Public Entity Risk Manager Marcus Beverly Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Vice President

Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) April 30, 2014

Alliant Insurance Services (http://www.alliant.com), the nation's largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that Marcus Beverly has joined the company's Public Entity Group as Vice President. Beverly will work closely with Alliant's extensive roster of public entity clients to develop risk management programs that reduce claims and yield significant cost savings.

With 25 years of experience in claims, risk management, and insurance, Beverly specializes in serving joint powers authority (JPA) risk pools and has worked with a breadth of public entities, including cities, counties, school districts, and special districts.

"Marcus has extensive experience setting strategic objectives and overseeing sophisticated risk control programs for public entities in a wide array of locations and disciplines," said Daniel Howell, Managing Director, Public Entity Group. "He has consistently delivered cutting-edge programs that reduce claims and save clients and pool members millions of dollars each year."

Beverly will be sharing his public entity risk management expertise as a presenter on June 10 at the 2014 Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) Conference in Long Beach, CA. His presentation, entitled "Choosing Your SIR – It's More Than a Number," will evaluate the quantitative and emotional criteria involved in selecting a self-insured retention (SIR) and will include financial benchmarks, case studies, and interactive workshops.

Beverly holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing and Bachelor of Arts in industrial psychology from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. He is a former Vice President of the Public Agency Risk Managers Association (PARMA) and a highly regarded conference speaker throughout the industry.

He will be based in the Sacramento, CA office of Alliant.

About Alliant Insurance Services

Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States and has a history dating back to 1925. Alliant provides property and casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to more than 26,000 clients nationwide, including public entities, tribal nations, healthcare, energy, law firms, real estate, construction, and other industry groups. More information is available on the company's web site at: http://www.alliant.com.

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