business insurance announced the 40 winners of its 2024 Break Out Awards on Wednesday.
The awards program recognizes the next generation of insurance industry leaders. Nominations are open to anyone working in the commercial insurance and risk management sector who has no more than 15 years’ experience in the industry.
The 40 winners are divided among four regions of the United States. The winners for 2024 are:
middle West
Evan Bahs, AcriSure LLC
Monica Fochite, Everest Insurance, a division of Everest Group Limited.
Reed Kurtenbach, SageSure Insurance Managers LLC
Matt Lively, AXA XL, a unit of AXA SA
Stephanie Miles, McGriff, a unit of Truist Insurance Holdings Inc.
Emily Moran, Chubb Ltd
Tom Mullins, RT Specialty, a unit of Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc.
Megan Nelson, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., Arthur J. A unit of Gallagher & Company.
Kendall Petykiewicz, Marsh LLC
Brian Stawski, Oswald Cos.
North east
Bethany Barrese, Sachse Dernbarger and Vita PC
Nick Delvino, Mwins Group Inc.
Anu Diggs, Everest Insurance, a division of Everest Group Limited.
Ryan Gibney, Lockton Company LLC
Sebastian Hennessey, Marsh LLC
Samuel Kim, AXA XL, a unit of AXA SA
Orri Levy, Cohen Zifer Frenchman & McKenna LLP
Matthew Rees, Ascot Group Ltd
Elisa Scharr, Zurich North America
Pranav Shroff, TDC Specialty Underwriters Inc., a unit of The Doctors Company.
South
Troy Calfee, Cronos Underwriters, AmRisk Group, a unit of Truist Insurance Holdings Inc.
Brandon De Souza, Sanderson Firm PLLC
Daniel Filbey, Brown & Riding Insurance Services Inc.
Rachel Hudgins, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLC
Susan Jock, Marsh McLennan Agency, a unit of Marsh LLC
Ariane Livaudais, Alliant Insurance Services Inc.
Shermaine Ligians, Bank of America Corp.
Aaron Reisner, Technical Risk Underwriters, a unit of Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc.
Colorado Robertson, Mississippi State University
Samantha Ware, United Educators Insurance
West
Megan Bennett, International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC, a unit of Victor Insurance Managers LLC
Chantelle Cabir, NewFront Insurance
Heather Habbs, Covington & Burling LLP
Jim Hentz, Zurich North America
Lindsay Moore, Amwins Group Inc.
Ariana Richter, Munich Re Specialty Insurance, a unit of Munich Reinsurance Company.
Chelsea Tysdall, Burns & Wilcox Ltd.
Andrew Mahoney, CCIG
Randall Mestas, The Wonderful Company LLC
Blake Holman, Levitt Group
Winners will be honored at events in Chicago and New York in June and will be profiled in the June issue business insurance,
