Headquarters:
777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2550, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Year founded:
1980
Number of employees:
330+
Phone:
213 452 7060
Email:
marketing@brcins.com
Website:
brownandriding.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/brown-&-riding
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
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CAAT Pension Plan
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Chris Brown
Chairman
Jeff Rodriguez
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mike Boseman
Chief Operating Officer
Leadership
Chris Brown joined Brown & Riding in 1985 as the company’s first Southern California marketing representative. By 1990, he had been elected president of the company, and in 2007 he was named chairman. As chairman, Brown remains dedicated to driving product specialties in the firm’s national casualty, property, and management and professional liability departments as well as continuing to develop the current and future leaders of Brown & Riding’s growing number of industry specialty practice areas. He is also the leader of Brown & Riding’s national construction practice group, a team of dedicated construction experts across the country specializing in casualty, property, environmental and professional liability.
Chairman
Chris Brown
Jeff Rodriguez joined Brown & Riding as COO in 2005, was named president in 2007 and CEO in 2010. He has overseen strategic acquisitions and significant organic growth and has helped the company grow to 19 locations across the US. During his tenure as CEO, the company has consistently ranked as one of the largest E&S brokers in the country.
Rodriguez holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and an MBA, as well as numerous insurance certifications. He is frequently called upon to speak at regional and national industry events.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Rodriguez
Mike Boseman joined Brown & Riding’s brokerage division in 2007, where he grew a highly profitable book of property business before transitioning to operations in 2015. He has been instrumental in developing Brown & Riding’s key client relationships and facilitating the growth of the organization, including expanding the company’s national footprint. He became COO in 2017 and is currently responsible for strategic operations, including client and carrier development, enhancing the company’s information technology service offerings, and enforcing its service standards and regulatory compliance. Mike holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Chief Operating Officer
Mike Boseman
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Juliette Burke
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Juliette Tetley-Burke didn’t always plan on a career in insurance. For 10 years, she worked as a teacher. When she decided that a career change was in order, she learned that Jeff Arnold needed someone with an education background for corporate training. After several interviews, she decided to become a licensed insurance agent and accepted the position. That was almost 15 years ago, and she has been working in the industry ever since. “Understanding insurance is a process that never seems to end. Learning more about the policies, state regulations and ever-changing technology is a full-time endeavor, but a challenge I truly enjoy,” she says.
When she first started working as an agent, she specialized in flood insurance, but her specialty has broadened significantly. As the vice president of operations, she does walk-ins, phone calls, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and scheduling. She continues to assist the clients she’s acquired over the years and helps when other agents are dealing with difficult situations. She’s willing to take on unusual scenarios, and she enjoys resolving whatever problems come her way.
She has a bachelor’s degree in education from UCSD, as well as a CISR designation, and is working toward her CIC designation.
Vice President, Compliance
Juliette Burke
Jeff Arricale
Chief Financial Officer
Through leadership, approachability and expert knowledge of the finance industry and corresponding consumer trends, Jordan Mutton has led award-winning, high-performing teams, continually exceeding benchmarks. Building relationships is core to Jordan’s values, a skillset that has positioned him as a key leader within the industry.
Head of Inside Sales
Jordan Mutton
Brown & Riding is one of the nation’s largest wholesale insurance brokerages with over 330 professionals in 19 locations across the United States, writing over $1.5 billion in annual premiums. Brown & Riding specialists have been helping retailers find the best options for their insured clients for over 40 years.
The company provides a fully diversified array of products and services in the excess and surplus lines marketplace and is organized by expertise rather than territory, giving retailers the best collective efforts, knowledge, and relationships of the entire firm. Brown & Riding has also developed 17 specialty practice areas, including construction, environmental, transportation, healthcare, technology, workers’ compensation, and more to further address the unique needs and requirements retailers face with their insureds.
Brown & Riding is the first ever wholesale insurance brokerage in the US to achieve ISO 9001 certification, an internationally recognized quality certification that the firm has held for 20 years. The company also continues to receive serial recognition of numerous industry awards, including Largest P&C Wholesalers in the US, 5-Star Wholesale Brokers, Best Places to Work in Insurance, and Top Insurance Employers.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
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
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
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
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
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
