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David Poms Owner & President, Poms & Associates As the owner of Poms & Associates, David Poms leads one of the fastest-growing brokerage firms in the western United States. Since its founding in 1991, the company has grown to include more than 200 employees in branches across the country. Poms & Associates is consistently chosen as one of the best places to work by insurance publications, and was recently named a top insurance brokerage firm by Albuquerque Business First.
Sharon Emek President and CEO, Work at Home Vintage Employees When she founded WAHVE in 2010, Sharon Emek created a system that allowed seasoned insurance employees to use remote technology in order to continue working while phasing into retirement – a process she calls ‘pretirement.’ The company’s business model galvanized Baby Boomer insurance pros – and addressed the industry’s talent shortage.
Mark Walls VP of communications and strategic analysis, Safety National Mark Walls is widely recognized as a thought leader in the workers’ compensation space. In 2014, he participated in 19 educational sessions at 11 national conferences. He was also a speaker in five webinars. He’s the founder and manager of the Work Comp Analysis Group , which, with more than 24,000 members, is the largest insurance group on LinkedIn focused on a single product line.
Company NAIC NAPSLO NAS Insurance Services National Assoc. of Health Underwriters Newman Long Term Care Orrino Capital Services Outsource Insurance Professionals Overstock.com PCIAA Philbin Insurance Group PIA Poms & Associates Preferred Specialty LLC Regency Insurance Brokerage ReSource Pro Risk Placement Services Risk Placement Services RLI Safety National SIAA Specialty Risk Management, Inc. State National Companies Suhr Risk Services Swiss Re Tallman Group Team Focus Insurance Group
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David Lupica Division president, commercial risk services ACE Group As division president of ACE Commercial Risk Services, David Lupica leads a division that provides specialty insurance products and services to small businesses through wholesale, retail, MGA and alternative distribution channels. Lupica joined ACE Group, one of the world’s largest multiline property and casualty insurers, in 2000 as executive vice president of ACE USA’s professional risk division. Prior to joining ACE, he held leadership positions at StarrExcess Liability Company, Alexander & Alexander (now Aon) and AIG.
Name
Company
Hamm, Adam Haldeman, Hank Palotay, Michael Trautwein, Janet Newman, Debra C. Orrino, Gino A. Beatovic, Bevin Byrne, Patrick Sampson, David A. Philbin, Tara Clements, Richard A. Poms, David Sanders, Robert H. Riemer, Stephen Epstein, Dan Anderson, Curtis Lynch, Matt Michael, Jonathan E. Walls, Mark Masiello, Jim Ritz, Pamela Ledbetter, Terry Suhr, Cameron Piper, Milorad Tallman, Jonathan Tromer, Kevin
Technical Risk Underwriters The Chubb Corporation The Dana Company The IMA Financial Group The Navigators The Right Choice Insurance Agency
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Pilla, Michael J. Finnegan, John D. Ramundt, Dana Cohen, Robert Galanski, Stan James, David
Name
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
33
Spadorcia, Doreen
TMPAA
32
Springer, David
U.S. House of Representatives
40 Waters, Maxine
U.S. Risk Underwriters
30 Burdett, Cason
USG Insurance Services
38 Horton, Timothy
USG Insurance/USG Holding Group
30 Fornof, Troy
Venture Pacific Insurance Services
31
Barton, Curtis
Walmart
31
Willis North America
41
Eckert, Daniel Styles, Phillip and Waller, Kimberly
Work at Home Vintage Employees
45 Emek, Sharon
XL Group
28 Gramm, Michael
XL Group
36 Sansone, Michele
XL Group
36 Strong, Kevin
Zurich Insurance
36 Schiro, James
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