GREENWICH, CT, February 14, 2018 – Ross & Yerger, an employee-owned insurance agency that provides property and casualty, personal lines and employee benefit insurance products, has selected RiskMatch, a subsidiary of Vertafore, for data and analytics. The agency plans to leverage the patented digital technology to enhance service to clients in multiple industry sectors, expand insurer relationships and drive innovation transactional efficiency.
“All colleagues at Ross & Yerger have a passion for excellence in the work we do on behalf of our clients every day,” said Dudley D. Wooley, CEO/COO, Ross & Yerger. “The RiskMatch platform will enhance the collaborative work engaging colleagues across our organization to solve our clients’ critical risk management challenges and create new solutions that contribute to their success. It also will help us develop and expand our relationships with insurers in ways that will translate to greater value for clients and faster responses to their unique and specialized coverage needs.”
“We’re delighted that Ross & Yerger is among the growing number of firms now using the RiskMatch platform,” said Kabir Syed, senior vice president of Intelligence Solutions, Vertafore. “We share their commitment to excellence and are confident they will quickly leverage the platform’s various capabilities to deliver timely solutions to client needs that result from dynamic collaboration, enhanced insurance market relationships and greater transactional efficiency.”
RiskMatch provides insurance portfolio management and placement support services to insurance brokers and insurers. The largest platform of its kind, RiskMatch provides analytics and related support services for $25 billion in annual commercial property and casualty insurance premium placed by insurance brokers throughout the U.S.
About Ross & Yerger
Ross & Yerger, headquartered in Jackson, MS., was established in 1860 and is one of the largest independent, privately-held insurance agencies in the Southeast. Our firm is 100 percent employee-owned, which allows all employees to participate in the profits of the agency and creates a family environment where we all have one unified goal. Currently, the agency employs 116 dedicated professionals in four locations including Jackson, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and New Orleans, Louisiana. As a niche-focused agency, the business acumen is unrivaled with industry expertise in the areas of Financial Institutions, Oil & Gas Services, Healthcare, Nonprofits, Property Management, Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation, Personal Lines and Employee Benefits. The firm helps clients know the possibilities, and is committed to the communities it serves, cultivating a future of hope, prosperity and security. For more about Ross & Yerger, visit www.rossandyerger.com
About RiskMatch
A wholly owned subsidiary of Vertafore, RiskMatch is an analytics firm that delivers a suite of web-based solutions for insurance brokers and underwriters throughout the U.S. Its patented platform delivers an array of portfolio management, analytic and data management services designed to enable brokers and underwriters to enhance performance, reduce costs, facilitate growth, and improve their client service capabilities. For more information, visit http://www.riskmatch.com./.