Business Insurance on Friday announced the 40 winners of its 2020 Break Out Awards.
The awards program recognizes the next generation of insurance industry leaders. Nominations are open to anyone working in the commercial insurance and risk management sector who has no more than 15 years’ experience in the industry.
The 40 winners are divided into four regions of the United States. The 2020 winners are:
NORTHEAST
Will Debarros – Marsh & McLennan Agency, a unit of Marsh LLC
Bledion Dizdari – Alliant Insurance Services Inc.
Brad Eldridge – Falvey Insurance Group
Christa Faustman – BMS Insurance Services Inc.
Prabal Lakhanpal – Spring Consulting Group LLC, a unit of Alera Group
Emily Lowe – Willis Towers Watson PLC
Carey Nadeau – Ometry, formerly known as ODN
Jessica Rauchman – Tishman Speyer Properties LP
Anna Rozin – American International Group Inc.
Ayesha West – Everest Insurance Co., a unit of Everest Re Group Ltd.
MIDWEST
Eric Blancke – CNA Financial Corp.
Shawn Carmody – Origami Risk LLC
Kelly Castriotta – Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, a unit of Allianz SE
Frannie Epps – Marsh LLC
Marcus Henthorn – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Jennifer Kastenholz – Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.
Samuel Nolley – Arch Insurance Group Inc.
Jason Sullivan – Rathbone Group LLC
Brad Swift – Burns & Wilcox Ltd., a unit of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Inc.
Chelsea Wiedemann – Travelers Cos. Inc.
SOUTH
Stan Bernard – CNA Financial Corp.
Diane Bidek – Beecher Carlson, a unit of Brown & Brown Inc.
Alex Burton – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Joe Christian – Marsh LLC
Nathan Reznicek – CIC Services LLC
Francisco Saldana – USI Insurance Services LLC
George Sella – Brown & Riding Insurance Services Inc.
Evan Taylor – NFP Corp.
Karen Toto – Wiley Rein LLP
Crystal Ware – Total American Services Inc., a unit of Total SA
WEST
Jared Bradshaw – MaxPro Insurance Solutions
John Deneen – Burns & Wilcox Ltd., a unit of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Inc.
Karen Hsi – University of California
Adam Jones – Alliant Insurance Services Inc.
Ken Lorber – Aon PLC
Jaesa McCulligan – Sedgwick Claims Management Inc.
DJ McKenna – Mitchell & Mitchell Insurance Agency, a member of The Liberty Company network
Alex Pazooki – Coalition Inc.
Trevor Puetz – R-T Specialty LLC, a unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC
James Rozzi – Risk Placement Services Inc.
Business Insurance announced the winners of its inaugural Break Out awards on Thursday.