People Moves: BKS Partners Adds Pollock; Beecher Carlson Promotes Golub
BKS Partners
Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, LLC (“BKS Partners”), an indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, Inc. (“BRP Group”) (NASDAQ: BRP), an insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla. has added John Pollock as Managing Advisor in their Southwest Florida market.
Pollock joins BKS Partners with 30+ years in the insurance industry. Most recently, he served as Executive Regional Insurance President at BB&T/McGriff. In his previous roles, he managed large books of business, focused on recruiting and hiring producers, and led successful sales teams. Pollock served as President of Oswald Trippe and Company where he managed all sales locations and helped drive revenue growth before selling to BB&T in 2009.
As Managing Advisor with experience managing large-scale sales teams, Pollock will work directly with the sales and leadership team to develop and recruit new advisors and mentor those joining the organization.
Pollock operates out of BKS’ Southwest Florida market, which offers Commercial Risk Management, Employee Benefits, and Private Risk Management insurance solutions.
Beecher Carlson
Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, LLC (“Beecher Carlson”), that Andrew Golub will take on the newly formed role of Chief Innovation and Analytics Officer. He will report to Beecher Carlson’s Chief Executive Officer, Joe Siech, in this new role.
Included in Golub’s responsibilities will be identifying areas of growth within existing and targeted classes of business, leading the development of service offerings and/or insurance products to stay ahead of developing client needs, and training Beecher Carlson teammates on the implementation of newly created products, services, analytical tools, and applications.
Prior to his role as Chief Innovation & Analytics Officer, Golub served as Chief Analytics Officer for Beecher Carlson, leading his team in the development of quantitative, data-driven tools to help clients make informed decisions related to risk. He has more than 14 years of experience in the fields of commercial insurance and risk management analytics.