Don Parkes Brings Years of Industry Experience and Leadership to Support Advisen Growth and Customer Momentum

Advisen, Ltd., the leading provider of technology and data to the global commercial insurance industry, today announced Don Parkes as Vice President, Western Region. Parkes will be responsible for managing Advisen’s expanding business along the west coast and across the entire mountain west region.

Parkes has 15 years of experience in insurance and related fields focusing on catastrophe risk management, product management and underwriting operations. Most recently Don was Senior Vice President of Underwriting Operations for ICAT, LLC where he was responsible for ICAT's commercial and residential property catastrophe products. Prior to ICAT, he was the Vice President of Global Sales for Risk Management Solutions, Inc.

“With his specific domain experience in the insurance technology field, Don is a great fit for Advisen and the perfect candidate to grow out a regional business that is showing huge potential for Advisen,” said Jack Davis, Managing Principal of Advisen. “We’re very excited about what he brings to the table from both a technology and sales management perspective and will look to him as a vital part of the team as we move forward.”

The Advisen platform remains the only on-demand platform that integrates analysis tools, software applications and data developed specifically for the global insurance business. Advisen technology enables risk managers, brokers and underwriters to leverage technology and proprietary data to provide strategic insight by creating new analytics, offering intelligence on the markets’ behavior, and leveling the playing field between sellers and buyers of commercial insurance.

“The industry is approaching a technology inflection point. We are now beginning to see mainstream adoption of insurance-focused information, analytics and workflow systems and are witnessing the positive transformative effects systems like Advisen 6.0 are having on the market,” said Parkes. “Indeed, this is an exciting time to join the Advisen team and I look forward to helping the company execute its vision for the future, and in doing so, change the way insurance professionals do business.”

About Advisen

Advisen, Ltd. equals success for insurance professionals, driving growth and profitability through the broadest platform of analytics and information services. Designed and evolved by risk and insurance experts, and used daily by more than 100,000 professionals, Advisen combines the industry’s deepest data sets with proprietary analytics and applications that drive the risk and insurance lifecycle. Advisen is headquartered in New York with offices in London. For more information, visit www.advisen.com or call 212-897-4800.

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