2023 Break Out Awards NORTHEAST SOUTH MIDWEST WEST
HERMAN BRITO Managing director, East Zone practice leader, marine, cargo and logistics
Marsh LLC
New York
Herman Brito joined Marsh directly after graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with a bachelor’s degree in public policy and law. While in college, he interned at Morgan Stanley, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and the Massachusetts State House and considered law school before joining Marsh in 2012.
What’s your advice on navigating the current insurance market?
The most important aspect is probably listening, and it’s more easily said than done. This includes understanding what clients are up against as well as listening to the markets and their issues, in addition to keeping up with macro trends.
How are technological advances affecting your job?
In a very positive way. Digital advancements are affecting the supply chain industry, and transportation companies are becoming more nimble with real-time tracking, while other tools allow us to connect and transact in a seamless manner.
What’s a problem that needs fixing in your sector?
The standardization of data. If all insurance companies and brokers start collecting information in a standardized format, then we can provide meaningful benchmarking and forward-looking analytics. If we all do a better job of partnering to standardize how we collect information, we will become smarter about the risks we take on, and we’ll be much better brokers and underwriters.
Favorite hobby or pastime?
If you were to ask me this a year ago, I would have said going out for a run, because that’s the one time to yourself. My favorite hobby now is reading to my daughter. It’s so much fun when you open a book and her eyes just widen up. There’s no moment like it.
Favorite song?
“Ol’ Sweet Day” by AHI. It’s a song I’ve been singing to my daughter.
