{"id":22551,"date":"2017-02-07T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=22551"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T19:22:14","slug":"epic-adds-doug-bull-to-construction-and-design-solutions-practice-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/epic-adds-doug-bull-to-construction-and-design-solutions-practice-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIC adds Doug Bull to Construction and Design Solutions Practice in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 7, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that risk management and insurance professional Doug Bull has joined the firm\u2019s Construction and Design Solutions team in San Francisco as a vice president.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0207-EPIC-Doug-Bull-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Bull of EPIC\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0207-EPIC-Doug-Bull-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0207-EPIC-Doug-Bull-600x450-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0207-EPIC-Doug-Bull-600x450-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nBull will be responsible for new business development, program design and management, marketing and coverage placement, and will oversee EPIC\u2019s delivery of products, services and solutions to clients in the construction, design and real estate industries.<\/p>\n<p>An industry veteran whose career spans nearly 30 years, Bull joins EPIC from Aon Risk Insurance Services West, Inc. in San Francisco, where he was an Account Executive\/Broker in Aon\u2019s Construction Services Group. There Bull was responsible for production, marketing, placement, client relationships, and contract review for mid to large size construction and real estate accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this Bull was with commercial insurance broker ABD Insurance and Financial Services in Redwood City, Calif. where he was an Account Executive responsible for producing, serving and retaining a large book of commercial and residential construction accounts. Bull spent the first 10 years of his career on the insurance company side of the business, in a range of underwriting and underwriting management positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited to have a broker of Doug\u2019s caliber join our Construction and Design Solutions team,\u201d said Curt Perata, EPIC Regional Director of Property &amp; Casualty Operations. \u201cHis background and experience, construction industry risk management expertise and strong consulting skills will materially contribute to our growth plans and the service excellence we deliver daily to EPIC clients, here in California and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As one of the nation\u2019s fastest growing private insurance brokerage firms, EPIC has been on an aggressive national growth trajectory, successfully competing against the large, institutional brokers with an entrepreneurial, client-focused business model. Since The Carlyle Group became the firm\u2019s major investment partner in December 2013, EPIC has added multiple locations and new team members across the country, growing revenues from roughly $80 million to estimated run rate revenues of almost $250 million \u2013 a 212 percent increase.<\/p>\n<p>Bull is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in Political Science.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Bull can be reached at:<br \/>\nEPIC Insurance Brokers &amp; Consultants<br \/>\n135 Main Street \u2013 21st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105<br \/>\ndoug.bull [at] epicbrokers.com<br \/>\n415-356-3919 \u2013 office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About EPIC:<\/strong><br \/>\nEPIC is a unique and innovative retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a \u201cBest Place to Work\u201d in multiple regions and as a \u201cBest Place to Work in the Insurance Industry\u201d nationally.<\/p>\n<p>EPIC now has more than 850 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 13,000 clients.<\/p>\n<p>With more than $200 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 20 retail insurance brokers in the United States. Supported by the Carlyle Group, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country. For additional information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*PHOTO for media: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0207s2p-EPIC-Doug-Bull-300dpi.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 7, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that risk management and insurance professional Doug Bull has joined the firm&#8217;s Construction and Design Solutions team in San Francisco as a vice president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":22550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,10,38,105,317,103],"tags":[6261],"class_list":["post-22551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-news","category-california-news","category-finance-news","category-insurance-news","category-career-news","category-san-francisco-news","tag-construction-risk-insurance","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":8521,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}