SPECIAL REPORT
HOT 100 2019
YIANA E. STAVRAKIS Chief sales officer SPECIALTY PROGRAM GROUP
JOHN NEAL CEO LLOYD’S OF LONDON
Yiana Stavrakis began her insurance career more than 15 years ago with Metro Insurance Services and steadily rose in both position and authority as she mastered underwriting processes and procedures. Today, she serves as chief sales officer for Specialty Program Group, providing strategic sales and marketing guidance to acquired business partners. Outside of her day-to-day responsibilities, Stavrakis is an IBANY board member and is co-founder and past president of NAPSLO’s Next Generation. She received the NAPSLO Past President’s Award for outstanding committee work in 2010 and the Steven R. Gross Under 40 Award in 2013. In 2015, she received IBANY’s first Emerging Leader Award. She was also named to IBA’s Elite Women list earlier this year and was a finalist for the Woman of Distinction Award at the 2017 Insurance Business America Awards.
In September, Lloyd’s of London announced that John Neal would succeed Inga Beale as head of the world’s leading insurance market. With more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, Neal was most recently group CEO of QBE Insurance Group.
As the cyber practice leader within Marsh’s FINPRO specialty practice, Thomas Reagan oversees client advisory and placement services for cyber risk throughout the US, while also serving as senior cyber advisor for
some of Marsh’s largest clients.
THOMAS REAGAN Cyber practice leader MARSH
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After beginning his career in the technology industry as an expert on security and service delivery, Regan joined AIG in 2003, where he managed professional liability underwriting and led the development of new professional liability products and services. He later moved to Beazley, where he led marketing and strategy for the company’s cyber insurance division. Regan has been a featured speaker at various business, technology, legal and insurance forums throughout the world, including RIMS, PLUS and the Association for Financial Professionals.
DOUG ESPOSITO Commercial insurance broker OWEN-DUNN INSURANCE SERVICES
Since 2002, Doug Esposito has been a property & casualty specialist with Owen-Dunn Insurance Services, where he leads the energy and cannabis divisions. In addition to his experience with conventional insurance, Esposito is one of Owen-Dunn’s experts in alternative risk mechanisms, including self-insurance and captive programs. Esposito has been an active member in the cannabis community for the past several years. He currently serves on the insurance committee of the California Cannabis Insurance Association [CCIA], where he works to educate the public on the medical and economic benefits of cannabis. “I really see this industry as an underdog in California and believe wholeheartedly that it’s a cause worth fighting for,” he says. Esposito has been asked to speak at a variety of cannabis-related events, including the Sonoma County Growers Alliance, CCIA’s Annual Policy Conference, the California Department of Insurance’s cannabis public hearing and the 2017 and 2018 Insurance Business Cannabis Cover California Masterclass. He has also been an active member of both the California Solar & Storage Association and the Construction Financial Management Association for the past 10 years.