Cheryl Reecher is the Vice President of Business Development at Cotton Holdings Inc. With a career spanning over two decades, across various high-profile roles in the insurance industry, Cheryl brings a rich wealth of experience from director of risk management to insurance broker, and now as a business developer. In this episode, Cheryl shares her journey from discovering insurance to mastering the intricacies of each major insurance role. Learn how Cheryl’s diverse experiences have enabled her to effectively bridge the gap between underwriters, brokers, and risk managers and how simple communication skills can go a long way in this field.

Key Takeaways:

• A little bit about Cheryl and her role at Cotton Holdings Inc.

• What does a restoration company do?

• How does a restoration company gauge risk and calculate appropriate fees?

• How did Cheryl discover insurance?

• What interested Cheryl about the broker side of risk management?

• Shoutout to all the brokers out there. It is probably one of the hardest jobs in insurance.

• After learning about the broker side, Cheryl moved to the carrier side of the insurance business. She shares some of her key learnings from that experience.

• Through these different role transitions that Cheryl underwent, she ended up having an easier time bridging the gap between underwriter, broker, and risk manager.

• Sometimes the best solution is just to sit everyone down and talk it out.

• What surprised Cheryl the most about being in a carrier role?

• Sometimes being the only woman in the room, Cheryl shares some advice for the younger generation.

• What other advice would Cheryl give someone up and coming in their career?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Cottonholdings.com

Cheryl on LinkedIn