Business Insurance on Thursday announced the 40 winners of its 2023 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 2023 winners are:
Midwest
Nick Antoniou, ICW Group Insurance Cos.
Loren Crabtree, Oswald Cos.
Evelyn Kim, Aon PLC
James McNitt, Risk Placement Services Inc.
Kapil Mohan, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.
Cheyenne Schulte, Lockton Cos. LLC
Amanda Stantzos, Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc.
Jordan Thomas, Ascot Group Ltd.
David Walters, Gibson Insurance Agency Inc.
Bree Williams, Ventas Inc.
Northeast
Erik Barnes, Axa XL, a unit of Axa SA
Herman Brito, Marsh LLC
Aubrie Cunningham, MedRisk LLC
Daniella Granata, QBE North America
Darryl Harding, kWh Analytics Inc.
Arielle Moody, American International Group Inc.
Kevin Rega, Great American Insurance Group Inc.
Dominic Rupprecht, Reed Smith LLP
Matt Wagner, Zurich North America
Matt Walsh, Conner Strong & Buckelew LLC
South
Brent Allred, Higginbotham Insurance & Financial Services
Zach Atya, Measured Insurance LLC
Zach Bowling, Amwins Group Inc.
Dustin Cho, Covington & Burling LLP
Tracey Fallon, CRC Group
Jasmine Gilbert, Aon PLC
John Howell, Wiley Rein LLP
Scott Martin, RCM&D
Andrew Mutter, CAC Specialty
Steve Pereira, USI Insurance Services LLC
West
Christine Beaulieu, Lockton Cos. LLC
Brenden Beeg, Descartes Insurance Solutions Agency Inc.
Chris Giuffre, USQRisk Insurance Services LLC
Rani Gupta, Covington & Burling LLP
Enjonli Hutchison, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co.
Michelle Landver, Newfront Insurance Inc.
Robert Schimke, Alliant Insurance Services Inc.
Carlos Torrez, Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers LLC
Marco Vignali, Pie Insurance Holdings Inc.
Taylor Walker, Loadsure Ltd.
The winners will be recognized at events in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York in June and profiled in the June issue of Business Insurance.
Based in New York, Stephen Freeman is a Senior Editor at Trending Insurance News. Previously he has worked for Forbes and The Huffington Post. Steven is a graduate of Risk Management at the University of New York.