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Insurance industry veteran's appointment will contribute to continued innovation at the fast-growth insurance agency network

Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services (RAIS), New England's premier network of specialty services for independent insurance agencies, has named Robert R. Schackner to the position of Director, Competitive Edge Services. In this role, Schackner will be harnessing his nearly two decades of insurance industry expertise to further develop and deliver competitive edge exclusive benefits to RAIS members, staff, and partners.

In making the announcement, Bruce Cochrane, President and founder of RAIS, states "We're very excited to have Bob join our Renaissance Management Team. His extensive experience in the insurance industry, combined with his high-level customer service experience, makes him a perfect fit for the dynamic, entrepreneurial environment of our organization."

Prior to this appointment, Schackner was Senior National Account Director, Enterprise Client Organization at Vertafore, Inc. of Bothell, Wash., an award-winning provider of software and services spanning the insurance industry. Over 18 years, he held progressive management roles, including the delivery of concierge and consulting services to agencies. Earlier in his career, he served as a senior systems analyst for EDP of America, a niche technology business based in New Jersey.

Of his new position, Schackner says, "My decision to leave Vertafore was difficult - it is a superlative company and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Now that I'm embarking on a new endeavor, I am blessed again with the opportunity to work with creative, forward thinking people in a position where I can contribute to growth and become part of a new family."

Marketing powerhouse and award-winning broadcaster to focus on Alliance of independent insurance agents who offer unprecedented solutions to consumers

WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan. 28 -- Renaissance Group, one of New England's fastest growing and most innovative insurance organizations, announced today that marketing luminary and Emmy award winning broadcaster Eileen Prose has joined the company as Director of Public Relations. Prose will drive the PR efforts for all of the Renaissance Group divisions, including the Renaissance Alliance Group of 80 independent New England agents.

"Eileen's record of promotion success is extraordinary," said Bruce Cochrane, CEO of Renaissance Group. "She will super-charge our marketing and public relations efforts - just when our success is really starting to soar. We are thrilled Eileen has joined the Renaissance Team."

"Eileen brings 20 years of Fortune 500 integrated media program management and event production skills to our organization. At Renaissance, she will focus on accelerating an already rapid rate of growth while establishing a strategic, community based, Public Relations infrastructure able to support the company and its affiliated agents on a local, regional, and national level," said First Senior Vice President Joe Solomon.

"Renaissance Group has amazing people and services - real paradigm changers," said Eileen Prose. "With this kind of talent, momentum, and commitment to the consumer driving every decision, I truly see no limit to the growth of this outstanding organization and their partner agents."

A remarkable broadcasting career further enhances the industry savvy and dynamism Prose brings to Renaissance Group. As the longtime host of the Good Day show on WCVB/Channel 5, Prose won four Daytime Emmy Awards. She has hosted numerous high-profile programs including Working Mother, a daily national program on Lifetime Television, for which she won the coveted cable ACE award, Your Baby and Child, also a national program on Lifetime Television, and WRKO's The Eileen Prose Show. She won a Telly Award for the writing and production of an Ocean Spray signature film, was Second Runner-up and the Talent Award Winner in the Miss America Pageant, and was named Best in the Media by many organizations and Woman of the Year by the Juvenile Diabetes Association. Prose has won many honors for her public service and continues to serve on the boards of several charitable foundations.

About Renaissance Group
Renaissance Group is an integrated group of specialty services for New England based insurance agencies, insurers and vendors that leverage their considerable combined expertise to deliver "Best in Business" insurance services to business, individuals and families throughout the region. Renaissance agents have learned the advantages of unprecedented growth, increased efficiencies and cutting-edge technology. In an era of increasingly impersonal sales and service, Renaissance Group offers a fresh, relationship based, alternative to its affiliated agencies, insurance partners and the thousands of consumers who rely on Renaissance Alliance Agents.