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COMPANY PROFILE
Established in 1996 - offices are strategically located in Miami, Florida, with expanded operations in Mexico City, Mexico. IRM has underwritten and paid over $450 Million Dollars in Reinsurance Premiums, in 30 countries, while maintaining successful business partnerships with more than 130 insurance companies.
THE TEAM
IRM's Management Team consists of a group of dedicated, loyal professionals averaging over 20 years experience in the United States and International Insurance and Reinsurance industries.
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June Chen, MS, MA - President and CEO
June Chen has master’s degrees in
science and mathematics from the Liaoning University of China and the University of Miami,
respectively. During her twenty-one year career, she has been an assistant actuary with
the Wolper Ross Pension Consulting Company, an actuarial programmer with FDP -
a Miami-based pension software company, and an assistant actuary with the John
Alden Life Insurance Company.
In 1997, she joined IRM as Director of Underwriting and Technical Services, was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2004, and appointed President and CEO in December 2007.
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Jacqueline Alvarez, BA - Chief Financial
Officer
Jacqueline Alvarez joined IRM in 2003 as Director of
Accounting. She graduated from Florida International University with a
Bachelors Degree in Accounting. Jacqueline has been a member of the Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI)
since 1993. She has over 24 years of experience in Accounting and Financial
Reporting for Life and Health Insurance and Reinsurance companies, having
worked for John Alden Life Insurance Company for fifteen years and Amedex
Insurance Company for three years before joining IRM. Jacqueline was
promoted to Vice President of Finance in April 2008.
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Dr. Trevor H. B. Stewart, DBA -
Reinsurance Operations Consultant
Trevor Stewart has a doctorial degree in business administration (DBA) from American Century University and holds professional designations in various aspects of life and health insurance marketing and administration. He is on the adjunct faculty of the International College of the Cayman Islands, and has published several articles on domestic health insurance in the Cayman Islands. During his thirty-five year career, he has held senior positions in underwriting, claims, marketing, and portfolio management with insurance companies in Florida and the Caribbean.
In January 2009, he joined IRM as a consultant and has since developed an insurance training module which the company has made available to its reinsurance clients as a value-added service.
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Jim Anderson, MBA – Chief Marketing
Officer
Jim Anderson is a graduate of the University of
Miami School of Business Administration with an Executive MBA, having
majored in International Business. A sales professional with experience
spanning more than twenty-five years in life accident and health
reinsurance with companies and brokers in New York and Miami, Jim has
held sales positions with GE ERC, OLYMPUS and, more recently, with PARIS
RE. In March 2010, he joined IRM as Chief Marketing Officer to lead the
development, analysis and implementation of our business growth
strategy.
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Margarita Sierra - Regional Claims
Director – International Accounts
Margarita
Sierra joined IRM in 1999 and directs the claim administration area. She has over 26 years of health insurance claim administration experience and has worked for various multi-national insurance companies doing business in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Sierra studied public relations at the University of the Sacred Hearts in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Rosa Escanaverino – Regional
Claims Director for Latin America
Rosa Escanaverino joined IRM in 2010 as
Reinsurance Regional Claims Director for Latin America. She has over 25
years of experience in the administration of direct and reinsurance
health claims in both the international and domestic market. During her
career, Rosa has held administrative and managerial positions with
Amedex, International Reinsurance Alliance, GE Insurance Solutions, and
BUPA Insurance Company. While employed with GE Insurance Solutions, she
received the company’s prestigious Six Sigma certification in process
improvement.
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Rodrigo Briceno - Regional Underwriting Director – Latin America
Rodrigo Briceno joined IRM in 2005 as Director of Technical Services. He has
27 years of experience in Insurance and Reinsurance in both Property and Life in the Latin American region, most recently concentrating on Reinsurance Contracts.
He has worked for multinational reinsurance companies in Panamá and
México. He obtained his Bachelors Degree in Actuarial Science in México and has a post-graduate degree in Statistics at Iowa State University.
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Armando Echeverri - Regional Underwriting Director – Caribbean/International
Armando Echeverri joined IRM In 2001 as
Marketing Underwriting Assistant, he has held different positions
with increased responsibilities, and currently holds the position of
Assistant Vice President Marketing Underwriting. He has a Marketing
Degree from University Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá, Colombia, and
has also completed several technical reinsurance courses. For the
six years immediately prior to joining IRM, he held managerial
positions in different reinsurance brokerage operations in his
native Colombia. Armando will
be completing his Associate Reinsurance Administration (ARA)
designation from LOMA in 2010.
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Clara Martell - Administrative Services Director
Clara Martell has extensive professional experience in the areas of
Administration and Human Resources. During her career of more than 30 years, she has worked in
the international banking divisions of both Bankers Trust Company of NY and Barnett Bank
of South Florida, and in the educational system as a school registrar and
preschool supervisor at a private school. For the ten years immediately prior to joining
IRM in 2007, she was the Administrator/Human Resources Manager for the largest multi-national
manufacturing and retail school
uniform company in the Southeastern United States.
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Fredy A. Leiva, BA, MS – Senior
Marketing Underwriter
Fredy A. Leiva joined IRM in January 2008
as an underwriter for life and health reinsurance in Latin
America. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master’s in
Insurance Management Techniques from the Pontifical University of
Salamanca, Spain. During his career of more than 15 years in the
industry, he has worked in various specialized areas, including
life, health and accident insurance underwriting; training;
product development; and results analysis oriented to business
strategies.
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IRM's personnel are a dynamic and experienced group of results-oriented Actuaries, Underwriters, Contract and Policy Language Specialists, Accountants, and Claims Administrators.
MARKETING & INDUSTRY APPLICATION
IRM markets its products and services to Insurance Companies and Medical Service Providers. Our business relationships account for more than 40 International Reinsurance Brokers.
As an active member of the Reinsurance Industry, IRM participates in various conferences and seminars: Society of Actuaries, International Conference of Actuaries, FIDES, International Conference of Underwriters, etc., and is a member of different associations sponsored by insurance companies.
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
In a committed effort to their Business Associates and Clients, IRM hosts several highly successful seminars for attendees so that they may stay informed on the latest trends and business opportunities offered in the Life and Health Reinsurance Industry.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
IRM has developed an efficient high-tech database supportive to the company's underwriting and operational decisions. This highly effective tool generates account profiles of new and renewed clients, financial and underwriting reports, brokers, statistics from various countries and other vital data.
UNDERWRITING DIVISION
The IRM Underwriting Division is structured by region – Latin America, the
Caribbean and International.
The team members for each region are:
Latin America:
Rodrigo Briceno, Regional Underwriting Director
Fredy Leiva, Senior Marketing Underwriter
Diana Cruz, Underwriting Associate
Caribbean and International:
Armando Echeverri, Regional Underwriting Director
Alexandra Pablos, Junior Marketing Underwriter
Maryann Briceno, Marketing Assistant
COMPETITIVE EDGE
IRM's underwriters work very closely with insurance companies and brokers to evaluate the performance of the Reinsured risks.
During the past 13 years of Reinsuring over 130 Insurance Companies within approximately 30 countries, IRM has accumulated a storage base of claims, which we utilized to develop an extensive database and a comprehensive quoting system.
IRM's long-term presence in the Reinsurance markets, coupled with our Risk Management expertise, provided us the opportunity to service a significant network of key contacts in virtually every territory.
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