August 27, 2018

NAME: Joseph Carlson

NEW JOB TITLE: Chicago-based vice president of health care for Worldwide Facilities L.L.C.

PREVIOUS POSITION: Chicago-based director of health care and nonprofit risk for Insureon Inc.

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: Cyber liability will become a leading product of the industry, with plenty of claims and a very competitive marketplace to follow.

GOALS FOR NEW POSITION: Establish a heavy presence in the Midwest for Worldwide Facilities for health care and social services oriented risks.

CHALLENGES FACING THE INDUSTRY: Diving into an established Chicago marketplace and disrupting the wholesale market there.

FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY JOB MARKET: Selling supplemental health insurance door to door to businesses in Bloomington, Illinois, for Aflac Inc.

ADVICE: Don’t be afraid to be told no 10 times. You might get a yes on the 11th time.

OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRY, A DREAM JOB: To be in a funk band.

COLLEGE MAJOR: Risk management, finance

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Making new business relationships, building my own book of business.

FAVORITE MEAL: Flank steak

BOOK: “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

HOBBIES: Saxophone, playing in a funk band, basketball

TV SHOW: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Go to a White Sox game.