Headquarters:
Charlotte, NC
Year founded:
2000
Number of employees:
7,400
Phone:
704 749 2700
Email:
patrick.smith@amwins.com
Website:
amwins.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/amwins-group
AMWINS
Scott Purviance
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Sloop
President and Chief Operating Officer
Darin Stafford
Chief Financial Officer
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Scott M. Purviance became the chief executive officer of Amwins on May 1, 2018. One of the company’s first employees, Purviance joined Amwins in July 2001 as chief financial officer and took on the additional role of chief operating officer in April 2012. He has served on Amwins’ board of directors since April 2015.
Purviance began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1992, serving for seven years in the insurance services assurance practice. After leaving PwC in 1999, he joined the business insurance division of Royal & Sun Alliance USA as vice president of finance. He earned a BS in Accounting from Wake Forest University.
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Purviance
Benjamin R. Sloop currently serves as the chief operating officer of Amwins. Prior to taking on the role of COO, he had served as president of the company’s small business division, Amwins Access, since its inception in January 2015. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard, he began his career in management consulting at Bain & Company, and then joined Parthenon Capital, a private equity fund, where he worked on the Amwins capital raise in 2005. The following year, he joined Amwins in an M&A role. He left Amwins in late 2007 to attend Stanford Business School. Sloop worked for Bills.com, a Silicon Valley start-up, until October 2011, when he joined Amwins once again.
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Darin K. Stafford has served as chief financial officer of Amwins since October 2016. He joined the firm from Remington Outdoor Company, where he served as vice president, corporate controller, and led a 40-member finance team with broad responsibility over corporate, operational and strategic finance, investor relations, shared services, treasury, risk management, and real estate. Before joining Remington, Stafford worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 15 years, including a three-year rotation in London, England.
Stafford is a 1994 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor’s degree in both accounting and finance.
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Kristin Downey
Chief Administrative Officer
Kristin Downey leads the team responsible for developing and implementing the people strategies to support Amwins’ business objectives. She also directs the management and operations for compensation and benefits, HR systems and payroll, employee relations and assistance, talent management, training and development, and marketing and communications. Downey also leads the company’s philanthropic efforts, including the Amwins Foundation.
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Donna Hargrove
General Counsel
Since 2008, Donna Hargrove has served as general counsel of Amwins and is responsible for identifying and managing all legal risks for the company. She advises executive leadership and the board of directors on a range of business issues, including corporate governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining Amwins, Hargrove served as corporate in-house counsel for BB&T Insurance Services. Earlier in her career, she served in private practice with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
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Amwins is the largest independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products in the US, dedicated to serving retail insurance agents by providing property and casualty products, specialty group benefits, and administrative services.
Amwins Underwriting’s team of specialists touts a deep bench of niche industry experts, each committed to strategizing and investing in clients’ success. Comprised of 20+ operating companies spanning 120+ underwriting programs, we are uniquely positioned to fill complex needs within the marketplace while delivering a level of service and expertise that stands out from the crowd.
Based in Charlotte, NC, Amwins operates through more than 155 offices globally and manages premium placements of more than $39 billion annually.
For more information, visit amwins.com.
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Mark Bernacki
Chief Underwriting Officer
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Julie Prewitt
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
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Mark Bernacki is the chief underwriting officer of Amwins, the first to serve in the role. Prior to that, he served as president of Amwins Special Risk Underwriters. In addition to his leadership in underwriting, Bernacki runs the Amwins Alternative Risk Transfer Team for Amwins.
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Mark Bernacki
Mark Bernacki is the chief underwriting officer of Amwins, the first to serve in the role. Prior to that, he served as president of Amwins Special Risk Underwriters. In addition to his leadership in underwriting, Bernacki runs the Amwins Alternative Risk Transfer Team for Amwins.
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Mark Bernacki
Julie Prewitt has worked on nearly every aspect of marketing and advertising in her nearly 20 years in the industry. Her team at REInsurePro manages branding, advertising, events, content, digital campaigns, and agent engagement and plays a key role in product development.
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Julie Prewitt
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.
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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.
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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.
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