Jerid brings over 30 years’ experience in the industry. Prior to founding the practice group, he was president of Real Media Insurance Services, Managing Director & Founder of Alive Risk, and Senior Director at Allianz/Fireman’s Fund’s Global Entertainment & International Division. He has crafted custom insurance programs for some of the world’s largest promoters, sports operations, and event organizers. He has exhaustive experience in negotiating reinsurance for both facultative and treaties.
Tim has 20+ years of Entertainment experience, co-founded Alive Risk with Jerid, and was instrumental in creating their Delegated Authority Program including the development of the platform and underwriting guidelines. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Reel Media Insurance Services where he oversaw various underwriting programs including the Motorsports Program, Surplus Lines Program, and handled large Event Cancellation & Non-Appearance placements.
Jeroen started his career at XL Insurance in International Financial Lines based in Paris and focusing on the French, German, and Benelux markets. He joined Catlin to build a successful Financial Lines book in Europe from 2008 to 2015. In 2015, a new challenge awaited him at StarStone International, where he had the opportunity to restructure the existing Financial Lines portfolio and set a foundation for profitable growth.
As Jeroen built the StarStone program, he created a team of highly skilled professionals that he has brought with him to Applied Financial Lines Europe. This team has expansive experience in professional indemnity in countries in and around the European Union, helped set the foundation of success at StarStone and continues to do the same at AFL.
Stephen McGill leads and is President of the Financial Lines US practice group. He has over 30 years of financial lines experience.
Prior to founding Applied Financial Lines US, he served as Chief Underwriting Officer of AIG’s Validus Specialty Group. Prior to that, he was the group head of professional lines at ARGO. His long career in the industry also includes positions at XL, Catlin, Executive Risk, Alexander & Alexander, and Sedgwick. He holds an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University and graduated from Allegheny College with a bachelor of science degree.
Steve drew upon his expansive professional network to cultivate a team that is considered the best in the industry in their respective areas. The individual product leaders all bring 20+ years of experience in professional liability and all have developed programs from the ground up at multiple stops.
Ron is President and Founder of Applied Fine Art & Collections. Previously, Ron spent 13 years overseeing the private collections portfolio at AIG Private Client Group, one of the largest high net worth divisions in the personal lines industry. Additionally, Ron worked as a professional liability underwriting manager for hedge funds and security broker/dealers at AIG’s financial institutions division.
Ron’s executive team has been with him in prior stops and was a part of building one of the largest and most desirable collections insurance portfolios in the personal lines industry.
Applied Specialty Underwriters is led by its President, Christopher Day, CPCU.
Chris has held a succession of top positions in the Property and Casualty field during his more than 30-year career in which he has been responsible for more than $2.5 Billion in premiums. Most recently, he served as President of the Casualty Group at Tokio Marine HCC and, before that, as President, Primary Casualty, for Navigators Group, Inc. Mr. Day has also served as National Product Director - Specialty Primary Casualty for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.
Joshua Betz is President of Applied Surety. He brings 25 years of experience in underwriting and managing surety programs. Prior to founding Applied Surety Underwriters, Josh spent 14 years as president of Argo Surety, where he created one of the top 10 surety operations in the world from its startup phase. Before joining Argo, Josh held leadership roles in the surety space managing large commercial and contract surety clients at Travelers, CNA, and Reliance Surety. Josh has garnered the respect of agents, clients, reinsurers and underwriting associates because of his relentless drive and focus on excellence and innovation.
Jon Lewis leads the Applied Underwriters Aerospace team as President with the combined experience of both insurance and space. Starting with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, he spent seven years as a propulsion engineer at NASA. Sixteen years ago, he made the move to space underwriting and is a member of the Space Risks Study Group for the International Union of Aerospace Insurers.
Steve Allen leads and is President of the Aviation practice. He has over 30 years’ experience in aviation, including duty as an operational Air Force Pilot. His education includes a BBA, MA, MBA and JD. Mr. Allen’s previous leadership experience includes service in the USAF, as an Aviation Attorney, as Head of Complex Claims at AIG, and as Head of Aviation at QBE.
Jose Luis Menéndez is the President and CEO of Applied Warranty & Insurance Services. Jose previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Insurance Officer as part of his 17-year career at Generali’s US and UK insurance operations. In total, his 42 years in the property and casualty insurance industry lays the foundation for the team’s wide-ranging knowledge and real-world experience in product and business development. Jose has served as a senior C-Level executive for major domestic and international insurers for the majority of his career.
Shane had several years of experience as a Transportation Underwriter with Canal Insurance Company prior to founding Blue Ridge. He also previously served as a Commercial Sales Representative for Progressive Insurance and as Marketing Director for a national wholesale agency and program manager, leading their efforts for the distribution and underwriting of program business.
Mike worked at Canal Insurance Company for over seven years before founding Blue Ridge. His tenure at Canal provided him opportunities to manage portions of their Marketing and Underwriting operations along with the opportunity to work directly with three Program Managers to monitor their programs and help facilitate their success. Prior to Canal, Mr. Gordon had a 15-year career as a Claims executive with Nationwide/Scottsdale Insurance.
Concept Special Risks is led by Tony Usher. Tony has held a succession of positions in the insurance industry during his more than 50-year career. Most recently, he served as the Director of T.L. Dallas (Group) Ltd.
The practice group also considers disrupted classes of business including non-emergency medical transport, buses, taxi, limousines, black car services, for-hire trucking, and underserved markets.
Rivington Commercial Auto is led by Sal Orso. Sal has over 25 years in the insurance industry, and began his career in the auto insurance residual market working for the Robert Plan Corp. He joined AIG in 2002 as a business analyst and project manager for AIG’s Private Client Group focusing on Personal Auto throughout 49 states. In 2008, Sal managed the US Excess Liability and Automobile lines of business representing almost $300M in gross written premium. He later served as the Vice President/Underwriting Manager for AIG’s Premier Client Solutions.
Rivington Environmental is led by Cynthia Worthington. Cynthia brings 29 years of experience in Environmental Underwriting. Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Environmental Underwriting at Colony Specialty Insurance Company.
Matthew manages Rivington Environmental’s EIL Team, leveraging his 17-year background in environmental underwriting and 8 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry. Before joining Rivington, he helped develop Colony Specialty Insurance's EIL Program and contributed as an Underwriter at Freberg Environmental Insurance.
Rivington Middle Market Property is led by John Dowling. John has held a succession of top positions in the Property field during his more than 30-year career in which he has been responsible for more than $1 Billion in premiums. Most recently, he served as Property Manager for W.R. Berkley, before that, as Senior Vice President for Travelers Insurance Company.
