Our Management Team
David N. Thompson, CEO
Dave has held significant positions in the insurance business. He served as
Chief Financial Officer at Crum & Forster Underwriters Group before moving
to the CEO position at Crum & Forster Managers, Inc., (sold as "Coregis" to
GE Capital for $450 million). After attempting to purchase Coregis in 1993, he
became the CEO of PBA and the Affinity Group of Alexander & Alexander,
which sold to AON. Dave later worked at Meadowbrook in mergers and
acquisitions, and at Millers American as CEO. He has a history of creating
successful new ventures in the insurance business, and is now leveraging the
Internet for the benefit of insurers and shareholders. In addition, Dave is on
the Board of Directors of AmerInst Insurance Group, Bermuda, and is Chairman of
the Underwriting Committee, as well as co-inventor of RINITS, a new insurance
securitization product.
Cornelis de Jong, President
Cor’s background is grounded as that of a dynamic marketing strategy
professional with a track record of achievement in strategic marketing,
business direction and strategy implementation. He has always practiced in the
online work-space and enjoyed employment with companies such as AOL Time
Warner, OAG, Bally Total Fitness and Interactivate Inc illustrating a diverse
online background in hands-on project and process management, business
operational structures, marketing strategy, reporting, data and financial
analysis and a proven ability to development strong client and partner
relations. Cor prides himself in delivering a variety of technical, strategic,
creative, and pragmatic solutions for building and managing exceptional
websites.
Eric S. Powers, CIO
Eric launched his career in internet application development in 1996 with E-InsureSM
Services Inc. He manages all aspects of our solutions deployment and IT infrastructure. In addition to working for E-Insure, he is an instructor of MIS at DePaul University. Eric has also worked for a number of large advertising agencies
developing a strong understanding of e-marketing and e-business, most recently
at Publicis Groupe. He holds an extensive knowledge of building media buying and workflow integration solutions that meet the demands of global enterprise teams.
It is not uncommon to see Eric building a prototype solution to demonstrate how
technology can be leveraged in new ways.
Our History
E-INSURESM Services Inc.
was founded by David N Thompson on December 2, 1992 as Specialty Programs, Ltd.
Initially Specialty Programs was to offer special types of insurance to groups
of insureds. However, in 1996 Specialty Programs, Ltd, bought the rights to the
domains: einsure.com, einsurance.com and e-insure.com and e-insurance.com and
created its first website to sell insurance on the internet. In those days the
internet was a fledgling environment for insurance and there was some “brochure
ware?but little in the way of insurance transactions. It was clear from the
audience participation that selling insurance on the internet would be a viable
business but it was also clear that there would be a great deal of time and
financial support expended before the correct model for selling insurance on
the internet was formulated. Many insurance websites raised large sums of
capital in the early days but squandered it on advertising. Everyone bought
hits and clicks and “eyeballs?and anything else they could find to get traffic
to come to their sites. The problem was that the potential insureds wanted to
shop at that time but not buy on the internet. Insurance companies spent much
of the money that they had raised in the advertising world and in the end many
of them had to sell even larger pieces of their companies or the whole company
in order to continue its operations. E-INSURESM Services Inc
maintained a slow and steady growth plan and our goal has always been to
provide value for the insurance customer.
The E-INSURESM Services Inc. websites were designed to provide a free
online platform where consumers could easily find multiple insurance carriers
and quotes for a variety of insurance products such as auto insurance, business
insurance, health insurance, and home insurance. Specialty insurance products
and financial services provider information were also available on the site.
E-INSURESM Services Inc. also provide online tools such as an
insurance glossary that could help one understand one’s insurance policy and
help one determine which types of insurance are best suited to their needs.
While this has always been a noble cause, in the early years many visitors
would travel through the site and ask questions and call E-INSURESM with
questions. E-INSURESM Services Inc. received many inquires about
insurance and learned from that experience that insurance buyers were not ready
to buy insurance on the internet until the quality of the offerings were
different from that which was available in the then standard insurance market.
Even today, there are a handful of insurance companies that are able to offer
lower prices because they operate in a virtual rather than physical
environment.
Our first websites were colorful and eye-catching but cluttered and cerebral.
They were designed for their artistic and entertainment value as much as for
their function. We had multi-colored navigation bars, we had segmented globes;
we had a picture of an insurance guru, just to name a few. We also had various
functions; direct to carrier, direct to agent and indirect to aggregation
portals. In the end we have found that a combination of the above that gives
the best experience to our customers is the best approach.
If you visit our site today, you will see an ever changing presentation of
insurance products and services designed for the consumer. We continue to
evolve and mold the site as our audience needs change. We hope you will find
out site useful and helpful in your search for insurance answers and insurance
quotes.