About Scott Bushnell Scott Bushnell, CPA, CFF is the founder and CEO of Business Interruption Consulting, LLC, a full-service Forensic Accounting consulting firm. Scott began his career in 1995 after graduating from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting. His first foray into the insurance industry…
About Lee Hoffman Lee Hoffman, CIC, LIC, CPIA has been an insurance professional since 1971. He is well known within the industry and has authored articles on insurance coverage, claims, and related matters. He is the owner of Lee M Hoffman & Associates, LLC, an insurance litigation, claims and enterprise risk management consulting firm and…
Through Chris Cline’s 25+ years in the insurance industry, he has established himself as an industry resource for topics such as perpetuation, merger and acquisition, culture, agency operations, marketing and sales, data and analytics, and has had multiple speaking engagements around these topics. As of spring 2022, Chris has begun assuming leadership of the Agents…
Nancy Germond, MA, SPHR, ARM, AIC, ITP with more than three decades of insurance experience, gives her unique insights and abilities as an insurance marketing specialist, trainer and consultant. She is a second-generation insurance professional and an accomplished risk and claims manager.
About Al Diamond Al Diamond has been deeply involved in all facets of insurance agency and company operations including merger, acquisition and divestiture, perpetuation and strategic planning, organizational development, compensation and salary administration programs, administrative and financial operations and marketing and automation planning, ESOP, and perpetuation issues. Mr. Diamond also helps agencies create and develop…
About Sara Bradshaw Ray Like many agency principals, wearing a variety of hats on a daily basis is not new to Sara Bradshaw Ray, CIC. As a full time wife and mother of college-age twins, which she claims as her greatest accomplishment to date; Ms. Ray also has over 30 years in agency ownership and…
Laurie VanderWal is a licensed insurance professional with 30+ year experience and is currently an independent insurance agent.
Craig Tappel, CPA, CPCU grew up in the insurance business and joined his father in the family company after college. Craig currently leads HUB International’s Property and Casualty Practice in Tennessee.
Sharon Koches, CPCU, RPLU, AAI, AU, ITP, owner/consultant of Managing Performance, LLC is an Insurance educator, consultant and industry resource. She is also a consultant for Agency Management Resource Group and serves on the Executive Committee of the CPCU Society Leadership Council.
About Craig Andrews Craig Andrews, CPCU ARM AAI AU-M ARe AIC ASLI AMIM CRIS, is the son of an independent insurance agent. Andrews entered the insurance industry in 1977 as a producer in an independent agency in Ohio.Within a few months, he established his own independent agency from scratch, which he operated successfully for nineteen…
