Surety industry veteran brings decades of national underwriting and brokerage experience to ALKEME
LADERA RANCH, Calif., July 17, 2024 (Newswire.com) – ALKEME, a Top 40 Insurance Brokerage, is excited to announce the appointment of Scott Salandi as the new Senior Vice President, Director of Surety. With a distinguished career spanning over three decades in the surety industry, Salandi brings a wealth of experience in the domestic and international surety markets. Most recently, Salandi was instrumental in growing a profitable construction surety portfolio business across the Southern California marketplace.
In his new role, Salandi will focus on establishing a national surety practice to service the surety bond needs for ALKEME. Salandi will be responsible for actively underwriting, marketing and placing surety bond business, working to provide strategic surety guidance to clients in need while providing executive surety leadership to the national practice and maximizing long-term growth plans.
“We are thrilled to welcome Scott to the ALKEME team,” said Curtis Barton, CEO of ALKEME. “His extensive experience in the surety industry and strong reputation in the marketplace will be extremely valuable to our producers and construction clients with surety needs. We are confident that Scott will play a pivotal role in driving our continued success in the surety sector.”
“I am excited to join ALKEME and contribute to its continued focus in the surety industry,” said Scott Salandi, Director of Surety. “I look forward to working with the talented team at ALKEME to develop and implement a national surety practice that will add value to the existing client relationships and expand into new surety markets. Together, we will achieve our long-term growth objectives and create significant value for our stakeholders.”
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ALKEME is a full-service insurance agency providing businesses and individuals with an extensive array of commercial and personal insurance, employee and executive benefits, retirement and wealth management services. Since its founding in 2020, ALKEME has completed over 40 acquisitions and serves its customers from over 35 locations in 16 states. ALKEME is ranked by Insurance Journal one of the top 40 largest agencies in the United States and by Business Insurance as the #5 fastest growing broker. Founded by owner/operators with a unique vision, ALKEME is fueled by its proven operating methodologies providing its partner agencies with the autonomy, resources and support to grow and thrive in an everchanging insurance landscape. Visit https://alkemeins.com for more information.
