SterlingRisk Appoints Northeast Private Client Practice Leader in New York

SterlingRisk, a national insurance brokerage based in Woodbury, N.Y., announced that Ben Phillips has joined the firm as the Northeast private client practice leader.

Phillips joins SterlingRisk with over nine years of expertise in insurance, having spent the first six years of his career in various underwriting and sales management roles with Allied Insurance in the Midwest and Southeast. He also served as senior vice president of the private client division at Gallagher New York. Phillips will be spearheading the efforts to grow SterlingRisk’s private client group and will develop the Family Office Space client base.

Founded in 1932, SterlingRisk employs more than 210 insurance professionals, with offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Utah and California.