Headquarters:
202 Broad Street, Suite 100, Riverton, NJ 08077
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
3
Phone:
609 923 5280
Email:
jktiene@strategicagencypartners.com
Website:
StrategicAgencyPartners.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/strategicagencypartners
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
John K. Tiene
Managing Director
John Latimer, Esq.
President
Karen Murdock
Executive Consultant,
Agency Recruitment
Leadership
A former insurance company executive and recognized leader in the property/casualty insurance industry, Tiene serves as managing director of Strategic Agency Partners (SAP), an agency network operating in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. He is the former CEO and shareholder of Agency Network Exchange (ANE). Under his leadership, ANE became the 11th largest agency network in the nation with more than $1 billion in combined agency premiums.
Prior to joining ANE, he was director of personal lines sales and marketing for OneBeacon Insurance Group, responsible for the company’s personal lines sales and marketing activities in eight states. For more than a decade, he was the chief lobbyist and spokesman for the Garden State’s $12 billion property/casualty insurance industry.
As president of the Insurance Council of New Jersey, he was directly involved in the development and passage of major legislative and regulatory reforms, including the comprehensive legislative initiative to reform New Jersey’s automobile regulatory system in 2003.
Managing Director
John K. Tiene
John A. Latimer serves as president of SAP. He succeeded his father, John S. Latimer, in the early 1990s, assuming leadership of the Walter S. Barclay Agency. Today, the agency is known as The Barclay Group, reflecting decades of growth and a number of agency acquisitions. The Barclay Group is one of the largest family-owned agencies in Southern New Jersey. Beyond serving the needs of their commercial and personal insurance clients, the agency has a long history of insuring public entity organizations such as school boards, municipalities, utility authorities, and emergency squads.
President
John Latimer, Esq.
Karen Murdock serves as an SAP consultant focusing on agency recruitment. She recently retired from Plymouth Rock Assurance as regional vice president. She held a variety of senior management positions over the years and was instrumental in establishing Palisades Safety and Insurance Association, which became Plymouth Rock, as a major independent agency-focused company in New Jersey. During her tenure, she spearheaded acquisitions, collaborated with agents to spearhead growth, and expanded into the Pennsylvania market.
Executive Consultant, Agency Recruitment
Karen Murdock
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Leadership
Alyssa Delaney
Executive Consultant, Marketing Development and Implementation and Events
The former director, marketing and communications for one of the largest agency networks on the east coast, Alyssa Delaney was named the 2022 National Young Insurance Professional (YIP) of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).
She has been a member of the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals from 2017 to the present and has served as the group’s treasurer, first vice president and president. Delaney has also served as a board member of the PIA of New Jersey since 2021.
Executive Consultant, Marketing Development and Implementation and Events
Alyssa Delaney
Dave Stanton
Vice President
Dave Stanton serves as vice president of SAP. In 1993, Dave, and his wife Christina, have insurance in their blood. Both their families have been involved in insurance on the agency and carrier side of the business. When they established their own agency in 1993, they had a simple vision – to develop a respected independent insurance agency in NJ that would follow in the footsteps of their families. They have been very successful in bringing that vision to life. Today their independent insurance agency has four locations in New Jersey, their team of agents collaborates with their carrier partners to serve their growing family of clients.
Vice President
Dave Stanton
Strategic Agency Partner (SAP)’s vision is clear: through our collective strength, each individual affiliated agency is stronger. That means increased revenue, more options for their clients, and the influence of being part of a larger organization.
Member agencies have access to a variety of benefits – all focused on helping the individual member agency earn more revenue, improve new business growth, and do more for their clients.
SAP’s flexible model is showcased by our name – partners. We view each independently owned and operated agency we work with as a partner. This creates strength as a group. SAP has no entry fee, no commission cuts, and no complicated formulas to distribute profit sharing.
SAP exists to elevate independent agencies. Through true one-on-one consultation, it collaboratively assesses the needs of agencies. From technology, perpetuation planning, growth strategies and more, SAP is a companion in an agency’s journey.
The key benefits that SAP offers are:
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Tony Bird
Chief Risk Officer
Mark Hewitt
General Manager, Industry and Partnership Development
Brad Wearn
Chief Technology Officer
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Tony Bird has been working in the banking and finance industry for 25 years, predominantly in credit risk, collections and portfolio management. His strength is bringing creative, data-driven solutions to safely grow retail portfolios. He develops strong relationships with internal and external partners to maximise profit after capital charges. Bird’s management style is collaborative and focused on achieving ambitious targets.
Chief Risk Officer
Tony Bird
Mark Hewitt has a wealth of knowledge and industry experience, with 40 years of experience in financial services. He is a member of the executive team at aggregator Australian Finance Group (AFG), which he joined in 2006 as general manager of broker and residential and is currently AFG’s general manager of industry and partnership development.
Prior to joining AFG, Hewitt spent 20 years with ANZ, including four years in ANZ’s third-party distribution area, and later became national manager of key broker relationships. He has also recently been co-chair of the Combined Industry Forum and has played a key role in the industry reform process.
Hewitt’s significant skills encompass operations, communications, relationship management, credit management, asset finance, human resources, contract and sponsorship negotiation, and sales. He was named on the MPA’s Global Mortgage 100 list in both 2020 and 2021. He is also a director of the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), Think Tank Group and Mortgage Processing Services.
General Manager, Industry and Partnership Development
Mark Hewitt
Brad Wearn, serving as the chief technology officer, brings extensive expertise and forward-thinking approaches to the evolving landscape of IT services procurement and management. With a keen eye on industry trends and organisational needs, he recognises the shift toward purchasing IT capabilities “as a service,” acknowledging both its agility and potential security risks.
In his role, Wearn navigates the challenges posed by “shadow IT” and the impact it can have on organizational spending and security. Embracing an IT delivery model focused on flexibility and efficiency, he champions the adoption of “as a service” platforms. This approach ensures transparency in usage and enables the implementation of necessary controls to safeguard critical data and systems.
By spearheading this transformation, Wearn moves away from defending a large IT budget toward facilitating the adoption of tailored technology solutions aligned with evolving business needs. With an unwavering commitment to driving innovation and maximizing value, he sees himself at the forefront of an exciting journey as a CIO, navigating the ever-changing landscape of technology with enthusiasm and expertise.
Chief Technology Officer
Brad Wearn
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
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Broker communication, training and development
BDM support
Turnaround time – claims
Broker's Pick – Personal Accident and Illness Insurance
Brokers’ Pick – Professional liability
Small business
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enabling agencies to remain independently owned and operated
carrier management
collective bargaining power with SAP scale
production incentive programs
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