David E. Paddison, CPCU
President and CEO
912-544-1910
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23 years of commercial insurance brokerage and risk management experience; formerly with Palmer & Cay/Wachovia Insurance Services

Expertise: Property & Casualty Insurance Program Design; Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence; Marketing and Placement; Risk Management Consulting

Broad Industry Expertise: Contractors, Retail, Property Management

Community Activities: Savannah Economic Development Authority Board, Parent & Child Development Officer; United Way Capital Campaign Committee, Savannah Foundation Board

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C. Steven Eagle, CLU, ChCF, CEBS, CPCU
Managing Partner, Employee Benefits
912-544-1920
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27 years of employee benefits consulting experience; formerly with Palmer & Cay/Wachovia Insurance Services and Jefferson Pilot Insurance

Expertise: Health/Welfare Benefits Consulting, Strategic Assessment and Benefit Analysis; Program Design; Financial Management; Contractual Oversight and Support

Community Activities: Chair – United Way Campaign Cabinet; Chair – American Red Cross; Chair – Georgia State Counsel of the American Red Cross; Savannah Christian Preparatory School Board of Trustee

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Debbie Rich, CPIW
Partner
912-544-1914
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32 years of commercial insurance brokerage and risk management experience, formerly with Palmer & Cay/Wachovia Insurance Services and John D. Carswell

Expertise: Property & Casualty Insurance Program Design, Complex Casualty Marketing, Self-Insurance and Captive Insurance Company Programs

Broad Industry Experience: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Public Entity, and Construction/Surety

Professional Affiliations: Georgia Association of Healthcare Risk Managers, American Association of Healthcare Risk Managers, Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia

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Cindy Parker Robinett, CPCU, CIC
Managing Partner, Property Casualty
912-544-1912
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21 years of commercial brokerage, consulting and risk management experience, formerly National Healthcare Practice Leader of Palmer & Cay/Wachovia, Sr. Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Account Executive with Haas & Dodd Insurance

Expertise: Complex Casualty and Alternative Risk Experience, Captive, RRG’s and Self-Insurance Programs, Strategic Risk Consulting, Risk Retention Analysis

Broad Industry Experience: Property Management, Healthcare, Telecommunications

Professional Affiliations: Georgia Association of Healthcare Risk Managers, American Association of Healthcare Risk Managers, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, RIMS, CIC, Society of CPCU

Michael Butler, CPCU
Partner
912-544-1918
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27 years of commercial property and casualty insurance brokerage and consulting experience, formerly with Palmer & Cay/Wachovia Insurance Services, Jones, Hill & Mercer

Expertise: Broad range of expertise in all lines of commercial insurance, including large account/complex casualty programs

Industry Experience: Public Entity, Food Service, Retail, Property Management, Bio Fuels, Manufacturing and Distribution

Professional Affiliations: Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia; Society of CPCU

Community Involvement: Member, Two Hundred Club of Coastal Empire, Executive Board of Directors, Coastal Empire Counsel of Boy Scouts of America; Asst. Scout Master Troop 527, Boy Scouts of America

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Allan Reynolds, CIC, AAI
Partner
912-544-1917
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27 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, formerly with Palmer & Cay/Wachovia Insurance Services, Maryland Casualty Insurance

Expertise: Insurance Program Design and Placement, Analysis and Quantification of Risk, Risk Management Consulting

Industry Experience: Financial Institutions, Construction, Retail

Professional Affiliations: Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia, Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Society of Certified Insurance Counselors

Community Activities: Director – YMCA of the Coastal Empire, Vestryman, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bethesda Home for Boys

Kavin Smith, CPCU
Partner
912-544-1919
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28 years of commercial insurance brokerage, marketing and management experience, formerly with Palmer & Cay/Wachovia Insurance Services, Sedgwick James, Wausau Insurance Companies

Expertise: Management of Insurance Company Relationships, Review and Monitoring of Insurance Company Financial Strength

Industry Experience: Property Management

Professional Affiliations: Independent Agents of Georgia, Society of CPCU

J. Cliff McCurry, CPCU
Vice Chairman, Business Development
912-544-1922
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38 years of commercial insurance brokerage and risk management experience; formerly with Willis HRH, HRH, and Jones Hill & Mercer.

Expertise: Property & Casualty Insurance Program Design; Marketing and Placement; Risk Management Consulting, Retirement Plans, and Client Relations

Industry Experience: Public Entities, Manufacturing, Construction, Financial Institutions, Architects & Engineers and Auto Dealers

Community Affiliations: Member, Rotary Club; Director, Victor B. Jenkins Memorial Boys Club; board member, Savannah Economic Development Authority; past chairman, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, and past president, Armstrong Atlantic State University Foundation; Director, St. Josephs/Candler Health System; Board of Directors Georgia Chamber of Commerce; board of directors, The Coastal Bank; Past Commodore, Savannah Yacht Club

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Frank Beard
Managing Director, Strategic Operations
404.602.5670
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Experience: 38 years commercial insurance brokerage, risk management and strategic management experience. Formerly with Willis HRH, Palmer & Cay, Marsh and Sedgwick.

Expertise: Property-casualty insurance program design; insurance company relations and negotiations; division level management of national property-casualty operations, industry groups and product line specialties.

Industry Expertise: Carrier relations, contract negotiation, property-casualty placements.

Community Activities: Board member and past chairman, Educational Foundation, Inc. (School of Risk Management & Insurance) Georgia State University

Lewis H. Oden III, CLU
Chairman

Retired in 1999 as Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Palmer & Cay, Inc. after more than 30 years of service.

David Greene
Client Executive
404-602-5670
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Experience: National Football League (NFL) professional athlete, 2005-2008; played for Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts. University of Georgia football team quarterback, 2001-05; most successful quarterback in NCAA history with 42 wins in four years.

Education: BBA in risk management and insurance (3.3 GPA) from University of Georgia.

Matt Stinchcomb
Client Executive
404-602-5670
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Experience: National Football League (NFL) professional athlete, 1999-2006; played for Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. University of Georgia football team, 1995-1998.

Education: BBA in finance from University of Georgia. Graduated summa cum laude and member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society.

Graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program (2006).

Community Activities: Chairman, Countdown to Kickoff Charities (fundraising arm for four pediatric healthcare philanthropies); President and co-founder, Stinchcomb Family Foundation (private non-profit organization supporting numerous regional and national children’s charities)

Susan White
Account Executive
912-544-1911
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24 years of commercial experience in property and casualty insurance brokerage, underwriting, and client management.

Industry Experience: Construction, Property Management, Manufacturing,

Professional Affiliations: Independent Agents of Georgia

Gail Prescott
Account Executive
Personal Insurance
912-544-1926
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21 years experience managing personal insurance operations and servicing personal insurance accounts.

Expertise: designing and administering insurance programs for individuals with complex risk exposures. In-depth knowledge of underwriting standards, claims resolution procedures and policy administration.

Kristan Wilson
Business Development
912-544-1935
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Experience: 17 years sales and management experience. Most recently served as director of corporate sales for a major management recruiting firm.

Expertise: Sales process training, development and management.

Focus: Responsible for identifying key revenue generation opportunities, designing and implementing business development strategies and providing sales support to consultants throughout the firm.

Lee W. Burke
Marketing Account Manager
912-544-1923
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Experience: 22 years experience underwriting and managing commercial insurance risks. Formerly with Palmer & Cay, Corish & Company, Glass Compton & Blount and Stevens Hale & Associates.

Expertise: Structuring risk transfer strategies; assessing new risk exposures; negotiating pricing, terms and conditions; resolving claims issues.

Industry Focus: Middle market and large commercial accounts in the construction, manufacturing and service industry sectors.

Jenny A. O'Sako, CIC, CISR
Account Executive
Property/Casualty Practice
912-544-1938
Email

Experience: 12 years experience in the commercial and personal insurance field. Formerly with Willis-HRH (Savannah), Continental Special Risks (Atlanta) and two independent insurance agencies (Savannah).

Expertise: client relations, property-casualty underwriting and marketing, insurance agency operations and management.

Education: Holds the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) professional designations. Studied business management, marketing and finance courses at Macon College and Armstrong Atlantic State University; currently pursuing a business degree in risk management from Indiana State University.

Terri Godfrey Doyle, HIA, MHP, CPIW
Client Executive
912-544-1925
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29 years of employee benefits experience in group health plan marketing, sales and consulting, formerly with CBCA Administrators, Inc., Jones, Hill & Mercer, Palmer & Cay and John D. Carswell Company

Expertise: Professional Employee Benefits Consulting; Strategic Assessment and Benefit Plan Design, Client Service

Professional Affiliations: Health Insurance Associate (HIA), Managed Healthcare Professional (MHP), Certified Professional Insurance Woman (CPIW)

Community Activities: Graduate of Leadership Savannah, Member of Board of Directors and former president of the Coastal Empire Association of Health Underwriters.

Christey Hunt
Account Executive
Employee Benefits
404-602-5672
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Experience: 20 years experience in group health plan marketing, sales and consulting. Formerly with J. Smith Lanier and Palmer & Cay.

Expertise: Health & Welfare plan administration for middle market and large corporate accounts. Experienced in all aspects of fully insured and self-funded program management including auditing, benchmarking and analyzing plan and provider performance.

Focus: Manages marketing, selection and implementation of medical, reinsurance and ancillary lines of coverage.

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Terry Emmett
Controller
912-544-1921
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17 years accounting experience, including 7 years of insurance accounting, formerly with Hysil Manufacturing, JCB, Inc., Palmer & Cay, Inc.
BBA Degree – Accounting
BBA Degree - Finance

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Gary Jenning, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, AIC, ARe, SCLA
Claims Consultant
678-520-3739
Email

Experience: 30+ years of insurance, claims management, and risk management experience. Previously served in senior management and claims consulting positions with the industry's leading global adjusting companies. Also includes corporate claims management.

Expertise: WC, liability and property claims management. Also designs and implements claims management procedures for self-insured and insured programs.

Industry Focus: Significant claims experience across many industry segments with special emphasis on government entities and Fortune 500 operations.

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Sandra Dick
Account Manager
912-544-1932
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21 years of group health plan marketing and administration experience; formerly with CBCA Administrators, Inc. and Wachovia Insurance Services.

Expertise: Health/Welfare benefits client management, reporting and service.

Jeanine Schmedes
Account Manager
Employee Benefits
912-544-1915
Email

4 years of group health plan marketing and administration experience and 7 years of management and sales experience in the retail industry. Formerly with Willis and Wachovia Insurance Services.

Expertise: Health/Welfare benefits client management, reporting and service.

Matt Cail
Assistant Account Manager
Property/Casualty
912-544-1927
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Recent graduate of University of Georgia

Expertise: Account administration and client service.

Education: BBA in Risk & Insurance Management, University of Georgia

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Thomas Odom
Assistant Account Manager
912-544-1928
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Recent graduate of University of Georgia

Expertise: Account administration and client service.

Education: BBA in Risk & Insurance Management, University of Georgia.

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Mark Wilcox
Account Executive
Employee Benefits
912-544-1924
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8 years of commercial insurance brokerage and risk management experience; formerly with Wachovia Insurance Services and Palmer & Cay.

Expertise: Insurance Program Design and Client Management

Industry Experience: Financial Institutions, Property Management, Construction, Nonprofit Organizations, Manufacturing

Professional Affiliations: Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia

Community Affiliations: Vision Foundation Counseling Board

Kathryn Wells
Accounting Technician
912-544-1933
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20 years experience in the accounting field. Most recently employed with VerigSign/Convergys, Inc. as a general accountant responsible for account reconciliation, accounts payable and purchasing procedures.

Expertise: Receivables management, accounts payable, client interaction.

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Jennifer J. Smith
Technical Assistant
912-544-1900
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Recent graduate of Savannah State University.

Expertise: Account administration and client service.

Education: BBA in Computer Information Systems, Savannah State University.

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