Tom van Auker

About Tom van Auker

For over 30 years, I have shown corporate clients the value of improving their corporate risk profile. By involving key management personnel, we uncover your unique set of risks. We then implement a long-term plan to effectively respond to these issues. Stress is reduced, assets and streams of income are protected, morale improves as employees are safer and more productive, and a substantial amount of money is saved. Our clients are successful growth-oriented individuals. Most of our business executives enjoy working on the critical issues: hiring great people, ratcheting-up sales, developing innovative products, improving their distribution networks and improving the corporate culture. They instinctively understand the need for risk management & insurance, but they just hate spending time on it. Their past experience with risk management has proven confusing, time consuming and ultimately ineffective. They view this process with little upside potential. So, to avoid the hassle, they “test the market” by putting their insurance policies out for \"bid\". When it’s over, the market has been “tested” for coverage and price, however, their unique risks remain largely untreated and pose a real threat.Our unique approach to risk management (called Beyond Insurance 365) carefully evaluates the risks being faced, institutes solutions to specific hazards and exposures, and assists clients in mitigating the claims and losses that do occur. Our goal at The O\'Neill Group is simple – We protect our client\'s assets and financial resources.

Experience

1. Risk Management Advisor

   O\'neill Insurance

   Sep 1994 — Present · Wadsworth, OH, US

   Commercial Insurance Practice Leader. Interaction with business clients on issues of risk management and insurance make up my day-to-day activities. Our goal is to improve our client\'s risk profile and mitigate the damage of a claim or loss. Making our client a best of class risk secures them top-tier coverage and pricing on their insurance contracts. Concurrently, as a stockholder of The O\'Neill Group, it is incumbent upon me to provide innovative solutions and add creativity in the management of our agency operations.I spend significant time addressing the corporate culture. Our Way of conducting business includes: Practice Blameless Problem Solving; Treasure and Protect our Reputation; Think Team First; Communicate to be Understood; and Focus on an Attitude of Gratitude.

Education

• Miami University

  BS, Zoology, Chemistry, Art - Medical Illustration

  1973 — 1979

• Case Western Reserve University

  Post Graduate Work, Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator

  2001 — 2002

• Case Western Reserve University

  Graduate Studies - Medical Illustration, Art/Art Studies, General

Skills

• Workers Compensation
• Organizational Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Hospitals
• Management
• Team Building
• Training
• Account Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Social Media
• Leadership
• Salesforce.com
• Sales
• Public Speaking
• Inland Marine
• Underwriting
• Umbrella Insurance
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Program Management
• Commercial Insurance
• Customer Service
• Writing
• Non-Profits
• Risk Management
• Insurance
• Nonprofits
• Marketing
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• Operations Management