LEESBURG, Va. – Armfield, Harrison & Thomas, LLC (“AHT Insurance”), an indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, Inc. (“BRP Group” or the “Company”) announced the addition of Michael Wright to the leadership team as Managing Director of AHT Insurance’s Employee Benefits Group.
As Managing Director, Michael will lead and manage the Employee Benefits business segment to ensure client satisfaction and firm profitability, as well as to advance planning, organizing, staffing, operational, and business development activities for AHT Insurance.
Michael’s 23 years of deep employee benefits experience and relationship network will fortify AHT Insurance’s business and enable him to further anticipate the needs of AHT Insurance’s clients and prospects, vendor partners, and internal colleagues.
Prior to joining AHT Insurance, Michael held high-level management, service, and sales positions with other large leading national brokers. For the past few years, Michael supported the growth model of Risk Strategies, a leading insurance broker in the NY Metro Region. During the 10 years before that, Michael was the main architect in creating the national structure for Gallagher’s client service platform and has developed and directed a start-up benefit consulting firm.
“We are excited to bring Michael’s significant employee benefits experience and industry relationships to AHT Insurance for the benefit of our clients and colleagues,” said David Schaefer, Regional President of AHT Insurance. “His client-first approach, effective leadership, and focus on empowering his team of dynamic professionals to provide best-in-class services and solutions will help drive continued success for clients and our firm.”
Michael Wright, newly appointed Managing Director of AHT’s Employee Benefit’s Group added, “The Employee Benefit business has always been a relationship business. The undeniable bedrock for establishing great client relationships are our dedicated colleagues. The more an organization can accommodate, educate, remedy challenges, motivate, and foster personal growth, the more our talent can focus on building important relationships and providing trustworthy solutions. I look forward to serving AHT Insurance clients, helping AHT strengthen their client-centric model while empowering an amazing team to cultivate even stronger client bonds.”