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Bill Baldwin founded Baldwin Resource Group (BRG) in July of 1998, following a 25-year career as a successful entrepreneur and insurance industry executive. The company originally started as a consulting practice in response to the regional business community’s expressed frustration with the inability to find professional service providers who could offer broader business and enterprise solutions, in addition to conventional insurance brokerage services. The focus was, and remains, on providing clients with the tools necessary to assist them in growing their companies, protecting their assets and planning for the future.
In November 1998, John Campbell joined the BRG team following a successful career spanning both public and private accounting engagements. John merged his consulting practice into BRG and assumed responsibility for building the consulting service model. The practice currently consists of a broad mix of consultants with expertise in Mergers and Acquisitions, Human Resources, Consulting, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning and Strategic Advisory Services.
BRG has grown through the acquisition of two long-standing regional property and casualty insurance brokerage firms. Moloney & Associates (established April 1976) was acquired in December 1999, followed in January 2000 by the addition of the Bostick-Monarch agency (established July 1972). With a combined 51 years of experience serving Puget Sound clients, these acquisitions gave BRG access to strong, long-term relationships and a broad-based insurance brokerage platform to better serve both businesses and individuals.
BRG added a Risk Management practice in May 2002 when Dennis Roarke joined the company, followed by Don Jenkins in April 2004. Both Dennis and Don enjoyed very successful careers with national insurance and risk management firms, including Johnson & Higgins and Marsh, USA, with a focus on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Through their collective leadership, BRG’s ERM team consists of a network of professionals offering a variety of services ranging from RFP process management to forensic accounting.
A benchmark event for BRG occurred in December 2005 when Bill Meacham and Gus Kiss merged their firm, The Meacham Group, with BRG. This merger brought one of the longest standing and most respected employee benefit, life and financial service firms in the Puget Sound region to BRG.
In its ten-year history, BRG has built a very successful business model that resonates with the expressed needs of local, regional and national businesses, as well as with individuals. We differentiate ourselves by offering our clients advice and access to resources in the Consulting, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance arena. This business model allows BRG to attract outstanding employees with broad perspectives and skill sets.
Executive Profiles
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Bill Baldwin, CEO
Bill Baldwin is the principal founder and CEO of BRG. He has held a variety of positions, but primarily has been active in the insurance industry for 30 years with a focus on commercial property and liability insurance. In addition to BRG, Bill founded and managed two successful commercial insurance brokerage agencies and has served as the President of Washington Institute for Policy Studies, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of free enterprise and the family-friendly workplace. Continuing his interest in public policy, Bill actively serves on boards and committees of education and public policy. In addition to his work involving enterprise risk management and insurance, Bill provides strategic advisory consulting services in the areas of business development and mergers and acquisitions for professional service firms. |
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Mike Gano, President
Mike is the President of BRG and has been in the insurance industry for more than 27 years. He began his insurance career in 1980 with Wausau Insurance Co. and has since held several production and senior leadership positions with international and regional insurance brokerage firms. Mike spent 20 years with two of the largest international firms, Sedgwick and Willis, in Portland and Seattle. In 1997, Mike took over as the CEO for Willis of Washington (Seattle) and followed that as Managing Director for Willis' National Structured Risk practice group. Prior to joining BRG, Mike was the president of a large regional brokerage firm. He majored in sociology at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, and has his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. Mike has participated in numerous civic and industry board positions over the years, and is currently involved with Seattle Rotary #4 and the Eastside Business Roundtable. |
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John Campbell
Executive Vice President, Consulting
John Campbell leads BRG's consulting practice and has more than 29 years experience in the business and as a consultant to industry. With a Certified Management Consultant designation, his work covers many areas of strategic advisory services, such as corporate strategic plan development, new venture feasibility studies, mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, enterprise information systems, operations improvement and litigation support. |
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Carol Danell
Manager, Commercial Lines
Carol L. Danell has worked in the insurance industry for 30 years. Her background includes working with exclusive Lloyds of London contracts for program business and difficult-to-place accounts. She worked for six months in London to complete the Lloyds of London’s broker training program. Carol has also worked as an underwriting manager, specializing in risk management for Fortune 500 accounts. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola Chicago and attended insurance university at Drake College, Iowa, for one year. She is a Certified Insurance Counselor, Insurance Institute of America graduate. |
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Don Jenkins
Executive Vice President
Don Jenkins oversees BRG's insurance division and overall business development practice. He also provides risk management, consulting, and insurance brokerage for a wide variety of businesses. He has worked in risk management and insurance for more than 30 years and has served clients in the manufacturing, transportation, technology, construction, and retail sectors. |
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Elke Mazza
Manager, Personal Lines
Elke Mazza's 25+ year insurance background includes sales and service of
personal insurance focusing on larger more complex accounts. Her focus in recent years has been in the area of operations and management. Elke has maintained a CIC designation (Certified Insurance Counselor) since 1991. |
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Bill Meacham
Executive Vice President, Benefits
Bill Meacham, principal and founder of The Meacham Group, is a Life member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He has earned the National Quality Award and the Leading Producers Round Table Recognition for Disability and Health Insurance. He is past president of the Washington Association of Health Underwriters and is member of the National Association of Health Underwriters and the International Foundation of Employee Benefits. He has served on the board of the Association of Washington Business for eight years, including on the Health Care Committee. He has worked for many years with members of the Legislature in Olympia and members of Congress in Washington, DC, on life and health insurance issues that benefit employers and employees in our state. He also served on the state Insurance Commissioners’ agents advisory board. He attended Olympic College and Washington State University and served in the Marine Corps Reserve. |
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