For Immediate Release

Eva Wagner Joins B&R as Prelude to New Division Launch

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (DATE) - Eva S. Wagner, a specialist in casualty and energy risks, with more than 16 years in the business, has signed-on as Associate Broker with Brown & Riding Insurance Services, the LA-based insurance wholesaler which celebrated its 20th anniversary in year 2000.

It is anticipated that Wagner, now serving within B&R’s Financial Services Division, will play a prominent role in the company’s new Energy Division, expected to open for business in February 2001.  Wagner’s background is uniquely suited to fulfill this posting.

After her entry into the industry in 1984, as a data entry clerk for a surplus lines program administrator, Wagner charted a deliberate and dynamic career course. In the mid and later 1980s, Wagner transitioned from technical positions to an underwriter slot in the Ocean Marine Division at the Royal Insurance Company. In 1992, primarily handling casualty and energy lines, Wagner took on her first assignment as an underwriter with AIG, where she promptly surpassed her year-one goals by 180%.

Immediately prior to her recruitment to B&R, Wagner served as Marketing Executive with International Facilities Insurance Services where she developed further expertise in oilfield and energy risks.

It is Wagner’s cross-credentials in the casualty and energy fields that appealed to that B&R recruiter with final say, President Chris Brown. “We were laying plans for the Energy division when we learned that Eva might be available,” explains Brown. “And even though we were a couple of months out on division launch, we knew she would be a perfect fit for a leadership role.” He concludes, “Eva brings to the team an expertise made to order for current and future business.”

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