After a brief leave of abscense here on AR, it is good to be back.  In August of last year I was asked by my then employer to stop blogging, as is common with many fortune 50 size companies.   I have taken a different direction with my career and have been presented an opportunity to enter into an entirely different sector of the market.  

I am proud to announce my recent appointment as Underwriter of Financial Institutions in the National Specialty Programs unit of All Risks, LTD. 

All Risks, Ltd. was formed as an excess and surplus lines facility in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. They have since expanded into additional territories and product lines over the past 40 years.  All Risks business is written exclusively through retail agents and brokers. They are independent. All Risks has been the fastest growing, and one of the largest privately held wholesale brokers in the country for over 10 years.

As Underwriter, I am responsible for developing the Financial Institution programs such as the REO and Lender Placed Insurance services as well as developing new markets.  

More exciting than my new career path, though,  is being able to be part of such a wonderful and embracing community such as Active Rain once again.   I have missed those countless hours of commenting and blogging.   Sharing information that is useful to other's careers  is extremely rwarding time spent.  

I look forward to the differnce that my contributions make as well as the difference that all of this community's contributions will make in my career.