EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added two senior vice presidents in its Atlanta office.
Chris Knight has joined EPIC’s growing Integrated Risk Solutions Consulting Practice as senior vice president, Analytics and Innovation. Knight joins EPIC from Beecher Carlson in Atlanta, where he served as vice president, Analytics.

According to Maurice Edwards, managing principal of EPIC’s Integrated Risk Solutions Practice, Knight will be responsible for creating and delivering EPIC’s advanced analytical tools.
The company also added Vanessa Smiley to its Atlanta team.
Smiley joins EPIC from Beecher Carlson in Atlanta, where she served as vice president, Claims Operations.
Edwards said Smiley will lead operations with a focus on building processes and procedures.
EPIC is a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has more than 1,800 team members operating from 80 offices across the U.S., providing property and casualty, employee benefits, specialty programs and private client products to EPIC clients.
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, today announced the addition of Vanessa Smiley who will assume a key role in EPIC’s growing Integrated Risk Solutions Consulting Practice as Senior Vice President, Operations.
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