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.

January 8, 2008

RISC adds new broker/Promotes two others

RISC is pleased to announce the hiring of Martin Sommers to their Brokerage team. Martin brings with him 25+ years in the Casualty brokerage arena starting with Employers Casualty and worked subsequently with a couple Wholesale Operations in Dallas.

In addition, we would like to announce the promotion of two current employees, Mike Lehde and Jack Bailey.

Mike started in the Brokerage department with RISC in 2003 and has achieved many individual as well as Company goals during that time. His clients know that when they deal with Mike they are getting a very competent, service oriented individual who is always available for their needs.

Jack Bailey started with Risc in 2002 right out of college, spent 6 months working in London and has since been working in the Transportation Department learning the many nuances of that field. He is very conscientious and service oriented and works well with others.

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 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.