Founders Professional News

Founders Professional Opens New California Office, Taps DeCew and Steen

Founders Professional has hired Matt DeCew and Jeff Steen and is launching a new San Diego, Calif. office. This is the firm’s fifth location. DeCew and Steen will work with retail insurance agencies throughout the West in securing coverage for …

Founders Professional Adds Kodikian to New San Francisco Office

Founders Professional has named Raffi Kodikian to the role of lawyers professional liability practice leader, marking the brokerage’s first West Coast hire. Kodikian will focus on the placement of lawyer’s professional liability risks for all size law firms and work …

Koclanes Joins Founders Professional as Wholesale Broker in Chicago

National professional liability and management liability wholesale insurance brokerage, Founders Professional, has added Catherine Koclanes to its team in Chicago, Illinois, as a wholesale broker. Koclanes will assist Founders’ retail partners in securing coverage for their management liability and professional …

Founders Professional Adds Porter to Florida Team

National professional liability and management liability wholesale brokerage, Founders Professional, has added Adrienne Porter to its Miscellaneous Professional Liability team. Porter will be joining the team in St. Petersburg, Fla., as a broker and will assist Founders’ retail partners in …

New MGA Founders Specialty Targets Professional Liability Risks

National wholesale insurance broker, Founders Professional, has opened a new managing general agency, Founders Specialty, which will focus on developing products primarily in the professional liability space with key insurance partners. Founders Specialty will be led by industry veteran, Stephen …

Founders Professional Promotes Williams to Professional Liability Broker

Founders Professional has promoted Jaimee Williams to professional liability broker in Chicago. Williams will be responsible for the continued expansion of Founders’ footprint in the small law firm space. Williams joined Founders Professional in 2012, and most recently held the …

Founders Professional Hires Vecchio as EVP in Chicago

Professional liability wholesale brokerage, Founders Professional, has added Dan Vecchio as executive vice president and the head of its Midwest division in Chicago. Vecchio will lead a team focused on management liability for private and public companies, as well as …

Roth Joins Insurance Wholesaler, Founders Professional, in Chicago

Insurance wholesaler, Founders Professional, has added Ryan Roth as a professional liability broker in the company’s new downtown Chicago office. Roth has nearly 10 years of professional liability experience. Prior to joining Founders, Roth was a professional liability broker with …

Founders Professional Opening Chicago Office

Founders Professional, a professional liability insurance wholesaler, announced it is opening an office in downtown Chicago. The new location will be Founders Professional second; its first location is in St. Petersburg, Fla. Marketing and business development executive Aaron Lipson has …