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GRACE MEEK Senior vice president, US programs division ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE
Boasting more than two decades of insurance experience, Grace Meek now serves as head of the programs team at Allied World, providing strategic direction for the growth of its program business portfolio. Meek is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with program administrators and creating a more defined and efficient platform for writing program business, in addition to ensuring the achievement of profitability and expense goals. Prior to joining Allied World, Meek was chief business officer for Delos Insurance Group, where she focused on program business and grew the production of the portfolio by more than 200% in three years.
BLAISE S. D’ANTONI III Managing director BURNS & WILCOX
MICHAEL VALORI Regional sales director AIG
Since 2015, Michael Valori has been leading AIG’s Mid-Atlantic division in growing its accident portfolio for sports, special events, student activities and nonprofits. Valori is considered one of the national sales leaders for group travel accident, volunteer accident and business travel accident plans. Before becoming regional sales director, Valori served as an underwriting specialist for international property & casualty at AIG for almost three years. Prior to joining AIG, he was with Philadelphia Insurance Companies for more than a decade as underwriting manager for management and professional liability. Outside of the office, Valori is a member of Delta Mu Delta, the business honor society.
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BRIAN SCROCCA Vice president ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
Blaise D’Antoni has been instrumental in the growth of Burns & Wilcox’s Louisiana offices, having built robust underwriting capabilities for the region in commercial and personal lines. In the past six years, D’Antoni has grown sales in the Louisiana offices by approximately 67%, continuing their reign as some of the top-performing offices at Burns & Wilcox. During his career with Burns & Wilcox, D’Antoni helped lead the New Orleans office during and after Hurricane Katrina, providing agents and brokers with commercial and personal wholesale surplus lines expertise after the standard admitted markets pulled out of the region. Through diligent underwriting and careful selection of key partners, D’Antoni and his team were able to earn a significant amount of aggregate capacity. D’Antoni was recently awarded the Herbert W. Kaufman Memorial Award, the company’s top commendation for leadership. He is also a current member and past president of the Louisiana Surplus Lines Association. In August 2017, Brian Scrocca joined the Alliant team amidst the company’s ongoing regional expansion. As vice president for Alliant’s middlemarket division, Scrocca oversees the growth of risk management and insurance solutions for clients within the Northeast region. With more than a decade of industry experience under his belt, Scrocca has been recognized for designing and implementing sophisticated risk solutions that effectively address today’s complex environment, and has demonstrated expertise in serving both domestic and international clients. “I enjoy being part of the change in the insurance community,” he says. “There are a lot of stereotypes, as there are in most industries, and I like bucking those generalizations and stepping outside the box sometimes.” Prior to Alliant, Scrocca was with Cook Maran & Associates, where he oversaw commercial insurance operations, looking after clients from various industries, including construction, chemical, food, retail and technology. Scrocca was recognized as an IBA Top Producer earlier this year and was a finalist for Top Producer of the Year at the 2017 Insurance Business America Awards.
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