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ROBERTSON RYAN VP OF OPERATIONS NAMED ON INSURANCE BUSINESS GLOBAL 100
“Acuity focuses on creating a workplace culture that promotes growth and advancement of employees of all ages, genders, and backgrounds,” said Ben Salzmann, Acuity President and CEO. “Our workplace initiatives have had a significant impact on staff recruitment, development, and retention, including millennial women.” The ACORD Case Study Award is presented to organizations that have demonstrated how the implementation of ACORD standards significantly improved business processes. Acuity earned two awards—one for using ACORD-based services to support real-time online integrations with independent agencies and one for utilizing ACORD standards to interface with HSB to deliver additional products to agents and customers.
Milwaukee, WI (November 1, 2020) - The second annual Insurance Business Global 100 has been released. Insurance Business is placing a spotlight on outstanding industry professionals who are making a positive difference and helping drive change across the insurance industry.
“Acuity’s work to build integrations, using ACORD standards, between our rating and policy systems and those systems utilized by agencies and digital platforms allows agents to focus on providing guidance and coverage customization, rather than entering data,” said Marcus Knuth, Acuity Vice President – Enterprise Technology.
This Global 100 list features outstanding industry professionals from all of Insurance Business’ markets who are making waves in the industry, whether by driving growth and innovation within their own company or by championing issues that benefit the sector.
Acuity Insurance, headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, insures over 100,000 businesses, including 300,000 commercial vehicles, and nearly a half million homes and private passenger autos across 29 states. Rated A+ by A.M. Best and S&P, Acuity employs over 1,400 people.
Robertson Ryan & Associates is proud to share Dan Lau, VP of Operations, has made the Global 100 list. “Dan’s achievements at RRA are far reaching. To be an agency of the future we recognize that we need leading talent focusing on key business goals including: Revenue Drivers, Technology, Operational Excellence and Being a Great Place to Work,” shared Allan Degner, VP of Marketing at Robertson Ryan. “Dan’s leadership approach revolves around these core objectives that can be linked to activities during our agency forward. We are building upon a company culture that is strong and is committed to a pattern of growth that is supported by a unified and talented team. We are placing great focus on recruiting and developing the next generation of insurance leaders to continue driving our firm forward and further ahead in Top 100 US Insurance Agency rankings. Most of all, we want to be the company of choice for our team, carrier partners and insureds. Dan adds significant value to our executive leadership team, which is driving RRA into the future. We couldn’t be more proud of Dan’s achievement of being recognized as a Global 100 in the insurance industry,” added Degner.
SECURA INSURANCE PROMOTES FIVE COMPANY LEADERS
Neenah, WI (November 20, 2020) - SECURA Insurance promoted five company leaders: Amy DeHart, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary; Dan Ferris, Chief Legal Officer; Tripp Humston, Regional Vice President–Sales; Tim O’Brien, Vice President– Controller; and Brett Purcell, Regional Vice President–Sales. “These five individuals embody the qualities we look for in SECURA leaders,” said Dave Gross, SECURA President & CEO. “Each bring a wealth of insurance industry knowledge to guide their teams, and they will play important roles as SECURA continues growing to serve our policyholders and independent agency force.” The promotions are effective Jan. 4, 2021.
ACUITY EARNS MILLENNIAL WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AWARDS FROM ACORD
Amy DeHart, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary DeHart began her journey with SECURA’s actuarial team in 2000 as an actuarial consultant. In 2013, she was promoted to Vice President-Actuarial services before taking on her current role as Vice President and Chief Actuary in 2018 where she oversees the company’s pricing, reserving, strategic planning, enterprise services, and related functions.
Sheboygan, WI (November 9, 2020) - Acuity announced that it has earned three awards from ACORD in 2020, including the ACORD Millennial Women’s Insurance Advancement Award and two ACORD Case Study Awards. ACORD is a nonprofit organization recognized as the global standards-setting body for the insurance and related financial services industries.
Prior to joining SECURA, DeHart worked as an actuary for John Deere Transportation Insurance, a specialty writer of long haul trucking. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
The ACORD Millennial Women’s Insurance Advancement Award recognizes companies that have made impressive strides in attracting and retaining millennials within the insurance industry. A video featuring some of Acuity’s amazing millennial women is 28 | JANUARY 2021 |
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Dan Ferris, Chief Legal Officer Ferris joined SECURA in 1990 as the Corporate Attorney. In 1996, he also assumed the role of SECURA’s Assistant Secretary. In 2006, Ferris was named Vice President and General Counsel,
