DeWITT, N.Y. — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. announced it has named Lisa Lounsbury interim president and CEO, effective Dec. 1.
Lounsbury currently serves as the organization’s senior VP.
“Lisa has been a key part of IIABNY’s success since she first joined the association 17 years ago,” Richard Poppa, IIABNY’s retiring president and CEO, said in a news release. “Our members can expect a smooth transition since Lisa has had day-to-day management of the association’s operations since she arrived in 1999.”
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At the same time, Lounsbury has also served as president of IAAC, the association’s service corporation, overseeing its activities and revenue generation, IIABNY added.
IAAC, Inc. is IIABNY’s membership-services division, according to its website.
It offers the association’s various profit-making services, including “insurance products for members to purchase, insurance products for members to sell to their clients, and non-insurance products for members to utilize and/or market to their clients,” the website says.
“We’re extremely fortunate to have someone in Lisa, who is such an innovative and creative leader, to step into the role filled so ably over the past 20 years by Dick Poppa,” John H. Smith, Jr., chair of the IIABNY board of directors, said in the release. “Her extensive knowledge of the insurance industry and strong familiarity with IIABNY will be huge assets in her new role and to the agents and brokers we serve.”
A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Lounsbury graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Miami University of Ohio.
Besides her work with IIABNY, Lounsbury also serves on the Cazenovia Central School District Board of Education and Onondaga-Madison School Boards Association, according to the release.
Before joining IIABNY in 1999, Lounsbury worked as a product specialist in the specialty division for Great American Insurance in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Described as New York’s “oldest insurance producer’s group,” the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. has represented the business interests of independent insurance professionals since 1882.
The DeWitt–based nonprofit trade association represents more than 1,750 agencies and their 13,000 plus employees.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
