Kent Starnes
Technical Trainer | Fire Protection & SCOPES Subject Matter Expert | Commercial Property & Underwriting Training
- Role
- Technical Trainer Sme Fire Protection at Verisk
- Location
- Evansville, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kent Starnes
Experienced Loss Control Consultant with 15+ years in property and casualty risk assessment, safety consulting, and client partnership. Skilled in NFPA fire protection evaluations, hazard identification, and replacement cost analysis, with a proven ability to deliver clear insights and actionable recommendations. Passionate about helping businesses reduce exposures, improve safety, and protect what matters most.
Experience
Technical Trainer Sme Fire Protection
Dec 2025 — Present · Evansville, IN, US
Design and deliver technical training across SCOPES, fire protection systems, automatic sprinklers, and commercial property underwriting standards. • Conduct classroom, virtual, and field-based training to improve survey quality, technical accuracy, and consistency across field representatives. • Develop training materials, refresher content, job aids, and technical documentation to support onboarding and continuing development. • Mentor and coach field representatives, identify performance gaps, and partner with leadership to address training needs. • Serve as a subject matter expert for NFPA fire protection standards, sprinkler grading, construction classifications, and loss control methodology. • Support product, program, and platform rollouts by delivering internal training and providing field-facing guidance, including the Pinpoint system. • Collaborate with management, data quality, and risk engineering teams to continuously improve technical standards and training content.
Education
University of Southern Indiana
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
Skills
- Salesforce.com
- Sandler Sales Method
- Risk Management
- Customer Support
- Sales Management
- Management
- Team Building
- Team Leadership
- Analysis
- Workers Compensation
- Negotiation
- Sales
- Underwriting
- Insurance
- Challenger Sales Model
- Leadership
- Account Management
- Commercial Insurance
- Property & Casualty Insurance
- Problem Solving
- Writing
- Commercial Lines
- Sales Operations
- Customer Service
- Data Analysis
- Direct Sales
- Crm
- Professional Liability
- Liability
- Project Management
- Marketing
- General Insurance
- Training
- New Business Development
- Sales Process
- Strategic Planning
- Sales Presentations
- Inventory Management
- Process Improvement
- Nfpa
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