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Insurance Industry Veteran Joins Allied North America as Sr. Vice President of Florida Office
Allied taps local insurance industry veteran to quickly grab major share of Florida market
10/1/2006
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Allied North America, a leading risk and insurance brokerage firm for the construction industry, has appointed Jose L. Rodriguez as Sr. Vice President of Allied North America of Florida. Jose will utilize his many years of risk management experience to advise potential and existing clients.
With an insurance career that spans all facets of the industry, Jose L. Rodriguez brings more than three decades of professional experience and proven leadership skills to his position as Senior Vice President of Allied North America of Florida. Charged with building this recently opened Florida office into the state’s leading construction insurance firm, Jose leverages both his in-depth industry knowledge and fluency in Spanish to help capture the overseas contractor market.
"We could not have asked for better leadership to build Allied’s business in the Florida region,” states Bill Marino, Chairman and CEO of Allied North America. “Jose’s background and experience will prove to be important tools in making Allied North America Florida’s leading construction insurance firm.”
A recognized expert in workers’ compensation programs for contractors, Rodriguez not only initiated and administered a Workers Compensation Self-Insurance Fund, he also spent nearly 20 years’ holding positions of increasing responsibility at leading insurance brokerage and underwriting firms, after serving as a risk manager at a multi-national telecommunications company.
“I am tremendously excited to be given the challenge of making Allied North America into the preeminent construction insurance agency in Florida”, states Rodriguez. "Allied has already proven itself to be the best in the industry, so I don’t anticipate a long duration before we are recognized as the number one agency in Florida.”
Mr. Rodriguez holds an MBA in Finance from Pace University and a Bachelor’s from St. John’s University. He is a licensed Florida Property/Casualty Insurance Broker.
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