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Driving Success: How Renee McFadden Supports Brokers at Distinguished

Distinguished is committed to ensuring the success of our brokers. In our Real Estate & Hospitality Umbrella insurance division, a team of seasoned experts stands ready to assist you. Hear what Renee McFadden, one of our Umbrella Regional Sales Executives, has to say about how she helps Distinguished brokers build their book of business in…

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Q&A with Rich Kearns

Responsible for overall technology strategy at Distinguished Group, Rich Kearns brings more than 20 years of experience implementing and managing technology in the insurance industry. Rich plays a vital role making sure our systems and technology keep us running efficiently—we simply couldn’t operate without him! Hear directly from Rich on what he values most about…

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Q&A with Andre Piazza

With more than 30 years of experience in finance, accounting, and human resources in both public and private organizations, Andre Piazza lives and breathes numbers. And, as one of Distinguished’s veteran employees, Andre has watched and helped our organization grow from a startup trying to find its niche to one of the leading national insurance…

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Q&A with Helen English

Helen English is President of Distinguished’s Express Division, which focuses on fast, accurate online processing of real estate and hospitality accounts. As one of the company’s veteran employees, Helen’s experience across all areas of our business, along with her leadership, enthusiasm, and thirst for knowledge are truly inspiring to her team and have helped shape…

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From Strategy Sessions to Craft Brews, a Successful Summit for the Distinguished Speciality Team!

From Nov. 9 to 11, the newly minted Distinguished Specialty sales and program managers came together for the first time as a team for a sales summit. We spent time getting to know each other, learning about the various programs Distinguished Specialty has to offer—including new products that have been added to the fold with…

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Week in China

Last week, Distinguished LLC CEO Jeremy Hitzig and Distinguished Specialty  President Brooks Chase spent the week in China visiting our colleagues at Resource Pro, a subsidiary of Distinguished that supports our retail and wholesale insurance business model through back office processing functions. After a highly productive week, Jeremy and Brooks got to spend some time…

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Cocktails with Class

On Saturday, Nov. 7th, a group of Distinguished employees had the privilege of attending Cocktails with Class in Denver, Colorado. The event benefits the children of Morgridge Academy, a free, Colorado Department of Education-approved facility school that serves children in kindergarten through 8th grade who have been diagnosed with a chronic illness.

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Welcome Michele Hamill!

We’re excited to welcome our new SVP of Talent Development, Michele Hamill, to the Distinguished family! Just a month into her new job, Michele shares a little bit about herself and what her role at Distinguished will entail. Q: What are some of your passions outside of work? MH: I am very passionate about trying…

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Distinguished Programs Named One of the “Best Places to Work in Insurance!”

We are honored and excited to report that Distinguished Programs has been named as one of the best places to work in the insurance industry! (We already knew that, but we’re glad other people get it now too!)

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Did You Miss Us? Now Available: The Redesigned Broker Portal Help Session

We’d like to thank those of you who joined us for our help sessions. We hope that you found the information valuable and we encourage you to jump in and use the portal to submit and bind business.  For those of you who missed the help sessions, or are simply interested in taking a peek…

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Sabbatical in Spain

One of the unique benefits of working for Distinguished is our sabbatical program. Employees who have worked with the company for 7 years are eligible for 1 month of paid leave to completely disconnect and drop off the grid to do whatever they choose: relax, travel, pursue a hobby, take a course, the possibilities are…

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