February 9, 2009

RISC Adds Vice President – Managment Liability

Craig Law recently joined RISC as Vice President – Management Liability where he has worked specifically with these lines since 2004.

Prior to joining RISC, Craig worked as the Associate Broker for a firm located in San Francisco which specialized in Management and Professional Liability.  During his time there, Craig consistently worked on maintaining broker relationships, analyzing policies and negotiating endorsements with carriers to maximize the available coverage for the client.  Craig was also in charge of one of the largest retail relationships on the west coast and maintained a territory that spanned across the U.S.

Craig began is insurance carrier working as an underwriter for AIG where he worked with retailers in the Pacific Northwest.  Craig consistently met and exceeded targets and has received awards for reaching high production levels. He was elected into the mentor program where he received additional training from senior level management.

Craig graduated from Arizona State in 2002 where he majored in Political Science along with a minor in Business.  Craig currently resides in Dallas, TX.

April 21, 2008

RISC Adds Chief Sales Officer

Shawn Fabors recently joined RISC as Chief Sales Officer having worked in the financial services and insurance industry since 1992.

Prior to joining RISC, Shawn served as the Territory Sales Director of a leading national property and casualty insurance company.   During his tenure, Shawn was consistently ranked in the top 10 percent of his peer group nationally for new business growth and renewal retention.  He also held nominated positions on advisory groups providing insight and ideas to the Executive Management Team. 

Shawn began his insurance career in 1998 working for a large well-known international property and casualty insurance carrier.  The first seven years he held positions of Branch Manager and Business Development Manager of the Premium Finance Operation.  Ultimately, he was promoted to the Regional Manager of Financial Institutions.  Shawn also spent two years as a Senior Broker for a national wholesale insurance brokerage firm based in Dallas. 

Shawn is a 1992 graduate of Northeastern State University with a BA in Finance.  He resides in Plano, TX and enjoys golfing and boating.

February 22, 2007

Chris Hayes Joins RISC’s
MGA/Contract Department

RISC is pleased to announce that Chris Hayes has joined their MGA/Contract Department as Vice President to underwrite a new nationwide Property Binding Contract with Lloyd's of London specializing in Hotels/Motels, apartments and condos.

Chris started work in the insurance industry in 1986 after graduating from the University of Manchester, England. He began his career in Lloyd's working for a syndicate which is now part of the ACE group. Chris worked for two other Lloyd's syndicates as Deputy Named Underwriter, specializing in delegated authority business for wholesale agents in Continental North America. Chris relocated to the U.S. in 2002 to take up a post for a wholesale broker in Arizona before joining a nationwide wholesale broker/MGA in 2004. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute based in the U.K.

January 24, 2007

Montgomery Joins RISC’s Brokerage Department

RISC is pleased to announce that Cathy Montgomery has joined their Brokerage Department as Vice Presidents specializing in Property.

Cathy has over 26 years experience in the insurance industry. She brings with her significant talent, primarily in the Property, Inland Marine, and Ocean Marine lines of coverage. Her career began at Hartford and included stints at Kemper, Philadelphia, St. Paul and Great American before joining RISC.

September 13 , 2006

New Team Member, Denise Cascio, ACSR

Denise Cascio, ACSR has joined RISC as Senior Associate to Mike Lehde. Denise has many years experience in the insurance industry and as Mike's assistant, is ready to assist you with his accounts.

July 12, 2006

New Team Member, Tammy Summers

It is with pleasure that we, at RISC, announce that Tammy Summers has joined us in our Transportation Department. Tammy has over 25 years experience in commercial auto and transportation underwriting. After several years with American Pathfinders in the 70’s, she left to become the underwriting manager for Commercial General Agency in Plano. She moved after 14 years with CGA to London American where she originated, managed and administrated their long haul trucking program.

Tammy will be actively writing with our current markets while working with management to put together a long haul facility for RISC in the near future.

July 10, 2006

Kate Innocent Joins RISC

Kate Innocent has joined RISC as a Senior Associate working with Donna Schoenemann in Property Brokerage. Kate has 6 years experience in the insurance industry. She began her career as a life insurance claims examiner at AEGON DMS in Plano, and has spent the last 3 years working with small business P&C accounts at The Combined Group in Carrollton. She and her husband Travis live in North Dallas with their three completely insane cats. We are very pleased to welcome Kate to the RISC team.

January 06, 2006

Thank You For Making 2005
RISC's Best Year Ever

An announcement from Bill Staub

RISC, Inc. has just completed the most successful year in our company's history. This is the result of incredible teamwork with our staff, our markets, and our retail partners. I believe we have put together the finest group of employees who like their jobs, are good at what they do, and have set realistic goals to be one of the elite wholesale operations in the Southwest.

We have made both a procedural commitment and a substantial financial commitment to stay on the cutting edge of technology in order to give the best service available. Our recent partnership with a leading supplier of "paperless" software and services will allow most of our staff to perform their jobs as effectively from home as they can from the office.

We are extremely excited about what lies ahead for us in 2006 and hope that you too will want to join forces with us during these exciting times. Allow us the opportunity to help you achieve outstanding success as well.

Bill Staub, President of RISC, Inc.

June 6, 2005

Press Release – Roger Herron

RISC, Inc is pleased to announce that Roger Herron has joined the firm as a Senior Underwriter in their MGA Department. He will be focusing on small to mid-size property, general liability, liquor liability, inland marine, auto, and umbrella coverage’s. Roger began his career with Continental Insurance after obtaining his BS in Commerce and Industry. He obtained an Associate in Underwriting (AU) in 1998 and has over 18 years’ industry experience on the company, agency, and wholesale side.

Roger believes that service is of the utmost importance to clients, which makes him the ideal addition to RISC’s underwriting team. Roger‘s experience and reputation will help solidify this already successful
unit at RISC.

For more information contact: Risc Inc., 2001 Bryan Street, Suite 2900, Dallas, Texas 75201
214.954.0707 Phone - 214.954.0999 Fax

January 14, 2005

RISC, Inc. – Construction Facility Taking Off

Dallas based wholesaler, RISC, Inc. announced that it’s recently formed sub-contractor’s Liability facility has been a huge success. The facility has been set up to write GL and Umbrella coverage for 14 specialty contractors in both the residential and commercial fields.

President of RISC, Bill Staub, states that although they are currently writing between $1.5 million to $2 million in new premium a month, that “we have just scratched the surface of this market.” “With our territory running from Louisiana north to Canada and west, the long range potential for this program is simply astounding” according to Mr. Staub.

Bob Leonhart and Darwin Lucas, Senior Vice President’s of the Programs Department for RISC agree. Mr. Leonhart states that “in addition to General Liability and Umbrella, we’ve expanded the program for 2005 to include Workers’ Compensation and Automobile coverage. These added lines make us more desirable to retail agencies and insured’s alike.”

Mr. Lucas, states “our ability to use an exposure basis of payroll for these classes of business has given our agents a more accurate way to base their premiums. We have seen receipts escalating due to the cost of goods increasing monthly, and our clients have all agreed that using a payroll basis of rating is more cost effective. As a result, these competitively priced programs continue to increase our market share in these classes.”

For further information on this program you can visit the Program section of this website or call 1-800-725-7472 and ask for either Mr. Lucas or Mr. Leonhart.