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Bill is the Senior Vice President, Executive Perils for The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers team. He brings over 35 years of Commercial Lines and Product Line experience,
and joined The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in 2021. Bill spent his first ten years with Chubb’s Executive Protection Department, underwriting and managing various departments around the country. He joined the Aon Financial Services Group and was an EVP and team leader for ten years. He worked closely with clients in the Entertainment, manufacturing, biotechnology, financial institution and Technology industries, as well as companies going through IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, reverse mergers, bankruptcies, and other complicated transactions.
Bill then founded the Management Liability Practice for USI Insurance, before joining Wells Fargo Insurance to run their West Region for their Management Liability Practice and four of their insurance brokerage offices. Most recently, Bill was the Chief Operating Officer and a producer for a private equity-owned insurance brokerage in Southern California, and a National Director for a national brokerage’s Management Liability Practice, as well as running the entire West Region.
Bill brings a wealth of underwriting, brokerage, and client advocacy experience to our clients. Having worked with all lines of insurance, Bill also understands how to craft a placement that fits neatly with the rest of the Property & Casualty program to create a better Enterprise Risk approach.
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As one of Liberty’s Practice Group Leaders, Bill has specialized experience in the industry.
Contact Bill for more information about how Liberty can help your business.
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers is an independently owned insurance broker handling the commercial, personal and employee benefits insurance needs of businesses, non-profits, and individuals for more than 36 years. The company was founded in 1987 by our Chairman and CEO, Bill Johnson, who currently leads the firm along with our President, Jerry Pickett.
Licensed to operate in all 50 states, Liberty has grown consistently and, in recent years, exponentially by attracting talented and entrepreneurial people into an energetic and collaborative culture which focuses on our team’s happiness, well-being, and growth. Liberty has expanded nationally by partnering with agency owners and experienced producers who fit our culture, are driven by our mission of Promoting Peace of Mind with Great Care and demonstrate our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Caring, Kindness, Fairness, Teamwork, Good Feelings and Fun!
Liberty has consistently been recognized as one of the most dynamic, fastest growing companies as well as one of the best places to work in the insurance industry, including being recognized as the #1 Fastest Growing Privately Held Insurance Broker in the U.S. over the past four year by the Hales Report.
Liberty is not your typical insurance broker: We are a culture-first organization, and believe “If you put people first, good business will follow.” We are very collaborative, creative, entrepreneurial, and wellness-focused. We believe that the true Wealth of our Organization is dependent upon the Holistic Health of each member. We can serve our clients most powerfully when we are at our best mentally, physically, and spiritually. To that end, our goal is to clear the path of political and administrative distractions so our team members can focus on their Highest And Best Use (HABU), which is what they love to do, what they do best, and therefore, is best for all of us.
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