Conner Strong & Buckelew Bolsters Property & Casualty Claims Department With Former Casino Risk Manager

Conner Strong & Buckelew, a leading insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm, announced today it has added risk management expert Lisa Vanore to the firm’s claims team. Vanore joins the firm from Philadelphia’s largest casino where she most recently served as the Director of Risk Management. Serving as a Claims Consultant, Vanore will use her nearly 16 years of enterprise-level risk management experience to advise clients throughout the insurance claims process and provide advice on best practices on managing their risk. Vanore’s hiring follows a firmwide trend of hiring high-level, former in-house risk management professionals with first-hand experience, a demonstration of Conner Strong & Buckelew’s commitment to exemplary service and deep expertise. “Lisa’s experience implementing risk management and safety programs at both a large casino and a university system makes her an invaluable asset to our claim services team,”said Michael Tiagwad, President and CEO of Conner Strong & Buckelew. “At Conner Strong & Buckelew, we strongly believe our clients are best served by teams with on-the-ground, in-house insurance and risk management experience, and we welcome Lisa to a team filled with former risk management professionals, attorneys, and claims consultants.” At the Casino, Vanore developed and directed comprehensive risk management and safety programs aimed at reducing loss costs at the company. Prior to her work at Philadelphia’s largest casino, Vanore was the Senior Risk and Insurance Analyst at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and the Manager of Risk Management at CDI Corporation. Vanore has a BBA in Risk Management and Marketing from Temple’s Fox School of Business and Management.