Group to Provide a Highly Specialized
Environmental Offering to Support Key Specialty Areas for JLT
JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), a US
subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), one of the
world’s leading Specialty-focused providers of insurance,
reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and
associated services, today announced the addition of an
environmental team. This group will provide environmental brokerage
and advisory services aligned to JLT Specialty USA’s key Specialty
areas, most notably energy, construction, environmental
professional, finance and aerospace.
The environmental team comprises of professionals with
significant experience running successful environmental-focused
risk management and consulting practices. The individuals appointed
to this team include:
- Greg Schilz, Executive Vice President
and JLT Specialty USA Environmental Leader;
- Michael McGinn, Senior Vice President;
and
- Jamin Valdez, Vice President.
The environmental team will be complemented by Cynthia Evanko
Olinger, PhD, who joins JLT Specialty USA as Senior Vice President
& Construction Professional Liability Leader. In this capacity
she works closely with the Environmental Practice as she leads
collaboration between the other JLT Specialty USA units.
“We are very excited to announce the formation of this
environmental team and are confident that our current and future
clients will benefit greatly from their decades of experience and
rich knowledge of the space,” said Mike Rice, CEO of JLT Specialty
USA. “With regulations like the new EPA standards for indoor air
quality, environmental liability is pervasive for any company with
a footprint in the U.S. or across the globe.”
Rice continued: “The individuals on the environmental team will
integrate seamlessly with our already well-established portfolio of
offerings as we constantly strive to provide the most comprehensive
insurance solutions for our clients. Greg is an ideal choice as
leader, having built his career on structuring innovative
environmental risk transfer solutions in property transactions,
construction, and litigation involving environmental issues by
utilizing environmental insurance. We are absolutely confident that
this team will take JLT Specialty USA to a truly exciting place,
and I look forward to working closely with each of them.”
Prior to joining JLT Specialty USA, Greg Schilz was a Managing
Director at Aon Risk Solutions since 2006, where he was the
national sales leader for the Aon Environmental Services Group and
managed the West Region Environmental Practice. From 2002 to 2006,
Schilz was a Partner at Breitstone & Co. Ltd., and Marsh where
he started his career in 1987. He managed the west region for both
firms and was responsible, nationwide, for designing and building
environmental insurance programs and analyzing environmental loss
exposures. Most recently he’s been working with PE firms with
innovative solutions to assist in the acquisition and or
disposition process. Schilz received a B.S. in Business
Administration from San Francisco State University.
Most recently, Michael McGinn was a Business Development
Director for ENTRIX (now part of Cardno) in Chicago and led
business development efforts targeting litigation, due diligence
and expert services targeting outside counsel and companies. Prior
to that he was Business Development Director at Navigant Consulting
in Chicago where he teamed with the Insurance & Claims and
Energy Practices. Previously McGinn was Managing Director at Marsh
where he founded their Midwest Environmental Practice and
ultimately grew that division in collaboration with other
verticals. He then assumed leadership of the Midwest Power &
Utility Practice. McGinn received a B.S. in Administration –
Finance from Villanova University.
Jamin Valdez comes to JLT Specialty USA having most recently
served as Account Executive at Aon Risk Solutions, since 2011.
Prior to that he led the Environmental/Pollution unit of D.L.D.
Insurance Brokers, Inc., from 2006 to 2011 and from 2004 to 2006
was a Risk Specialist for AIG Environmental. From 1998 to 2004
Valdez worked as an environmental professional, holding positions
as SECOR International Inc., (now part of Stantec Inc.), ATC &
Associated (now part of Cardno) and Applied Science and Technology,
Inc. Valdez holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering Technology
from Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie,
Michigan.
Cynthia Evanko Olinger, PhD, most recently served as a Director
with Aon Risk Services since 2004, where she specialized in
construction professional and pollution liability exposures and
insurance. Previously, she held senior-level consulting roles with
companies including Geosyntec Consultants and Risk Enterprise
Management, where she performed engineering evaluations and design,
project management, and technical and financial analysis of
environmental insurance claims. Olinger holds a Doctor of
Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering and M.S. in Civil
and Environmental Engineering, both from Carnegie Mellon
University, as well as a B.S. in Civil and Environmental
Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This announcement comes as JLT Specialty USA continues its
strategy in expanding its US capabilities around key Specialty
areas of energy, technology, construction, financial lines, credit,
political & security and aerospace.
JLT Specialty USA encourages any potential applicants who are
interested in rapidly developing their careers and becoming part of
its U.S. Specialty team to contact Andrew Love at 877-355-1232,
hiringusa@jltgroup.com or visit www.jlt.com.
About JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc.
JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. is the US platform of the
leading Specialty business advisory firm Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Group. Our experts have deep industry and product experience
serving leading US and global firms.
About Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is one of the world’s leading providers
of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice,
brokerage and associated services. JLT’s client proposition is
built upon its deep Specialist knowledge, client advocacy, tailored
advice and service excellence.
JLT is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and owns offices in
39 territories with more than 10,000 employees. Supported by the
JLT International Network, it offers risk management and employee
benefit solutions in 140 countries.
www.jlt.com
Note to Editors:
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regarding the financial position, business strategy or plans for
future operations of the Group. By their nature, forward looking
statements involve risk and uncertainty, relating to facts that are
beyond the company's ability to control, such as future market
conditions. Any such statements in this announcement speak only as
at the date of this announcement. The company does not assume any
obligation to, and does not intend to, revise or update these
forward looking statements except as required pursuant to
applicable law.
Burson-MarstellerJulia Friedman,
310-309-6603julia.friedman@bm.comorJLT Specialty Insurance Services
Inc.Ashely Deal, 310-266-9464ashely.deal@jltus.com
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