of breaches, most frequently ransomware attacks," says Robert Rosenzweig, a national cyber risk practice leader at Risk Strategies, a large national insurance brokerage.
Apr 16, 2020
Advisen
According to brokers at Risk Strategies, each of these facilities are wondering if there will be any recourse for the business income lost.
“Business interruption is probably the number one subject, for sure,” said Joe Levy, senior vice president. “We’re fielding a lot of questions.”
“Some of our clients haven’t had a case in 45 days,” added Chris Zuccarini, managing director. “We’ve seen busy practices completely shut down. One just laid off 125 employees. Another with 21 offices closed all but 5. No one could have expected this scenario.”
The advice right now, according to Zuccarini and Levy is…
Apr 8, 2020
Intelligent Insurer
“They won’t just say ‘hey, sure we’ll pay all that’. They are also going to fight to the death.” Mike Vitulli, senior vice president and director of Risk Strategies.
Apr 7, 2020
Insurance News Net
Matt Smith, executive vice president of Risk Strategies, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicaid Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly".
Apr 6, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, UNIRISC
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired UNIRISC Inc., a specialist in the global relocation insurance and risk management needs of corporate personnel and private individuals moving domestically and overseas.
Founded in 1972 and based in Arlington, Va., UNIRISC’s clients include Fortune 100 companies spanning the automotive, financial, pharmaceutical, insurance, service, manufacturing, communications, technology and relocation industries. UNIRISC’s services include claims and bespoke relocation assistance to mitigate the risk and complexity of relocation.
Apr 6, 2020
Insurance Journal
Panelists opened the hour-long discussion on a positive note, stating there has been an uptick in small and medium-sized businesses that recognize their cyber insurance needs and are purchasing coverage.
“We’ve certainly seen an uptick in small business customers,” said Rob Rosenzweig, national cyber risk practice leader at Risk Strategies. “With the growth of ransomware, I think the individual small businesses have realized how impactful that can be to their direct business.”
Apr 6, 2020
Forbes
Some businesses have a system implemented where they set up exit interviews when employees leave. While these can be useful, they don't focus on retaining the business's talent. In this competitive atmosphere, letting a talented employee go to a competitor could spell disaster for the business.
Stay interviews try to focus on what the enterprise could do to help the employee remain with the company. To help companies interested in recovering their talent before they leave, 12 professionals from Forbes Human Resources Council explore the strategies they use in similar situations and why they work so well at keeping…
Apr 3, 2020
Advisen
“OSHA says you have a duty to provide a safe workplace,” said Michael Vitulli, director of risk management services at Risk Strategies.
In assessing how to ensure safety in the workplace, he added, it’s unlikely that most non-healthcare industries considered the current situation in the planning, even with data available about the impact of the SARS outbreak.
Mar 27, 2020
New England Real Estate Journal
Emerging in Wuhan, a city in China’s Hubei province, in late December, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a never-before-seen respiratory illness, it has swept through the country, already infecting hundreds of thousands there, according to the Centers for Disease Control. While the Chinese New Year holiday break that started on Jan. 24 was set to end a customary week later on Jan. 30, Beijing’s State Council postponed the reopening of some institutions until Feb. 2 in an effort to contain the viral outbreak, and said the reopening of schools for the spring semester…
Mar 27, 2020
Waste360
Pam Caron, senior vice president of waste and recycling practice for Risk Strategies Company, also says her clients have asked about business interruption coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have been getting inundated internally and externally with questions around insurance coverage,” she tells Waste360. “With COVID-19, the biggest concern right now that I am seeing from a coverage standpoint is business interruption coverage, which is part of a property policy. If there is a massive fire or natural disaster, they have business interruption coverage, which really covers the transfer stations and recycling facilities, etc.”
Mar 26, 2020
Architechtural Record
“We’ve seen two to three times the usual number of breaches, most frequently ransomware attacks, in the last two weeks,” says Robert Rosenzweig, national cyber risk practice leader at Risk Strategies, a large national insurance brokerage.
Mar 26, 2020
S & P Global
While pandemic exclusions in typical business interruption insurance policies make them contractually immune to COVID-19 losses, some coverage in the marketplace could be exposed.
Peter Fallon of Risk Strategies began responding to coverage inquiries from insureds before the coronavirus reached U.S. shores, often examining policy language line by line. Since 2006, standard policy forms have exempted losses from disease outbreaks, but many policies leave daylight for interpretation, said Fallon, who is senior vice president and head of property at the broker.
Mar 24, 2020
WithersWorldwide.com
People are definitely experiencing an interruption in their businesses; however, in our experience, the Business Owners or Package policies will likely not respond because there needs to be a “physical loss or damage” claim to trigger business interruption. The virus is not causing a physical loss or damage to peoples’ space, thus the policy will likely not respond.
Mar 24, 2020
Business Insurance
Iyan G. Alfredson, senior vice president and co-national practice leader of executive liability at Risk Strategies Inc. in Chicago, said, “D&O rates have skyrocketed” since the Cyan decision, but “should certainly drop” as companies modify their charters to reflect the federal forum provision.
Mar 23, 2020
Financial Times
“Over the past two years ransomware has become far and away the most frequent attack that bad actors are initiating,” says Rob Rosenzweig, cyber practice leader at insurance broker Risk Strategies.
Mar 23, 2020
Insurance Journal
A financial market that’s in correction territory, coronavirus pandemic fears and an insurance industry hard market for the first time in years. Are these issues related or becoming more so? What’s an insured to think right now?
The rapidly hardening insurance market is the result of several factors that can be summed up by saying that we’re paying today for our prior sins. The industry has had persistent high loss ratios since 2013, primarily caused by an increase in frequency of severe property and liability losses and spiraling litigation costs with ever higher jury awards.
Mar 20, 2020
S&P Global
Medical malpractice insurers have responded with flexibility as their clients deal with liability concerns produced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
That flexibility has included advice on which treatments can or cannot be covered, as well as easing coverage restrictions on telehealth and staffing issues.
Chris Zuccarini, managing director of healthcare for Risk Strategies Inc. said carriers like Doctors Co. An Interinsurance Exchange and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary Medgroup Inc. are communicating with their insureds and trying to help any way they ca
Mar 13, 2020
Advisen
The insurance impacts of the coronavirus pandemic remain unclear, but experts agree that the effects will reverberate through the industry and economy for years to come.
In addition to disruptions faced by businesses of all kinds, insurers and brokers also face significant questions about coverage from customers, likely in nearly every line of business. With travel restrictions in place not only by private employers but also governments, businesses are scrambling to determine not only the effect on business but also potential insurance reimbursement.
Mar 13, 2020
Inside Higher Education
“Because colleges are sending students home as a preventative measure, not because of an event that triggers coverage under their property or business interruption policy, these refund claims will likely not be covered,” Bret Murray, who leads higher education strategy at Risk Strategies Company
Mar 13, 2020
The Wall Street Journal
Mary Beth Ryan, senior vice president at Boston-based insurance brokerage Risk Strategies, said about half of her clients opted for communicable diseases cover. Companies have been calling in recent weeks to ask her if their insurance covers communicable diseases. The coverage would likely be triggered if the event was supposed to take place in a state that has issued bans on large gatherings, assuming it meets size criteria, she said.
Mar 12, 2020
Insurance Business
Last year, Arceo.ai collaborated with Risk Strategies to help launch the latter’s Cyber Resolute risk mitigation platform, which combines Arceo.ai’s data analytics technology with insurance underwritten through Risk Strategies’ partnership with Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions.
Mar 12, 2020
PropertyCasualty360
People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: Feb. 28, 2020
Mar 12, 2020
Insurance Journal
December Risk Strategies Acquires New England-Based Subsidiaries of Gowrie Holdings: Privately-held Risk Strategies (a Top 100 Agency
Mar 12, 2020
Insurance Business
National insurance broker and risk management firm Risk Strategies has announced its completion of a recapitalization transaction, which includes a new equity investment from funds managed by private equity firm Kelso & Company.
Mar 12, 2020
Employee Benefit Adviser
Even though the digital revolution has changed the way HR operates, and how benefits are communicated and offered, the future of advising shouldn’t solely revolve around tech solutions, said panelist Zain Hasan, managing director at Risk Strategies Company and one of Employee Benefit Adviser’s 20 Rising Stars in Advising of 2020.
Mar 12, 2020
Business Insurance
The deal builds on Risk Strategies’ acquisition of California-based captive manager Risk Management Advisors Inc. in 2019 and follows the earlier purchase of Sparks, Maryland-based captive consultancy Oxford Risk Management Group in 2018.
It adds both onshore and offshore capabilities in multiple domiciles, as well as licenses in 10 U.S. jurisdictions, Risk Strategies said in the statement.
Mar 12, 2020
Verdict
The companies did not reveal the financial details of the transaction.
Founded 18 years ago, Atlas specialises in the formation and management of captive insurance firms.
Risk Strategies CEO John Mina said: “As traditional insurers become more selective in their coverage and premiums rise, innovative alternatives such as captives are increasingly important in creating cost-effective ways to manage and mitigate client risk.
Mar 12, 2020
Captive Insurance Times
Risk Strategies has acquired Atlas Insurance Management as part of its purchase of Atlas Group Limited and its affiliated entities.
Atlas Insurance Management focuses on the formation and management of captive insurance companies. It also forms and operates a number of its own insurers, including protected cell companies (PCC), making cells available to captive clients and acting as fronting insurers as well as pooling reinsurers.
Mar 12, 2020
Insurance Business
Risk Strategies has announced its acquisition of Atlas Insurance Management, as part of the former’s purchase of Atlas Group Limited and its affiliated entities.
Mar 12, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Atlas Insurance Management of North Carolina, a company that works on the formation and management of captive insurance companies.
Mar 12, 2020
Captive International
Atlas has 27 people spread over two offices, in the Cayman Islands and North Carolina. It is proud of the expertise it already had at its disposal, and its ability to offer captive management services to its clients. But Atlas believed the time was right to become part of a bigger organisation. “There comes a point when it helps to be part of something bigger,” said Eveleigh.
Mar 12, 2020
PropertyCasualty360
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) announced the dates of its 2020 Women in Insurance Conference Series Regional Forums and invite all interested insurance professionals to register. Focused on the theme of Beyond Gender: Inclusion, Leadership and Innovation, these one-day conferences will continue the conversation on how insurance professionals can collaborate to advance diversity,
Mar 12, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Sharon Edwards as chief operating officer. She will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating committee, immediately assuming oversight and management responsibilities for national operations.
Mar 12, 2020
Hollywood Reporter
When entertainment industry executives set plans for spring 2020, they foresaw tens of thousands of people grouped together to watch sports competitions, musical concerts and other communal events. They expected red carpet premieres, film festivals and trade shows. Meanwhile, more movies and TV shows than ever before were budgeted for production amid a thriving economy of content. Then came the COVID-19 outbreak. Hardly anyone saw that coming. Not even the individuals whose jobs it was to assess risk.
Mar 9, 2020
Inside Higher Ed
Some property insurance plans contain sublimits -- caps on payouts for a specific type of loss -- for outbreaks and pandemics. As long as the college meets its deductible, it could file a claim for pandemic-related damages and be reimbursed up to the policy’s sublimit. A typical $500 million property insurance plan could include a $1 million pandemic damages sublimit, according to Bret Murray, who leads higher education strategy at Risks Strategies Company, a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
Mar 9, 2020
Reinsurance News
US insurance broker and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired captive specialist Atlas Insurance Management.
The acquisition is a result of Risk Strategies’ purchase of Atlas Group and its affiliated entities.
In addition to managing captive insurance entities, Atlas Insurance Management forms and operates a number of its own insurers.
Feb 19, 2020
Insurance Journal
Founded in 1972 and based in Arlington, Va., UNIRISC’s clients include Fortune 100 companies spanning the automotive, financial, pharmaceutical, insurance, service, manufacturing, communications, technology and relocation industries. UNIRISC’s services include claims and bespoke relocation assistance to mitigate the risk and complexity of relocation.
Feb 10, 2020
Insurance Journal
The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As many as two-thirds of all deals involved private equity, according to experts. Most of the busiest buyers are private equity backed.
Feb 10, 2020
Aviation International News
Transport Risk Management, a Colorado-based broker specializing in aviation-related insurance and risk management, has been acquired by national insurance brokerage Risk Strategies. “Risk Strategies’ success is built on specialty expertise and the value it delivers to clients facing complex risks,” said Risk Strategies CEO John Mina. “[Travel Risk Management] is a dead-on fit for our business, and its focus is an area in which we’re seeing an increased need.”
Feb 8, 2020
University Business
From new Title IX requirements to cybersecurity threats, higher ed leaders must be proactive.
Colleges have a wide spectrum of emerging risks that need to be managed in the coming year, from new Title IX requirements to cybersecurity concerns.
Feb 5, 2020
PropertyCasualty360
“Around the P&C insurance industry: Feb. 5, 2020
Feb 5, 2020
Business Insurance
Risk Strategies Inc. has acquired Transport Risk Management Inc., Risk Strategies said in a statement Tuesday.
Based in Conifer, Colorado, Transport Risk specializes in coverage for the aviation, aerospace and aircraft operations and activities.
The acquisition of Transport Risk includes wholesale capabilities with the firm’s managing general agent authority for its specialty drone program, the statement said.
Feb 5, 2020
Risk & Insurance
Risk Strategies promotes two employees to executive vice presidents; all of this and more in this edition of People on the Move.
Jan 31, 2020
New England Real Estate Journal
Historically the insurance marketplace was predictably cyclical. The markets went from hard to soft then back to hard again. Every 5 – 7 years the cycle repeated itself. Over the last 25 years however, there has been a dramatic change in this cyclical behavior. The soft market cycle has been around for over 8 years and recently the market has turned much harder. Rates are increasing across most property and casualty lines in high double digits.
Jan 29, 2020
Washington D.C. Citybizlist
Risk Strategies, a privately held, rapidly growing national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, today announced that it has acquired Weaver Brothers Insurance, Inc., a full-service brokerage based in Bethesda, Maryland and one of the largest independent insurance brokerages in the Washington, D.C. area.
Jan 29, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-based, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Weaver Brothers Insurance Inc., a full-service brokerage based in Bethesda, Md.
Jan 29, 2020
Business Insurance
Risk Strategies Co. Inc. named Kent, Connecticut-based Tracy Hoffman executive vice president of its national health care practice. Previously, Ms. Hoffman was senior vice president.
Jan 29, 2020
Business Insurance
Risk Strategies Co. Inc. named Seattle-based Matthew Smith executive vice president of its national health care practice. Previously, Mr. Smith was senior vice president.
Jan 29, 2020
Insurance Business
Risk Strategies has announced the promotions of Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith to executive vice presidents of its national healthcare practice. Hoffman and Smith previously served as senior vice presidents.
Jan 29, 2020
Intelligent Insurer
Risk Strategies has promoted two to the position of executive vice president within its national healthcare practice.
Jan 28, 2020
Captive International
Risk Strategies has promoted Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith to be executive vice presidents of its national health care practice.
Both Hoffman and Smith previously served as senior vice presidents.
Jan 28, 2020
Reinsurance News
US insurance broker and risk management firm Risk Strategies has promoted Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith to executive vice president of its National Health Care Practice.
Both Hoffman and Smith previously served as senior vice president within the organisation.
Jan 28, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-based, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has promoted Tracy Hoffman and Matthew Smith as executive vice presidents of its National Health Care Practice. Previously, both Hoffman and Smith served as senior vice presidents within the organization.
Jan 27, 2020
Business Insurance
NAME: Sharon Edwards
NEW JOB TITLE: Nashville, Tennessee-based chief operating officer, Risk Strategies Insurance Brokerage Services LLC
PREVIOUS POSITION: Nashville, Tennessee-based chief financial officer of corporate risk and broking, North America, Willis Towers Watson PLC
Jan 21, 2020
edHEALTH
“We look for creative solutions for our higher education clients, where faculty and staff healthcare costs typically represent the second or third biggest expense,” said Sheena Tracy, managing director of Risk Strategies, which helps colleges identify opportunities in the insurance and healthcare sector. “The edHEALTH team is enthusiastic and well-versed in the industry. As soon as they established a national provider network option—the Trustmark Health Benefits administrator option—it opened new opportunities for our client, Sarah Lawrence, to join and benefit from the collaborative.”
Jan 21, 2020
Insurance Business
Risk Strategies has acquired Academic HealthPlans (AHP), a national administrator of health insurance plans for colleges and universities.
Founded in 1998, Grapevine, TX-based AHP has been providing an “intuitive and streamlined student and administrator experience” thanks to its use of innovative processes and technology, a release said. The firm serves more than 150 colleges and universities across the US.
Jan 21, 2020
Reinsurance News
US insurance broker and risk management firm Risk Strategies has announced the acquisition of Academic HealthPlans, Inc. (AHP), a firm that creates and administers health insurance plans that colleges and universities make available to its students.
Jan 16, 2020
Captive International
Risk Strategies’ acquisition builds on its 2017 purchase of University Health Plans. With the addition of Texas-based AHP to the business, which counts over 150 colleges and universities nationally of all sizes as clients, Risk Strategies is the largest broker of student health insurance plans and related administrative services in the US.
Jan 16, 2020
Insurance Journal
National insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, has acquired Academic HealthPlans Inc. (AHP), a Grapevine, Texas-based provider of health insurance plans that colleges and universities make available to their students.
Jan 15, 2020
New England Board of Higher Educcation
Higher Ed and the Law …
Title IX, the federal civil rights law passed in 1972, was a landmark piece of legislation that prohibited sexual discrimination in educational institutions across America. It reads, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Jan 13, 2020
Risk & Insurance
National insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies announced that it has appointed Sharon Edwards as chief operating officer. She will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating committee, immediately assuming oversight for national operations.
Jan 13, 2020
Insurance Journal
A really nice mid-sized national broker, Risk Strategies, is based out of Boston. They did 25 deals in 2019, which was one of their biggest years. They are being more selective in buying agencies with specific niches, like employee benefits, healthcare, real estate and transportation agencies. In 2020, they expect to do another 20 to 25 transactions.
Jan 13, 2020
PropertyCasualty360
National insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies announced that it has appointed Sharon Edwards as chief operating officer. She will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating committee, immediately assuming oversight for national operations.
Jan 9, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Sharon Edwards as chief operating officer. She will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating committee, immediately assuming oversight and management responsibilities for national operations.
Jan 9, 2020
Insurance Business
Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has announced the appointment of Sharon Edwards as chief operating officer.
In her new role, Edwards will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating committee, assuming oversight and management responsibilities for national operations. She will report to John Mina, chief executive officer of Risk Strategies, and lead improvements in client experience, with a focus on consistent associate experience
Jan 9, 2020
The Insurer
Expansive US broker Risk Strategies has named former Willis Towers Watson executive Sharon Edwards as COO.
Jan 8, 2020
Reinsurance News
US insurance broker and risk management firm Risk Strategies has appointed Sharon Edwards as Chief Operating Officer.
Edwards, who will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating committee, assumes immediate oversight and management responsibilities for national operations.
Jan 8, 2020
Business Insurance
Risk Strategies Insurance Brokerage Service LLC said Tuesday it has named Sharon Edwards to the new position of chief operating officer.
Jan 8, 2020
Business Insurance
Risk Strategies Inc. named Nashville, Tennessee-based Sharon Edwards chief operating officer. Previously, Ms. Edwards was chief financial officer for Willis Towers Watson PLC