Headquarters:
Houston, TX
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
8
Phone:
713 589 4747
Email:
info@selectriskservices.com
Website:
selectriskservices.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/select-risk-services-inc
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
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Keith Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Brandi Ross
Chief Financial Officer
James Debenport
Vice President
Leadership
Keith Ross has been in the insurance industry since 2005 and been on the wholesale E&S side of the business since 2006. During this time, he has consistently been a top-producing broker and leader by maintaining a commitment to hard work and success within the industry. He has won Insurance Business America’s Top Specialist Broker award for the past two years. Keith is honored to serve on the Board of UHD IRM’s Advisory Council, where he helps to recruit the next generation into the insurance industry. In his career, he is most grateful for the relationships with underwriters and agents that he has been able to establish and grow over the years. Being in a relationship-based business, Keith is always looking for new ways to strengthen old relationships while establishing new ones.
He holds a BBA and MBA from Texas Tech University. He is married, has three children, and enjoys spending time with family while not in the office.
Chief Executive Officer
Keith Ross
Brandi Ross has a technical background in the engineering oil and gas industry for more than eight years and has been in the wholesale insurance industry since 2018. During this time, she has developed the company’s accounting system, maintains the company’s compliance, and manages its licenses and surplus lines taxes for multiple states. In addition, she manages human resources for the company. Brandi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is married with three children. She enjoys spending time with family and being outdoors when not in the office.
Chief Financial Officer
Brandi Ross
James Debenport has been in the insurance industry since 2000 and been on the wholesale E&S side of the business since 2003. He has consistently been a top-producing broker and leader and successfully expanded the national footprints and brokerage products of several brokerage firms. His ability to penetrate new markets and structure complex insurance programs in a highly competitive market has enabled him to build strong value-based relationships with a high level of confidence and trust. He enjoys service work and has been involved with the IIAH and IIAT, and has acted as a mentor at various stages throughout his career.
James holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas State, is married and has two children. He enjoys coaching youth sports and spending time with his family when he’s not in the office.
Vice President
James Debenport
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RT SPECIALTY
Jose Salinas
Account Executive
Brandi Ross
Chief Financial Officer
Keith Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Headquarters:
Houston, TX
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
8
Phone:
713 589 4747
Email:
info@selectriskservices.com
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/select-risk-services-inc
Keith Ross has been in the insurance industry since 2005 and been on the wholesale E&S side of the business since 2006. During this time, he has consistently been a top-producing broker and leader by maintaining a commitment to hard work and success within the industry. He has won Insurance Business America’s Top Specialist Broker award for the past two years. Keith is honored to serve on the Board of UHD IRM’s Advisory Council, where he helps to recruit the next generation into the insurance industry. In his career, he is most grateful for the relationships with underwriters and agents that he has been able to establish and grow over the years. Being in a relationship-based business, Keith is always looking for new ways to strengthen old relationships while establishing new ones.
He holds a BBA and MBA from Texas Tech University. He is married, has three children, and enjoys spending time with family while not in the office.
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President and Director, Ryan Specialty Group
Timothy W Turner
Brandi Ross has a technical background in the engineering oil and gas industry for more than eight years and has been in the wholesale insurance industry since 2018. During this time, she has developed the company’s accounting system, maintains the company’s compliance, and manages its licenses and surplus lines taxes for multiple states. In addition, she manages human resources for the company. Brandi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is married with three children. She enjoys spending time with family and being outdoors when not in the office.
Chief Financial Officer
Brandi Ross
Jose Salinas has a passion for providing excellent customer service and going the extra mile for his clients. He began his insurance journey 10 years ago with a non-standard auto insurance company. In the following years, he would work for the two biggest auto and home carriers in the country, State Farm and Allstate, where he had roles such as sales associate, commercial insurance specialist, and customer service manager. In 2018, he decided to pursue a career in the insurance industry and in 2020, received his BBA in Risk Management from the University of Houston - Downtown. In his free time, he enjoys watching soccer, playing video games, and spending time with his wife and one-year-old dachshund.
Account Executive
Jose Salinas
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
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SELECT RISK SERVICES
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Brandi Ross
Chief Financial Officer
Keith Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Headquarters:
Houston, TX
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
8
Phone:
713 589 4747
Email:
info@selectriskservices.com
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/select-risk-services-inc
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Home
Bio
Keith Ross has been in the insurance industry since 2005 and been on the wholesale E&S side of the business since 2006. During this time, he has consistently been a top-producing broker and leader by maintaining a commitment to hard work and success within the industry. He has won Insurance Business America’s Top Specialist Broker award for the past two years. Keith is honored to serve on the Board of UHD IRM’s Advisory Council, where he helps to recruit the next generation into the insurance industry. In his career, he is most grateful for the relationships with underwriters and agents that he has been able to establish and grow over the years. Being in a relationship-based business, Keith is always looking for new ways to strengthen old relationships while establishing new ones.
He holds a BBA and MBA from Texas Tech University. He is married, has three children, and enjoys spending time with family while not in the office.
Chief Executive Officer
Keith Ross
Brandi Ross has a technical background in the engineering oil and gas industry for more than eight years and has been in the wholesale insurance industry since 2018. During this time, she has developed the company’s accounting system, maintains the company’s compliance, and manages its licenses and surplus lines taxes for multiple states. In addition, she manages human resources for the company. Brandi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is married with three children. She enjoys spending time with family and being outdoors when not in the office.
Chief Financial Officer
Brandi Ross
Jose Salinas has a passion for providing excellent customer service and going the extra mile for his clients. He began his insurance journey 10 years ago with a non-standard auto insurance company. In the following years, he would work for the two biggest auto and home carriers in the country, State Farm and Allstate, where he had roles such as sales associate, commercial insurance specialist, and customer service manager. In 2018, he decided to pursue a career in the insurance industry and in 2020, received his BBA in Risk Management from the University of Houston - Downtown. In his free time, he enjoys watching soccer, playing video games, and spending time with his wife and one-year-old dachshund.
Account Executive
Jose Salinas
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Jose Salinas
Account Executive
Jose Salinas has a passion for providing excellent customer service and going the extra mile for his clients. He began his insurance journey 10 years ago with a non-standard auto insurance company. In the following years, he would work for the two biggest auto and home carriers in the country, State Farm and Allstate, where he had roles such as sales associate, commercial insurance specialist, and customer service manager. In 2018, he decided to pursue a career in the insurance industry and in 2020, received his BBA in Risk Management from the University of Houston - Downtown. In his free time, he enjoys watching soccer, playing video games, and spending time with his wife and one-year-old dachshund.
Account Executive
Jose Salinas
James Debenport
Vice President
James Debenport has been in the insurance industry since 2000 and been on the wholesale E&S side of the business since 2003. He has consistently been a top-producing broker and leader and successfully expanded the national footprints and brokerage products of several brokerage firms. His ability to penetrate new markets and structure complex insurance programs in a highly competitive market has enabled him to build strong value-based relationships with a high level of confidence and trust. He enjoys service work and has been involved with the IIAH and IIAT, and has acted as a mentor at various stages throughout his career.
James holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas State, is married and has two children. He enjoys coaching youth sports and spending time with his family when he’s not in the office.
Vice President
James Debenport
James Debenport
Vice President
James Debenport has been in the insurance industry since 2000 and been on the wholesale E&S side of the business since 2003. He has consistently been a top-producing broker and leader and successfully expanded the national footprints and brokerage products of several brokerage firms. His ability to penetrate new markets and structure complex insurance programs in a highly competitive market has enabled him to build strong value-based relationships with a high level of confidence and trust. He enjoys service work and has been involved with the IIAH and IIAT, and has acted as a mentor at various stages throughout his career.
James holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas State, is married and has two children. He enjoys coaching youth sports and spending time with his family when he’s not in the office.
Vice President
James Debenport
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Jose Salinas
Account Executive
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Select Risk Services was founded in 2018 and has quickly become one of the fastest-growing family owned and operated independent wholesale brokerages in the country. The boutique and highly specialized E&S wholesale brokerage firm has grown quickly due to their unmatched work ethic and expertise. Their execution is a more detail-oriented, collaborative, value-added service to their carrier and agency partners. The firm structures their broker service teams to optimize speed and accuracy in an effort to get their partners what they need, in the time frame they need it.
Select Risk’s business model involves being selective with its partners and the type of accounts they work on. In other words, they do not want to try and be a partner to all their clients’ competition. Additionally, they only work on accounts where they are highly specialized and experienced in placing. Growing deeper, select relationships is their strategy rather than trying to be everyone’s broker. Their selective approach fosters deeper, more meaningful partnerships with underwriters and agents.
Establishing select, long-term and rewarding relationships is what the company is all about. The firm's team encompasses multi-line coverage experts that are well equipped to write all lines of an account in a consultative, detailed and strategic manner. Select Risk does not just solicit market access – they bring exceptional coverage expertise, in-depth understanding of the classes of business they entertain, and an unmatched commitment to superior work performance that cultivates a winning combination for their partners.
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
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
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It
To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
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
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
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
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage
is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/select-risk-services-inc
Website:
selectriskservices.com
Email:
info@selectriskservices.com
Phone:
713 589 4747
Number of employees:
8
Year founded:
2018
Headquarters:
Houston, TX
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/select-risk-services-inc
Website:
selectriskservices.com
Email:
info@selectriskservices.com
Phone:
713 589 4747
Number of employees:
8
Year founded:
2018
Headquarters:
Houston, TX