Meet Teresa Cazares, Managing Director of Executive Liability at Brown & Brown RS Insurance Services. Teresa has been recognized as a 2024 Latino Achiever by ASPIRA of New York, the leading provider of educational and leadership development opportunities for Latino youth.
Congratulations, Teresa, on this outstanding achievement! We appreciate your invaluable contributions to our team.
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It was an honor to have worked with Preetish Nijhawan and an even greater honor to have known him.
Preetish was the first one to truly believe in StackShare. We met in 2016 when I was fundraising. A small handful of investors wanted to be a part of the round but no one wanted to lead. Then Jocelyn Goldfein introduced me to Preetish and Neeraj Gupta and everything changed. Cervin ended up leading StackShare's seed round and investing $1M. It's hard to overstate how important that was for the company. Not only was it the largest investment we'd received, but at the time, being able to raise $1M+ as an unproven founder with no experience was extremely rare. Add to that, StackShare was focused on building a community so it wasn't the typical enterprise software company that Cervin invests in. In so many ways, Preetish made a huge bet on me.
Preetish joined StackShare's board as part of the seed round, and over the years he coached me and helped me learn how to run a company. And more importantly, he did it with compassion. Because he had been a founder himself, it always felt like he understood exactly what I was going through and the true weight of the decisions that I faced. I've said this before, but a lot of investors say that they're founder friendly, while few actually are. Preetish was one of the few. He showed me some tough love but he was always fair and gave it to me straight, and I respected him tremendously for that.
The level of dedication and compassion Preetish showed for founders was incredible. It didn't matter what time of day or what was going on in his own life, he always made my company a priority. Whether it was hopping on a quick call at 3am to give me advice or signing documents on the way back from a doctor's visit. There are countless stories I could tell from the 9+ years I knew Preetish that show how dedicated he was to supporting me, so I can't imagine how many other founders he's impacted throughout his career.
Preetish, thank you for changing the lives of so many founders, including mine.
It is with immense sadness that we share the passing of our co-founder, Preetish Nijhawan, this weekend.
Preetish's leadership and dedication were instrumental in shaping Cervin Ventures and the many portfolio companies he touched. His absence will be deeply felt by all of us.
Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with Preetish's family. Thank you for your understanding and support during this difficult time.
cc: Neeraj Gupta, Shirish Sathaye, Preetish Nijhawan, Daniel Karp, Scott Brown, Taylor Oliver, Courtney McKee, CPA, McKayla Nevins, Madison Steele
Empowering Leadership in the Insurance Sector!
Dive into the inspiring highlights from our CEO, Mr. Avraam Pekris's speech, where he unfolds the essence of becoming an impactful leader under the powerful theme, 'Be a Leader of Impact.'
A global view (from Scotland) of a modern mutual
Last week, ICMIF was invited to present to the senior leadership team at one of our UK members, around how fellow mutual and cooperative insurers from around the world were communicating the value of mutuality.
This is a presentation I have delivered a number of times, and each time the content seems to resonate with the audience of senior mutual leaders.
It’s always an incredible privilege to showcase some of the inspirational best-practice from across ICMIF’s global network, on how they are transforming into modern mutual organisation and how mutuality acts as an enabler of their purpose-led strategy.
Pictured: the October sun (yes, it does sometimes show itself in the UK!) setting over the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
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Gallagher Canada CEO Dave Partington has taken on the additional responsibility of leading the Gallagher businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Partington will continue to lead all three regions, with the implementation of several new leadership changes for Canada effective July 1.
It was such an amazing session. Where I felt part of a team and engaged by caring leadership Cyntressa Dickey brings such energy and all the good vibes.
My takeaways
✅ how to reflect and react to feedback with grace
✅ the importance of understanding your values to help define your purpose
✅ taking time to pause and reflect.
It was so good to hear from our leadership, and to be inspired.
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In honour of the kids going back to school here in the UK (cue in-unison sigh of relief from parents), we're launching our Back To School series, in which we seek valuable insights from our senior leadership team on the things they've learned, both in the current roles and along the way.
First up, is Nadia de Wet, our newly appointed Chief Operating Officer. In this short article she offers her thoughts on how to achieve greater operational efficiency within your insurance business.
https://lnkd.in/ekDP23dv#insurance#operationalefficiency#backtoschool#insurtech#operations
Associate General Counsel - SiriusPoint
2moKudos, Teresa.