Articles by Bob Besio and Robert Held

Bob Besio is managing director, Insurance Strategy, Accenture. Besio is a strategic adviser with experience supporting large and mid-sized insurance brokerages across growth strategy, operating model transformation, and profitability improvement. He has led initiatives spanning MGA portfolio optimization, sales and service model redesign, market aggregation strategy, and cost rationalization.

Robert Held is director, Insurance Strategy, Accenture. Held advises leading insurance brokerages on strategy, transformation, and enterprise value creation. His work spans the full brokerage value chain, from M&A integration and operating model redesign to sales enablement, carrier optimization, and technology modernization. He holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and is based in Chicago.