Risk Strategies Hires Alternative Risk Expert Brad Gabbard

Risk Strategies recently appointed healthcare industry veteran Brad W. Gabbard, CPCU, as a senior vice president of its national healthcare practice.

Mr. Gabbard brings with him significant experience in developing and administering alternative risk financing vehicles, such as self-insurance trusts, captive insurance companies, risk retention groups, and high deductible programs.

Most recently, Mr. Gabbard was an executive vice president and healthcare practice leader for Willis Towers Watson's Columbus, Ohio, office. His experience also includes 9 years at Aon Risk Services, Inc., focused on the healthcare industry, and time as a medical professional liability underwriter with General Electric's Employers Reinsurance Corporation, one of GE's largest businesses at the time and one of the world's largest reinsurers.

Bob Dubraski, Risk Strategies' national healthcare practice leader, said, "Brad is one of the top healthcare specialists in the business, and we are absolutely thrilled that he has decided to join our team."

Recognized as one of the leading healthcare brokers in the country, Mr. Gabbard has worked with dozens of captives and some of the country's largest acute facilities and hospital systems.

Mr. Gabbard said, "Being part of a firm built on industry specialization and joining a truly national, client-focused healthcare team that collaborates to deliver value across all areas of risk is exactly what I was looking for to best serve healthcare clients throughout the country."