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Aaron Shapiro Joins Advisen Ltd. to Direct Risk Management Business Segment
(New York, August 11, 2009)
Advisen Ltd. announced the appointment of Aaron Shapiro who will direct the Risk Management business segment effective August 3.
Mr. Shapiro will drive Advisen’s efforts to enhance its data and analytic offerings for Risk Managers. These tools will cater to the needs of Risk Managers which are unmet in today’s RMIS and broker systems. The addition of Mr. Shapiro reinforces Advisen’s commitment to enhancing the collaborative efforts between Risk Managers and their Brokers and thereby reducing the total cost of risk within the insured organization.
Commenting on the appointment, Advisen’s CEO Tom Ruggieri said, "Advisen is fortunate to have an exceptional professional like Aaron Shapiro as an addition to our leadership. He is a perfect fit to work with our team of insurance experts which includes David Bradford, Glenn Trutner, Nancy Brady, Jim Blinn and Becki Shafer. Our clients will benefit greatly from Aaron’s keen understanding of the complex business needs of Risk Managers and his knowledge of contemporary technology. Advisen has successfully built and maintained datasets and systems widely used by brokers, underwriters and risk managers. We see the Risk Manager as the heart of the marketplace, and we have a strategic plan drafted to take our Risk Management services to the next step. Aaron has a successful history in all of the relevant roles including leadership of software product design, software development-life-cycle, software sales, account/client management and marketing, so we are excited to have him lead this effort.”
Mr. Shapiro has spent the past 13 years addressing the technology needs of Risk Managers, Claims Professionals, Brokers and Carriers. Prior to Joining Advisen, Aaron worked at CS STARS, a software and services company owned by Marsh Inc., where he was most recently Executive Director of Product Management. In this role, Aaron served as a member of CS STAR’s executive management committee and reported directly to the President. He provided leadership to business analysts, developers and Quality Assurance engineers and focused on multiple core applications as well as custom software development in multiple cities and countries around the globe.
Reach Aaron Shapiro in New York at ashapiro@advisen.com
About Advisen
Advisen collects and integrates insurance market data and business information for the commercial insurance industry. Advisen also maintains critical risk analytics and time-saving workflow tools for over 530 leading industry firms. Advisen’s specialty is assembling unique insurance market data and creating analytical tools that are too costly for individual insurance entities and purchasers to build and maintain. Over 100,000 professionals rely on Advisen to deliver insights into risk and insurance issues not available from any other source. Advisen is headquartered in New York with offices in London; Kennett Square, PA; and the Philippines.
Visit www.advisen.com or http://corner.advisen.com to learn more about Advisen’s other services for risk managers, brokers, underwriters, lawyers and other commercial insurance professionals.