INSPENONLINE: Alliant's Craig Graham and Donald Martin Named 2014 Power Brokers(r) by Risk & Insurance

Monday 24 February 2014

Alliant's Craig Graham and Donald Martin Named 2014 Power Brokers(r) by Risk & Insurance

Graham and Martin honored for exceptional client service within the construction and healthcare industries.
　

Alliant Insurance Services (http://www.alliant.com), the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that Senior Vice Presidents Craig Graham and Donald Martin have received the designation of Power Broker by Risk & Insurance. Graham and Martin were honored for their creativity in solving risk-related problems, depth of industry knowledge, and high level of client service. Graham was honored in the construction category, while Martin was recognized for excellence in healthcare.

"Alliant’s producers are highly regarded for their ability to go beyond insurance brokerage and serve as client advocates," said Tom Corbett, Chairman and CEO of Alliant. "Craig and Don received this prestigious honor for developing an extensive understanding of their clients’ industries, the business climate, and the risk environment. This approach enabled them to discover new and innovative solutions to both protect their clients and reduce insurance costs in a competitive market."

Graham, Senior Vice President with Alliant Construction Services Group, was honored for his work in securing an "unheard-of deal" for a contractor that is building a tunnel and constructing several high-rise buildings at a New York rail yard. Graham used creative solutions to structure a program that maximized coverage for both projects, while keeping costs at a minimum.

Martin, Senior Vice President with Alliant Healthcare Solutions, the firm’s national healthcare practice, was recognized for delivering dramatic savings to a large specialty children’s hospital in the first year of the contract. His exhaustive program review uncovered numerous opportunities to improve the program, reducing costs by 19 percent.

The Risk & Insurance Power Broker Awards are an annual selection of the most effective and influential commercial insurance brokers. The Power Broker designation is based on nominations by brokers and risk managers, and is judged based on the quality of the application and on references by risk managers in each industry sector. Hundreds of risk managers and risk executives are interviewed in the process of identifying and soliciting, evaluating, and judging the nominees.

About Alliant Insurance Services

Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States and has a history dating back to 1925. Alliant provides property and casualty, workers’ compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to some 26,000 clients nationwide, including public entities, tribal nations, healthcare, energy, law firms, real estate, construction, and other industry groups. More information is available on the company’s website at: http://www.alliant.com.

　

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Lawal is Inspen 2014 insurance man of the year

The former President Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) Fatai Lawal has emerged the 2014 Inspenonline Insurance Man of the year.

Fatai who is the the Managing Director Sterling Assurance Nigeria Limited was named today, at the Nigerian Insurance and Pension Award organised by Inspenonline.

Chief Executive Officer Inspenonline Media, Chuks Udo Okonta, said Lawal was picked from the votes casted by the public and other considerations made by the award's panel of assessors.

He noted that the winner raised the bar at the the Institute and the industry by opting to serve a tenure which was eventful and impactful. He added that amongst the legacies left by the winner was the printing and donation of Insurance books to secondary and tertiary institutions aimed at deepening insurance awareness.

Okonta noted that the award, which started two years ago with the recognition of two distinguished individuals and an underwriting company, has now come to stay.

"This year, we decided to raise the bar by setting high standards to judge the operations of companies and impacts made by individuals in moving insurance and pension business forward.

"To achieve this, we gave the public the opportunity to select those to be celebrated by calling for votes. Having harmonised the votes which came from different parts of the country, we benchmarked the scores with the set standard to arrive at the winners we are celebrating today," he said.

Others winners are AIICO Insurance Plc, Insurance company of the year; FUG Pensions Limited, Pension Fund Administrator of the Year; YOA Insurance Brokers Limited and Glanvill Enthoven Insurance Brokers Limited, Insurance Broker of the year.

Professional Excellence Award went to Professor Joe Irukwu; Best Professional Group went to the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and Association of Registered Insurance Agents of Nigeria; Corporate Brand went to Mansard Insurance Plc and Leadway Assurance Limited while Corporate Social Responsibility Award was won by Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc.

The organisers also recognised organisations that distinguished themselves, with Excellence Award. Organisations in this category include the National Pension Commission, Lagos State Pension Commission, Goldlink Insurance Plc and Pension Transition Administration Directorate.

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