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"West Oak’s success has come from always putting our clients’ best interests first and always finding ways to improve and add more value to them"
Andrew mcquiston,
west oak family office, wellington-altus private wealth
Dwight Williams is the National Account Director within the Management Liability Practice Group at Risk Strategies. As a seasoned expert with more than 20 years of experience, he provides risk advisory, strategy, and placement services to a diverse client base, ranging from emerging private companies to complex publicly traded financial institutions. He is also responsible for expanding intellectual capital and providing strategic direction for the financial institutions specialty within the practice.
Recently, Williams served as Client Service Executive within Gallagher’s Financial Institutions niche, managing the overall client experience across all product lines, while assuming the role of primary advisor for the executive lines of coverage for banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and fintech companies. Prior to that, Williams served as the US Head of Middle Market within Willis Towers Watson’s FINEX Financial Institutions Practice. There, he was responsible for creating and executing strategy for the segment across the nation. Williams began his career with Marsh’s FINPRO team in New York.
Williams has also been a catalyst for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, holding leadership positions both within the employers he has served as well as externally. He is also a proud member of the National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA National), former NAAIA NY Chapter Board member, served on insurance company advisory boards , and is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). He has also been a featured speaker at Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) panels and has contributed to many periodicals related to DEI and professional risks.
Williams holds a bachelor’s degree with a major in finance and minor in economics from Syracuse University.
222 Las Colinas Blvd W, Suite 1300, Irving, TX 75039
646 810 9842
dwight.williams@risk-strategies.com
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Dwight
Williams
National Account Director, Management Liability Practice
Risk Strategies Company
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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2021
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Year 7 Community Leader and Leader for Learning Technologies and Platforms at Northern Beaches Christian School
Master of Business Administration, 2017–2019
2021
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Received the 2017 Women in Insurance Award
Worked as contributing author to agency management texts
Recognized as 2018 Professional Liability Broker by Insurance Business magazine
Awarded 2018 Underwriter of the Year for WyFi
Recognized as 2022 Professional Liability Broker by Insurance Business magazine
2018–present
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2016
Human Resources Magazine | key media
Became adjunct professor of Risk Management at UT Dallas
Took over risk management for Breckenridge Insurance Services and became team lead of professional liability
2016
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2005
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Became an early adopter of cyber liability
2005
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1992
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Started specializing in professional liability
1992
1997
1981
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Entered the insurance industry
1981
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2018–present
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
2022
Excellence awardee – Independent Mortgage Adviser of the Year category at the New Zealand Mortgage Awards
2022
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2020–present
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
2022
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2021
Launched his own business,
Ascend Financial Services
2022
National Account Director,
Management Liability Practice
Risk Strategies Company
Dwight Williams
