Jeff Grange has been named president of Tampa Programs, part of Brown & Brown National Programs, which includes the Dental Protector Plan, Lawyers Protector Plan, Protector Plans for optometrists and physicians, and other professional insurance solutions. National Programs is composed of 29 MGAs and PAs offering 65 insurance markets, including small business, forestry, special events, professional liability, municipalities and educational institutions.
“We are delighted to welcome Jeff as a valued leader of our Tampa group,” says Chris Walker, president of Brown & Brown National Programs. “He’ll be a significant contributor in the coming years to our National Programs team.”
With more than 30 years of industry experience, Grange is a leading executive in management and professional liability, including directors and officers, professional liability, cyber liability, media liability, trade credit, surety, healthcare, financial institutions and aviation. His work has been published in Bank Director, American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Section, The John Liner Review and The Fordham Law Review on subjects such as corporate governance, operational risk, employee crime, unauthorized (rogue) trading, and cyber crime and infrastructure protection.
Most recently, Grange was the executive vice president of U.S. operations for Argo Group. His responsibilities included claims, Argo Insurance, Rockwood Casualty Insurance Co., Argo Pro, Argo Cyber, Argo Primary Casualty and Argo Excess Casualty business units.
From 2013 to 2019 Grange was president of specialty and commercial insurance for QBE North America as well as the global head of Trade Credit & Surety. Prior to QBE, he was chairman of the group underwriting committee and global practice leader for management and professional liability at Torus Insurance. He also spent 20 years with the Chubb Group, where he held various global senior management roles. Grange is on the North American Board of Advisors for Catalyst, a global nonprofit working to help build workplaces that work for women.
“Grange replaces Susan Heath as president of the Tampa group. “Susan is retiring after an amazing 23-year career at Brown & Brown,” adds Walker. “She has left a mark in Tampa Programs that will forever be admired and respected.”
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National Programs, a division of Brown & Brown, is composed of 29 MGAs and PAs operating in personal, commercial, specialty, professional liability and public entity segments. With 30 carrier relationships and a network of 25,000 distribution partners, the collaborative group offers 65 insurance programs.
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