Niess Joins Ohio Insurance Agents Assoc. as Business Planning, Valuations Manager

Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has added Craig Niess as business planning and valuation manager.

Growing OIA’s vision to be a “change agent for agent change,” Niess will lead the association’s initiatives to build and develop business solutions in the areas of agency valuation, succession planning and business planning. As an expert advisor, he will help independent agents set up a plan for long-term success.

Niess has more than seven years of financial and operational consulting experience with independent agents through his tenure at Marsh, Berry & Co. In this role, he launched new products, provided customized consulting services, developed and implemented business plans, and created financial models.

Recently, Niess also worked for a startup in Cleveland and brings his entrepreneurial spirit cultivated from that experience to his new role at OIA.

Source: Ohio Insurance Agents (OIA)