Profile
“Insurance has been my passion from day one, and it fuels my drive to build a platform that will change the insurance industry for the better”
Curtis Barton,
ALKEME Insurance
Curtis Barton has spent over 25 years in the insurance industry building, growing and leading companies in his quest to change the industry for the better.
“I think my two biggest differentiators are my drive and the fact that I really understand what makes other agency owners tick,” says Barton. “Insurance has been my passion from day one, and it fuels my drive to build a platform that will change the insurance industry for the better. Understanding other agency owners and being able to relate to them has given us the advantage of quickly establishing trust and buy-in on all of us working on a common goal.”
111 Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Ladera Ranch, CA 92694
949 421 3521
cbarton@alkemeins.com
linkedin.com/in/curtis-barton-8103682
alkemeins.com
Curtis Barton
Chief Executive Officer
ALKEME Insurance
Read on
Special Report
Home
Bio
Milestones
Profile
Milestones
2020–present
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Year 7 Community Leader and Leader for Learning Technologies and Platforms at Northern Beaches Christian School
Master of Business Administration, 2017–2019
2021
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
1996–2002
2002-2018
2018-present
2014–2016
2017–present
Read on
Special Report
Home
Bio
Milestones
Milestones
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2002-2018
2018-present
2014-2016
2017-present
Read on
Special Report
Home
Bio
Milestones
2022
2014–2016
2018–present
2002–2018
1996–2002
2017–present
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Head of English at Ascham School
2017–present
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2014-2016
Human Resources Magazine | key media
Master Teacher, English and Head of English (HSC) at Trinity Grammar School
2014-2016
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2018–
present
Human Resources Magazine | key media
CEO of ALKEME Insurance
2018–present
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2002-2018
Human Resources Magazine | key media
CEO and President of Venture Pacific Insurance
2002-2018
1997
1996-2002
human resources | key media
Owner and SVP of Venture Pacific Insurance
1996-2002
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
Milestones
2017–present
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
2022
Excellence awardee – Independent Mortgage Adviser of the Year category at the New Zealand Mortgage Awards
2022
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2022
2020–present
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
2017-present
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. A volutpat laoreet suscipit duis. Diam aliquam sed ut massa viverra a, eget libero.
1996-2002
Currently, Barton is CEO of ALKEME Insurance , one of the nation’s fastest growing insurance acquisition platforms. Barton led a merger and acquisition of seven “founding” entities to form ALKEME in late 2020, in the thick of the pandemic. He took ALKEME to market and secured private equity funding through GCP Capital Partners out of New York. ALKEME had year-over-year revenue growth of well over 100% in 2021 and is on track to double its revenue again in 2022 while maintaining a 13% organic growth clip.
Under Barton’s leadership, ALKEME has also won numerous honors, including being named in the 2021 Top 50 Brokers of Insurance Journal and the 2021 Top 100 Brokerages, Fast Brokerages and Best Places to Work in Insurance of Business Insurance.
“I know it sounds cliché, but I am laser-focused on changing the insurance industry for the better,” he says. “We are building technology, processes and products that are meeting the needs of a changing world. It is imperative that the insurance industry keeps up with the fast pace of change, and I want to make sure I do my part.”
Prior to ALKEME, Barton founded Venture Pacific Insurance, a regional brokerage in southern California that was acquired by ALKEME during the merger. Barton also co-founded Brokkrr, a digital lead generation insurtech platform.
Barton received his BA from the University of Arizona. He has been included in IBA’s Hot 100 list four times in a row. He was also recognized in Vertafore’s Top 25 Disruptors in the insurance industry.
“We are building technology, processes and products that are meeting the needs of a changing world. It is imperative that the insurance industry keeps up with the fast pace of change, and I want to make sure I do my part”
Curtis Barton,
ALKEME Insurance