Reid Slayton

About Reid Slayton

I lead national producer recruiting at Alera Group — the largest privately held, independent insurance brokerage in the U.S. — where I\'ve built the talent acquisition function from the ground up.My background spans 15+ years in insurance and financial services talent strategy, with time at Marsh McLennan and USI before moving to the firm side. That combination gives me something most internal recruiting leaders don\'t have: executive search rigor applied to a national recruiting operation at scale.What I\'ve built at Alera: a structured 5-phase national recruiting process covering sourcing through onboarding, regional recruiting partnerships across six territories, and AI-augmented operations that keep a growing pipeline moving without drowning in manual work. I partner closely with executive leadership and our deal team on everything from individual producer hires to complex multi-person lift-outs — structuring competitive offers that include profits interest, employment agreements, and tailored comp models.Before this, I scaled hiring from 200 to 550 at Silver Peak through an acquisition cycle, placed C-suite and VP-level talent globally at Marsh McLennan, and recruited P&C and benefits producers at USI.I\'m always open to a conversation about talent strategy, insurance recruiting, or what top producers are actually thinking about when they consider a move. Feel free to connect.

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Leader - Producer Recruiting

   Alera Group, Inc.

   Jul 2025 — Present · CT, US

   Lead the national producer recruiting function for the largest privately held, independent insurance brokerage in the U.S. — sourcing, evaluating, and closing high-value insurance producers across six regions.I built this role from the ground up: designed a structured 5-phase recruiting process that standardized how we identify, screen, align, and onboard producers nationally. That framework now supports an active pipeline spanning the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, South Central, and West — covering everything from individual producers with $500K books to complex multi-person lift-out projects.Day to day, I partner with executive leadership, regional leaders, and agency principals to structure competitive offers — including profits interest, employment agreements, and tailored compensation models. I work hand-in-hand with our EVP and deal team on lift-outs and high-value acquisitions, and coordinate across TA partners and a recruiting coordinator function I built to keep the process moving cleanly.I\'ve also introduced AI-powered recruiting operations into the workflow — automated pipeline reporting, competitive intelligence scanning, and scheduled task management — to cut manual overhead and keep our team focused on relationships instead of spreadsheets.

Education

• Central Connecticut State University

  BS, Degree in Finance