OUR TEAM

• Almost 30 years in the insurance industry with a long and successful track record of delivering profitable returns for capital partners.
• An early executive that built and sold a Non-Standard Auto MGA over a 14-year period. The company grew to a profitable $550 million in annual premiums through a retail network of over 9,000 agents. He led an acquisition of a dedicated insurance company shell and assisted in securing over $1 billion of reinsurance over a 12-year period to grow the business.
• Recently led a transportation MGA start-up growing it to $55 million in annual premium while delivering loss ratios of 45% on the portfolio.
• Spent 10 years at the beginning of insurance career with Allstate holding numerous financial leadership roles. The last position was a leader in the Southeast region that comprised four states and $2.2 billion of annual premiums.

Mr. LeBlond has been in the actuarial field since 1993.  During his career he has held leadership positions at insurance carriers and reinsurers as well as key actuarial positions at international management consulting firms.  His experience includes:

• Consulting actuary and principal at Merlinos & Associates, one of the largest independent actuarial consulting firms in the US (now part of Davies Group).  Assisted a wide range of clients in developing advanced pricing models, reinsurance analyses and providing traditional loss reserve reviews and actuarial opinions.
• Head pricing actuary globally for programs, property and specialty at AIG. Led a team of 50+ actuaries and analysts across 4 continents in developing and
  maintaining pricing models and creating profitability improvement strategies for an $8 billion portfolio of
  commercial insurance products.
• Vice President and Underwriter in Partner Re’s New Solutions business.  Sourced and underwrote a variety of financial products working with brokers in the London and Bermuda markets.

• As both a licensed attorney and chartered underwriter, Justin Whitaker has diverse experience assessing risk in the insurance space, including:
• Chief Risk Officer and early employee for the successful Insurtech, Koffie. He was able to build a profitable commercial auto book with $33 million in under 2 years, while bringing to market novel telematics and advanced driver assistant systems.
• Regional General Counsel and Underwriting leader with Great West Casualty, managing a profitable book of business of over $9 million in premium and leading regulatory compliance, contract reviews and several committees to improve underwriting efficiency and consistency.
• General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer for an employee leasing company processing over $750 million in payroll with 31,000 worksite employees.
• Began career as a civil litigation defense attorney, representing many of the largest insurers and Fortune 500 companies.

Over 12 years of InsurTech system design and implementation experience. Her background in software development with a strong hands-on approach to her role as CTO. She is responsible for management, maintenance, vendor relationships, budgeting, oversight and design for all IT infrastructure.

The digital propriety agent management platform built by her was recognized by CIO magazine .  Over the years she has handled all aspects of system integration and end user design and has been involved in multiple conversion projects as the company has switched platforms. She managed on-time and on-budget conversions of agency management system from Applied Epic to Salesforce, she moved from Microsoft Dynamics to Marketing Cloud, and integrated call center agency phone systems to Five9 from Genesys Cloud.

Pamela has 30 years of commercial insurance management, development and sales experience, which is blended with 4 years in commercial real estate sales, valuation and management.  Holding both professional licenses in multiple states allows for critical and executable solutions for various insurance industries.

• Expert in expanding new business markets and developing programs for various companies. Some of the specialty areas include Pest Control, Golf Courses, Fire Suppression, Agents E&O, Property, Assisted Living, Private Post Secondary Education, Home Inspectors E&O, Dealers Open Lot, Real Estate Investor Insurance, Self-Storage Facilities as well as an additional 20 exclusive programs. Ability to negotiate with carriers to deliver the best products available to the markets at the time of inception.
• C Level Management of employees 50+ at numerous companies and several departments in the insurance industry. Functioning as Marketing Director, National Sales Leader and Vice President through out a 30-year career.  Helping teams to develop into top producing units to achieve company and carrier goals.  Range of experience from start up companies to top 2 largest wholesale businesses.

Taking experience to the next level by serving the community as a commissioner for Penn Township PA 2022-2025 term; receiving a scholarship from Anne Anstine Public Service; published author; serving term on Planning Board, Zoning Board and Negotiation Boards.  Realtor RE/MAX Recognition award for contributions to the Corporate RE/MAX Network.

Over 30 years’ experience in property casualty insurance, has held roles spanning the breadth of the commercial insurance marketplace both in home office and field environments executing both tactical and long-term strategies.

• Held the highest level of underwriting authority with multiple companies, including Travelers and Chubb.
• Underwriting industry focus in Habitational, Manufacturing, Transportation, Real Estate and Hospitality.
• Underwriting expert in Technology, International Property and General Liability placement.
• Managed territories in all the forty-eight continental states.
• Experience in Insurtech, startups, retail, wholesale and standard carriers.

Over 30 years in the insurance industry with a broad amount of experience working for various providers across multiple lines

• Began career as a multi-line underwriter working with agents in the Orlando area for USF&G Insurance Corporation. Subsequently worked with several other providers, including Vik Brothers Insurance Group, in both product development and multi-line underwriting
• In 2008, shifted focus to solely property and began with monoline property underwriting for Liberty Mutual. In 2015, started work with Swiss Re assisting underwriters in their Excess Property division, working with brokers to issue and service policies
• Graduate from Florida State University

• Over 18 years of commercial lines insurance experience working for several leading A-rated carriers.
• Significant experience in the Commercial Property, Business Auto/Garage and Workers Compensation sector.
• Dealt with multiple submissions on a continual basis and worked through the entire bind process with a high degree of organization and accuracy.
• Began career working with a mutual insurance carrier.