A Different Kind of Insurance Broker
When you become a part of the Risk Strategies family, you join a company that feels like home. Merging the best of your past, to create a thriving future, life at Risk Strategies is tailored to help you, your team, and your clients succeed at the next level.
Our M&A growth strategy is focused on people and specialty practices. We acquire firms with a unique and compelling value proposition and who share our values of culture and collaboration. We help companies continue to grow and deliver expertise through a broad and growing distribution platform.
When you join forces with Risk Strategies, the experience is different. Our core differentiators are unique and focus on:
- People Culture
- Specialization
- Integration not aggregation
- Resources
Opportunities Abound
As a growing insurance brokerage, intellectual capital and the expertise of our team is part of our core value proposition. Recruiting and retaining talent is a top priority. We have substantially grown our employee base in recent years welcoming many new employees through M&A. We are excited by the cultural fit and a shared passion of entrepreneurial collaboration.
People Culture
We have a strong people culture that makes Risk Strategies a destination workplace known for:
- Genuine collaboration that drives personal and organizational success
- A commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion
- Caring for the communities where we live and work through the Risk Strategies Charitable Foundation
- A suite of benefits and wellness programs to support you personally and professionally
We are also guided by a core set of values that are embedded in everything we do. We are proud to be recognized as a Best Places to Work in Insurance for five consecutive years.
At Risk Strategies, you will find a different kind of company where our employees thrive and prosper, deliver superior client experiences, and realize their potential.
"We’ve always treated our people like family. We wanted someone that would be fair to our employees and continue to treat them as we did. Making work life more like family life, not a daily grind. Risk Strategies really seemed to have that."
“Beyond just having additional resources to bear for clients and prospect engagements, being part of a collaborative, entrepreneurial company so focused on growth presented me with a real avenue to expand my horizon, create new opportunities, and think differently about what my career might look like.”
“The Risk Strategies culture and operational approach are rooted in specialization and collaboration, and because I came from that same mindset, joining up with Risk Strategies accelerated the best of what I and my people had to offer.”
Leadership
Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Officer
John Vaglica
Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Officer
As Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Officer of Accession Risk Management Group and its specialty operating companies, Risk Strategies and One80 Intermediaries, John focuses on all M&A activities, including debt financing, investor relations, and the company's overall capital structure. He has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance, accounting, and operations, with both public and private companies. His background is in insurance and high-tech medical device manufacturing specializing in operational assimilation, accounting, finance, M&A and private equity/venture capital financing.
John has been with the company for over 18 years serving in a variety of roles including CFO. Previously, he was responsible for HR, IT, and Administration.
Prior to joining Risk Strategies, John held positions of increasing responsibility at Endius Incorporated, Benchmark Assisted Living, and Haemonetics Corporation.
John holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting and an MBA from Bentley University.