Business Insurance announces 40 Under 40 broker honorees for 2015

Business Insurance on Tuesday announced the honorees for its third annual 40 Under 40 Broker Awards.

The honorees are:

Robin Amstutz, Integro USA Inc.

Russell Bank, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc.

Billy Bray, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc.

Ryan Brown, Lockton Cos. L.L.C.

Tanner Burns, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Benjamin Butler, Alliant Insurance Services Inc.

Joseph Charczenko, Construction Risk Partners

Brian Courtney, The Safegard Group Inc.

Josh Fagin, Heffernan Group

Jim Farrell, Integro USA Inc.

Mark Flippen, JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc.

Jonathan Gilbert, Crystal & Company

Charley Hollimon, Wortham Insurance & Risk Management

AnnaCarin Jansson, Integro USA Inc.

Charlie King, Alliant Insurance Services Inc.

Mark Lee, Higginbotham

Lindsey Maguire, IMA Financial Group Inc.

Josh Mikels, Lockton Cos. L.L.C.

Kevin Orphan, Marsh USA Inc., a unit of Marsh L.L.C.

Casey Petersen, Willis Group Holdings P.L.C.

Ryan Pfeiffer, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Laura Quackenbush, Marsh USA Inc., a unit of Marsh L.L.C.

Nathan Reyes, Marsh USA Inc., a unit of Marsh L.L.C.

Randy Rider, Hub International Ltd.

Patrick Roth, Aon Risk Solutions

Adriana Rubalcaba, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Jason Sandler, Digital Benefit Advisors

Michael Schneider, NFP Corp.

Gregory Sibilio, Iron Cove Partners L.L.C.

Danny Simmerman, Alamo Insurance Group, a unit of Brown & Brown Inc.

Aaron Simpson, Aon Risk Solutions

Liz Smith, Assurance Agency Ltd.

Andrew Stergiou, Alliant Insurance Services Inc.

Polly Thomas, CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services Inc.

Spencer Timmel, Hylant Group Inc.

Scott Villamor, Leavitt Group

Nathan Walters, Aon Risk Solutions

Kristi Whistle, Marsh USA Inc., a unit of Marsh L.L.C.

Matthew Wiener, USI Insurance Services L.L.C.

Erik Zentler, John F. Throne & Co. Insurance Marketing Inc.

The 40 Under 40 program recognizes leadership attributes, client service skills and expertise among retail insurance brokers younger than 40. The program is divided into four regions of the United States with 10 honorees per region.

While brokerages can nominate multiple candidates for each region, only one nominee per firm can be recognized for each region. Honorees are selected by a panel of Business Insurance editors.

Their excellence is being celebrated at four regional receptions hosted by Business Insurance in October. A reception will be held Oct. 13 in Atlanta, Oct. 15 in New York, Oct. 20 in Los Angeles and Oct. 22 in Chicago.

For more information on the receptions contact Julie Ford at jford@BusinessInsurance.com or visit http://conferences.businessinsurance.com/conference/40-under-40/2015/register

Profiles of all honorees will be published in the Oct. 12 issue of Business Insurance.