Headquarters:
10851 N. Black Canyon Highway, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85029
Year founded:
1974
Number of employees:
140
Phone:
800 528 1056
Email:
info@minico.com
Website:
minico.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/minico-insurance-agency-llc
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
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CAAT Pension Plan
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Rick Krouner
President, Specialty Programs Division
Jim Henry
President, National Programs Division
David Carey
Chief Financial Officer
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Rick Krouner is responsible for all specialty program operations. His proven track record, industry-leading expertise, and experience enable him to lead the specialty programs division in its distribution, growth, and product development strategies. He has been in the program space for over 40 years and has extensive leadership and executive experience. He was founder, president, and CEO of a program administrator specializing in construction and habitational business in the Northeast. Rick has served as an expert witness in several reinsurance/insurance disputes in the construction and managing general agency fields. He holds a BS in Risk Management and Insurance from Syracuse University.
President, Specialty Programs Division
Rick Krouner
Jim Henry is responsible for all national program operations and brings extensive multiline underwriting and carrier experience to his leadership of the national programs division in its distribution and growth strategies. He joined MiniCo in 2011 as chief underwriting officer and leader of the Agribusiness program. Jim has over 25 years of experience at the executive level specializing in program expansion, integration, and underwriting operations. He holds a BS in Finance from Miami University (OH) as well as the CPCU, ARM, ARe, AIS, AIC, and AFIS insurance designations.
President, National Programs Division
Jim Henry
David Carey is chief financial officer of HRMP, a Jencap company, and its affiliate companies Aran Insurance Underwriters and MiniCo Insurance. He has 25 years of financial services industry experience including positions as staff accountant and controller of HRMP. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and has an MBA from Salem State University. He is a member of the Insurance Accountants and Systems Association and the Massachusetts Association of Accountants, and is a licensed life, accident and health insurance producer.
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David Carey
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Mike Schofield
Chief Revenue Officer
Formerly the president of MiniCo, Mike Schofield now holds the position of chief revenue officer for Jencap Program Administrators, a division of MiniCo’s parent company, Jencap Group. He has over 35 years of executive-level experience, including 10 years as an agency owner specializing in life, health, and property and casualty insurance programs for the supermarket industry. He has held leadership positions responsible for sales, marketing, technology, underwriting, claims, and customer care. Mike holds a BSBA degree in management from Lamar University.
Chief Revenue Officer
Mike Schofield
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick is a senior vice president of underwriting in the North American P&C Programs Unit. He is responsible for the profitable performance and growth of the property and specialty portfolios, strategic planning, and team management.
Damian has 30 years of industry experience in all lines of underwriting with three national carriers. He has spent most of his career in delegated authority program management and is skilled in portfolio and relationship management for large books of business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology from Swarthmore College, as well as a CPCU designation.
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick
MiniCo Insurance, a Jencap company, is one of the largest program administrators in the US with a portfolio of specialty property and casualty products for a variety of industries and exposures. MiniCo has nearly 50 years of notable industry experience in program management, underwriting, binding authority, and claims. With teams dedicated to its 16 exclusive programs, MiniCo provides niche underwriting prowess and flexibility, industry specialization, and unparalleled customer service.
Headquartered in Phoenix with offices in New York, Washington, and California, MiniCo partners with an expansive network of independent agents and select wholesalers. The company’s exclusive programs include self-storage, New York contractors’ liability, nonprofit and social services, agribusiness, artisan contractors and landscapers, fine art and collectibles, cyber liability, equipment breakdown, professional liability lines, adult residential facilities, and wind/hail deductible buyback. Many programs are available nationwide, and all are offered in partnership with A-rated carriers.
MiniCo has invested heavily in automation to provide its partners with online quoting tools. It innovates coverages, resources, and processes to enable producers to customize policies for their clients with efficiency, speed, and flexibility. The company’s expertise extends to delivering quality claims services. MiniCo looks to adjudicate claims quickly, providing fair and just outcomes for insureds.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Dr. Mary Lavoie
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Mark Bernacki
Chief Underwriting Officer
Ryan Armijo
Chief Operating Officer, Underwriting Division
Bob Petrilli
President, Underwriting Division