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“I will continue to empower and encourage my staff to perform at their best as I have done for the last decade. I will continue to advocate for my clients, embracing new technology and being open to business and industry changes”
Ken Dixon,
Dixon Insurance Services
Brittany Sakson is an assistant vice president for professional liability and cyber at Arch Insurance. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing a team of underwriters in the East Region.
Her passion for the insurance industry began at St. John’s University Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, where she studied actuarial science. After graduation in 2015, she began her career at Zurich North America as an underwriter trainee. She then took internal roles within Zurich as a distribution sales specialist for the east region and then as a senior professional and cyber underwriter.
After Zurich, Sakson worked at Tokio Marine HCC within their cyber and tech E&O department prior to coming to Arch in May 2023. She pursues leadership and development opportunities within the industry.
She has been an alumni board member of St. John’s University’s Greenberg School of Risk Management since 2020. In this role, she has taken responsibilities as Student Relations Chair and now president. She has also served as the co-president of the NYC Gamma Iota Sigma Alumni Council for three years and more recently served on the leadership team of Gamma Iota Sigma’s National Alumni Council as secretary, vice chair, and chair.
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Brittany Sakson
Assistant Vice President for Professional Liability and Cyber
Arch Insurance
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“To be able to give back to the community is rewarding and fulfilling. I am honoured to be in a position where I can raise funds for those less fortunate and in need”
Ken Dixon,
Dixon Insurance Services
2015
2019
2021
2022
2023
Started as an underwriter trainee for Global Corporate, Zurich North America, following completion of bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from St. John’s University Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science
2015
Moved to the professional liability and cyber team as a senior underwriter at Zurich North America
2019
Became senior underwriter, cyber and tech E&O at Tokio Marine HCC
2021
Became first female president of the Alumni Board of St. John’s University Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science
2022
Became assistant vice president, professional liability, and cyber at Arch Insurance
2023
Assistant Vice President and Senior Broker at MJ Hall & Company since 2018
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Aug 2022
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Sept 2021
Feb 2022
Apr 2022
Jul 2022
Aug
2022
Suncorp Bank introduces Solar Home Bonus offer for customers who are choosing renewable energy for their homes
Sept 2021
Month-on-month market share growth commences
Feb 2022
Suncorp Bank wins the Canstar award for most outstanding value in investment loans
Apr 2022
Suncorp Bank wins Money Magazine’s Bank of the Year and Business Bank of the Year awards for the fifth year in a row
Jul 2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
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How does he distinguish himself among fellow brokers?
“I believe all brokers are working very hard in a difficult market,” he says. “However, I have demonstrated continued growth, advocacy and performance on my client’s behalf, which is now recognised [for 10 consecutive years] in the Elite Broker awards.”
In 1990, Dixon got started with FAI, working in claims and as a team leader. From the late 1990s up until 2003, he worked at FAI and Suncorp in underwriting and as an area manager at VACC, CGU (South East Queensland). From 2003 to 2012, he got into broking and eventually started Dixon Insurance in 2013. Since then, he’s accumulated numerous acccolades, including Elite Broker, Diversity and Equity, and Fast Broker awards.
During the pandemic, Dixon challenged insurers over the Quarantine Act application to insurance wordings. His argument was that the Quarantine Act does not apply as an exclusion, as the Biosecurity Act was invoked by the Morrison Government, and this was not a subsequent amendment to the Quarantine Act. The test case in the Appeals court was won for Dixon’s client with a unanimous five-judge verdict.
He remains focused on transport, manufacturing, motor trade, engineering and large farm clients.
What are his plans for the future?
On a business level, “more of the same. I will continue to empower and encourage my staff to perform at their best as I have done for the last decade. I will continue to advocate for my clients, embracing new technology and being open to business and industry changes.”
On a personal level, Dixon invests significant time, effort and funds, along with his GT3, to support many charities through his passion for motorsport. From participating in and sponsoring the Thunderbolt Run (which provides tens of thousands of dollars in support for Beyond Blue and Prostate Cancer), to organising and running the Track Knights for Amira charity night where 28 Exotic Supercars raised funds through passenger laps in wet conditions, Dixon states “this is our time to give back to the community and those in need. My friendships and association with those seeking to do the same, allows us to contribute to those less fortunate and raise funds and awareness”.
He adds: “To be able to give back to the community is rewarding and fulfilling. I am honoured to be in a position where I can raise funds for those less fortunate and in need.”