Dec 3, 2021
Inside P&C
Acquisitive specialty brokerage Risk Strategies bought full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency for an undisclosed sum.
Dec 3, 2021
South Florida Hospital News
One of the latest trends in the Florida malpractice insurance market is companies from out of state moving in to write policies for local physicians. What they don’t understand, according to Matt Gracey, managing director, Risk Strategies, Danna-Gracey, is that it’s not as easy as it looks.
Dec 3, 2021
Business Insurance
RSC Insurance Brokerage Inc., which does business as Risk Strategies Co., said Wednesday that Terry Lyons has been appointed national education practice leader.
Dec 3, 2021
Intelligent Insurer
US insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired a full-service brokerage firm in New Jersey.
Dec 3, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that Terry Lyons has been appointed as the National Education Practice Leader. In this role, Lyons will develop and lead the overall national growth and client service strategy for the education industry practice.
Dec 3, 2021
Reinsurance News
Specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency.
Dec 1, 2021
Insurance Business America
National specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies has announced that it has acquired KRA Insurance Agency, a full-service brokerage firm. KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA Life Agency, was included in the deal. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Dec 1, 2021
Business Insurance
Boston-based brokerage Risk Strategies Co. on Tuesday said it has acquired broker KRA Insurance Agency Inc., including KRA’s wholly-owned subsidiary, KRA Life Agency Inc.
Dec 1, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA Life Agency Inc. Terms of the deal were not announced.
Nov 30, 2021
WITH GRIT AND DETERMINATION, THIS EXEC ASSUMED HER NEW ROLE WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT
The term “human dynamo” has been overused to the point that it’s become a cliché … but it truly applies to Sharon Edwards, chief financial officer of Risk Strategies Company, which she joined in December 2019.
Risk Strategies is a national specialty broker that provides risk management advisory services, insurance and reinsurance placement for property and casualty, employee benefits, and private client risks. It operates predominantly in the United States and Canada and aspires to become an international organization.
When Edwards came on board, what would…
Nov 30, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, hired Alison Murphy as national practice leader of private client services.
Nov 30, 2021
Risk Strategies CEO John Mina talks to Risk & Insurance about his approach to managing company talent and culture.
In October, Risk & Insurance Editor-in-Chief Dan Reynolds met with John Mina, the CEO of Risk Strategies and a veteran of multiple brokerage companies. The goal of the discussion was to learn more about Mina’s vision for the direction of the company, and what he values in his workforce. What follows is a version of that conversation, which was edited for brevity and clarity.
Risk & Insurance: John, you’ve been with the company now for four years. And as we round…
Nov 18, 2021
The Insurer
Risk Strategies has acquired TriPoint Insurance, a Connecticut-based workers’ compensation agency that provides performance-based insurance solutions to middle market companies in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale and skilled nursing verticals.
Nov 18, 2021
Insurance Business America
Specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has announced the acquisition of workers’ compensation specialist TriPoint Insurance, a national firm providing performance-based insurance (PBI) products to middle-market companies in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale and skilled nursing sectors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Nov 18, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired TriPoint Insurance Inc., a national specialist providing Performance Based Insurance (PBI) solutions to middle market companies in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale and skilled nursing verticals.
Nov 18, 2021
Captive Review
Insurance Brokerage Risk Strategies has announced its acquisition of TriPoint Insurance, Inc.
Nov 18, 2021
Risk & Insurance
Risk Strategies’ Rebecca LaFazia combined a longtime passion with a career in the insurance space, and there is never a lack of excitement.
Nov 16, 2021
The Insurer
Risk Strategies has added former PURE and AIG executive Alison Murphy as national practice leader for its Private Client Services business as it further builds out its capabilities in the high net worth (HNW) personal lines space.
Nov 16, 2021
Intelligent Insurer
US insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has hired a practice leader to develop its national growth strategy for private client services, focussing on the high-net-worth segment.
Nov 12, 2021
Risk & Insurance
Specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, has acquired Better Business Planning, Inc., an insurance agency specializing in employee benefits solutions.
Nov 11, 2021
What CEOs Talk About
Neil Krauter Sr. currently works as part of the Executive Committee at Risk Strategies, the 11th largest insurance broker in operation. Earlier in his career he worked as Vice Chairman of Aon Risk Services in New York and Global Practice Leader of AMAG, the Aon Merger & Acquisition Group. After a short retirement at age 40, Neil Krauter re-entered the brokerage world with The Krauter Group in 2004.
Nov 11, 2021
Intelligent Insurer
US insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired a retail insurance brokerage specialising in property & casualty and employee benefits solutions.
Nov 10, 2021
The Insurer
Risk Strategies has acquired Pawson Insurance, a Connecticut-based full-service retail insurance brokerage specialising in property casualty and employee benefits solutions.
Nov 9, 2021
Business Insurance
RSC Insurance Brokerages Inc., which does business as Risk Strategies Co., said Tuesday it has acquired Pawson Insurance Group, a retail brokerage based in Branford, Connecticut. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Nov 9, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Pawson Insurance, a full-service retail insurance brokerage specializing in property/casualty and employee benefits solutions. Terms of the deal were not announced.
Nov 9, 2021
Advisen Front Page News
Employers see the implications of long-haul COVID for workers compensation and employment practices liability (EPL) and are being “extremely cautious,” according to Michael Vitulli, director of risk management services at Risk Strategies. It’s a “developing and vague sort of field” right now, one that that organizations are helping to address with the help of their insurance brokers.
Nov 8, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty broker, announced it is expanding into South Carolina with the purchase of Mount Pleasant-based Hibbits Insurance agency.
Nov 5, 2021
Captive Review
The insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired Illinois-based insurance agency Better Business Planning, Inc.
Nov 5, 2021
Business Insurance
RSC Insurance Brokerages Inc., which does business as Risk Strategies Co., has acquired Better Business Planning Inc. to expand its national employee benefits practice, reports Captive Insurance Times. Itasca, Illinois-based Better Business Planning offers customized employee benefits solutions, as well as complementary services such as payroll administration and human resources consulting.
Nov 5, 2021
Captive International
US specialty insurance brokerage and alternative risk program provider Risk Strategies has bought Itasca, Illinois-based Better Business Planning. The insurance agency specialises in employee benefits solutions, and the acquisition will expand Risk Strategies national practice, it said
Nov 2, 2021
The Insurer
US broker Risk Strategies has strengthened its employee benefits offering with the acquisition of Better Business Planning (BBP).
Nov 2, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Better Business Planning, Inc., an insurance agency specializing in employee benefits solutions.
Nov 2, 2021
Insurance Business America
The Biden administration introduced a new COVID-19 Action Plan on September 09, called ‘The Path Out of the Pandemic,’ which includes measures to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans through regulatory powers and authorities. For employers, the decision on whether to mandate COVID-19 vaccination is highly complex and fraught with exposures and liabilities.
Nov 1, 2021
Independent Agent
Given the mass of cases and ongoing treatment associated with COVID-19 that we seem poised to face, the need for effective disability coverage is becoming clearer than ever.
Oct 29, 2021
The Insurer
US intermediary Risk Strategies has strengthened its capabilities in the “last mile delivery” and moving and storage insurance sectors with the acquisition of transportation-focused all lines brokerage Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors (CJRA).
Oct 29, 2021
Insurance Business America
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced th
Oct 22, 2021
PropertyCasualty360.com
So, how does the quality control of submission data play such a key role? As Joe Quarantello of Risk Strategies said, “It starts and ends with a good submission.”
Oct 22, 2021
The San Fransisco Chronicle
The losses sustained by wineries during the last few fire seasons had become untenable for some insurance carriers, said Nicholas Svetcoff, an insurance broker for wineries at Risk Strategies in Burlingame, in an interview earlier this summer. A single burned winery in a high-profile area like Napa Valley could result in a claim of $20 million or more, he said.
Oct 22, 2021
Business insurance
In senior facilities, the concern is there will be charges of failure to treat pressure ulcers, to adequately provide care, to properly supervise and to prevent slips and falls cases “because you were so wrapped up in COVID, and managing for that, that you weren’t doing the day-in, day-out care for residents,” said Joe Levy, Philadelphia-based senior vice president, traditional health care practice for Risk Strategies Co. Inc.
Oct 18, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that John Meder, of Raleigh, North Carolina, will be the new head of risk consulting and claims advocacy.
Oct 18, 2021
Business Insurance
Previously, Mr. Meder was executive vice president, head of risk advisory at USI Insurance Services Inc.
Oct 15, 2021
Reinsurance News
Meder brings over 30 years of experience in risk management, analytics, claims and loss control.
He was most recently Executive Vice President, Head of Risk Advisory at USI Insurance Services.
Oct 6, 2021
Risk & Insurance
Risk Strategies has hired Erica Honig to serve as compliance director of Employee Benefits.
Sep 29, 2021
Law 360
The fallout from the Surfside tragedy adds to the difficulties already faced by the insurance industry in Florida, which has for years grappled with scores of natural disasters and widespread property insurance litigation, agreed Virginia Hazlett, vice president of the national real estate practice group at Risk Strategies.
Sep 27, 2021
Business Insurance
Risk Strategies Co. named Jim Schmidt commercial lines leader, West Region. Previously, Mr. Schmidt was director of business development at Associated Agencies Inc.
Sep 24, 2021
Risk & Insurance
Risk Strategies has appointed Jim Schmidt as commercial lines leader, West Region.
Sep 24, 2021
Captive International
US specialty insurance brokerage and alternative risk program provider Risk Strategies has appointed a new commercial lines leader for the Western region. Jim Schmidt will be responsible for building its regional strategy for commercial property and casualty business.
Sep 21, 2021
The North Bay Business Journal
Wildfires are burning a hole in California’s wallet — and not just state government’s.
With no place in California immune to the increasing, raging infernos that barrel over communities, fires touch industry and peoples’ pocketbooks in dozens of ways, from insurance and tourism losses to home hardening and fire prevention costs.
Sep 21, 2021
Insurance Journal
Based in Fayetteville, Georgia, Benevestco is a specialist in creating and servicing tailored benefits plans for businesses, with a focus on mid to large-market employers. Benevestco will join the Risk Strategies’ National Employee Benefits Practice.
Sep 1, 2021
Insurance Journal
National specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies announced it has acquired the assets of employee benefits specialty broker Benevestco, Inc., a Resource Seven company. Terms of the deal were not announced.
Aug 27, 2021
South Florida Business Journal
For the past 20 years, Danna-Gracey, the largest independent medical malpractice insurance agency in Florida, has dedicated itself to providing insurance coverage placement for doctors and other health care providers. As a result of its recent merger with Risk Strategies, a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, the company now gains a nationwide platform through which its experts can provide medical professional liability coverage for physician and surgeons, nurses and other health care professionals as well as hospitals, ASCs, facilities, and long term care, in addition to personal and commercial lines as well…
Aug 26, 2021
Insurance Journal - Insuring Cyber Podcast
“I think it's the nature of the art world to constantly be looking to the next thing,” says Mary Pontillo, senior vice president of the Dewitt Stern Fine Arts Practice at Risk Strategies, in this episode of the Insuring Cyber Podcast. “I think that's the nature of artists - just constantly pushing boundaries.”
Aug 20, 2021
Intelligent Insurer
Speciality insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, has acquired medical malpractice insurance company Danna-Gracey.
Aug 20, 2021
Captive Insurance Times
Speciality insurance brokerage and risk management company Risk Strategies has acquired Danna-Gracey, a medical malpractice insurance specialist.
Aug 20, 2021
Insurance Business America
Risk Strategies, a national speciality insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced the acquisition of Danna-Gracey, a Florida-based specialist in medical malpractice insurance. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Aug 19, 2021
Yahoo Finance
Inc. Magazine today revealed that Risk Strategies, a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, is No. 2374 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.
Aug 18, 2021
BenefitsPro.com
“From a mentorship perspective, it’s important to teach assertiveness, persistence, resilience–and, truthfully, working harder than your male counterpart,” Tikia said. “Women really have to face a lot of isolation in this industry. But we’re also creative, out-of-the-box thinkers.”
Aug 16, 2021
Insurance Journal
National specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, acquired property/casualty actuarial consulting firm Centric Actuarial Solutions LLC, based in Overland Park, Kansas.
Aug 16, 2021
Business Insurance
RSC Insurance Brokerages Inc., which does business as Risk Strategies Co., said Monday it has acquired Delray Beach, Florida-based Danna-Gracey Inc., a medical malpractice liability agency.
Aug 16, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Danna-Gracey, a specialist in medical malpractice insurance headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida. Terms of the deal were not released.
Aug 9, 2021
Reinsurance News
Centric consults clients in a wide variety of industries to help understand and assess their cost of risk, with a focus on organisations employing alternative risk programs and approaches.
Aug 4, 2021
Insurance Journal
National specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, acquired property/casualty actuarial consulting firm Centric Actuarial Solutions LLC, based in Overland Park, Kansas.
Terms of the deal were not announced.
Aug 4, 2021
Insurance Business America
Sharon Edwards transitioned from COO to CFO of Risk Strategies this January, helping the brokerage adapt to the rapid growth experienced over the last year.
Aug 4, 2021
Insurance Business Magazine
According to Steve Pincus, national personal lines practice leader at Risk Strategies, the increased frequency and magnitude of natural disasters like wildfires, wind, flooding, hail storms and tornados have greatly affected the entire insurance market, including personal lines. This leads to virtually all insurance placements becoming more difficult to negotiate.
Jul 23, 2021
ajot.com
Bryan Ice, CIC is Director of Sales – Transportation at Risk Strategies. He has been involved in the insurance industry since 2003, assuming his position at Risk Strategies in 2017.
Jul 15, 2021
The San Francisco Chronicle
For decades, it’s been standard for many California wineries to insure their properties against wildfire damage, said Nicholas Svetcoff, a broker at Risk Strategies in Burlingame who works primarily with wineries.
Jul 13, 2021
Robb Report
Insurers began feeling the strain of wildfires more acutely in 2017, when a series of blazes afflicted numerous properties, with one insurance area broker, Risk Strategies, telling the Chronicle that it had 180 wineries making claims that necessitated $22 million in insurance payouts.
Jul 13, 2021
Insurance Business America
“NFTs really came on to our radar with the huge Christie’s sale,” said Mary Pontillo, SVP and national fine arts practice leader for Risk Strategies. “The first immediate issue for us was that the fine art policies that we sell provide coverage for physical loss or damage. But how do you cover physical loss or damage for NFTs?”
Jul 13, 2021
KPIX.com
Some Bay Area wineries hit hard by recent fires, and now getting hit with another problem. Allen Martin they are forced to pay for more expensive insurance coverage, or have no coverage at all.
Jul 6, 2021
Boston Business Journal
5. Risk Strategies Co., 160 Federal St. Boston, MA 02110
Jul 6, 2021
Smart Business - Cleveland
And 99.9 percent of group life benefits are never paid out to beneficiaries, because people rarely die while employed, says Greg Zito, producer, at Zito Insurance Agency a division of Risk Strategies.
Jun 30, 2021
Insurance Journal
He joined Risk Strategies through the 2014 acquisition of DeWitt Stern Group, and in 2018, he was named the New York metro region leader for Risk Strategies.
Jun 28, 2021
PropertyCasualty360.com
Risk Strategies named Raj Gulati a senior vice president. He served at EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants as a principal.
Jun 24, 2021
itij,com
Risk Strategies is sponsoring its first Annual Nationwide Student Health Benchmarking Survey to discover the emerging trends in student healthcare
Jun 24, 2021
Captive International
Raj Gulati joins Risk Strategies from EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, where he spent three years serving as principal.
Jun 23, 2021
New York Real Estate Journal
Kriton Pantelides, vice president-professional services of Risk Strategies, advises, “Any claim or even the knowledge that the firm is providing riskier professional services in some material volume will likely trigger a re-underwriting process upon renewal and ultimately increase the firm’s insurance rates."
Jun 21, 2021
Inside P&C
National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies has appointed Steve Pincus as national personal lines practice leader.
Jun 21, 2021
New York Business Journal
National insurance brokerage Risk Strategies has appointed Steve Pincus National Personal Lines Practice Leader. A 30+ year industry veteran, he previously served as interim leader.
Jun 21, 2021
The Insurer
Risk Strategies has promoted Steve Pincus to national personal lines practice leader while the US broker has also shuffled the management of its New York regional leadership team.
Jun 21, 2021
PropertyCasualty360.com
Risk Strategies appointed Steve Pincus as national personal lines practice leader.
Jun 3, 2021
Business Insurance
Bob Dubraski, chief growth officer and health care practice leader at Risk Strategies, discusses the challenges that risk managers in the health care sector are facing and what they can do to navigate the hard market.
May 13, 2021
Engineering News Record
Professional liability coverage for designers is an evolving challenge. Darren Black, architects and engineers practice lead at Risk Strategies, an insurance broker, says complications are multiplying.
May 7, 2021
Help Net Security
Broking Manager will allow the Risk Strategies’ team to quantify and explain to their clients the sources and financial impact of cyber risk exposure.
May 7, 2021
Insurance Business America
Specialist insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has partnered with cybersecurity firm CyberCube to adopt Broking Manager, CyberCube’s risk analytics platform for insurance intermediaries.
May 7, 2021
Captive Insurance Times
The US specialist insurance brokerage and risk management firm will also be using application programming interface (API) components from CyberCube’s solutions for analytics.
May 4, 2021
Smart Business
Smart Business spoke with Chris Zito, Managing Director of Zito Insurance Agency a Division of Risk Strategies, about the variables an employer needs to consider, including the business risk, before deciding whether or not to implement a telecommuting program.
Apr 1, 2021
Insurance Business America
Risk Strategies, a specialist insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced that it has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS). The acquisition expands Risk Strategies’ capabilities in its national student health practice.
Apr 1, 2021
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a Boston, Massachusetts-based national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS), expanding capabilities in its national student health practice.
Apr 1, 2021
Captive Insurance Times
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS), expanding capabilities in its national student health practice.
Mar 31, 2021
Life Insurance International
Risk Strategies has strengthened capabilities in its national student health practice by purchasing Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS).
Mar 31, 2021
Captive International
Risk Strategies, the specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS).
Jan 13, 2021
Insurance Journal
In 2020, the Risk Strategies family dedicated their time to those in need with heartfelt volunteer work and nearly $150,000 in donations for our Thanksgiving Drive alone. We're so pleased to have their efforts spotlighted in the @Insurance Journal Charity Issue with our team at Gowrie Group, a division of Risk Strategies!
Jan 12, 2021
Customized Logistics and Delivery Association
With respects to auto physical damage coverage, it should be noted that the rising cost of new vehicles and the continual upgrades in onboard technology and safety equipmentare also impactign the rates insurers are charging.
Jan 7, 2021
Captive Insurance Times
"John Mina, CEO of Risk Strategies, says this moment in time calls for captive practitioners everywhere to up their game and improve the image of the industry..."
Dec 18, 2020
Insurance Journal
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired FBA National, a specialist in developing employee benefits solutions that align with an organization’s goals and workforce needs.
Dec 17, 2020
Synopsys
Rob Rosenzweig, national cyber practice leader, Risk Strategies
Ransomware attacks show no sign of stopping, and the pandemic has only ramped this space up. Next year we can expect to see more of these incidents hitting the healthcare and R&D industries as hackers look for intellectual property and trade secrets related to COVID-19.
Dec 17, 2020
S&P Global - Market Intelligence
Risk Strategies has acquired Garden City, N.Y.-based employee benefits specialist FBA National.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Dec 1, 2020
Risk Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught all of us lessons in risk and resilience. The pandemic shocked people around the world with a magnitude unparalleled in recent history. While the circumstances may be unique, the reality is there will be more unexpected disasters in the near future. To quote Mark Twain, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Nov 16, 2020
The Middletown Press
Every year Nov. 1-Dec. 31, Gowrie Group, a Division of Risk Strategies, challenges their local community of businesses and friends to team together to raise money to benefit The Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries. T
Nov 16, 2020
Insurance Journal,
Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired LaRocca & Associates Inc., a specialty brokerage with expertise in health and welfare benefits across several industries.