Founded in 1999, Renaissance is the premier independent insurance agency network.
Our differentiated suite of technology products and services drives organic, profitable revenue growth that delivers genuine value to our independent agency members, brokers, and carrier partners.
We provide resources not offered by any other network that empower your insurance agency to grow up to 4x faster than the average independent agency.
Renaissance is a good fit for independent agencies that ...
As technology rapidly changes the landscape of our industry, we’re driven to develop long-lasting, efficient and sustainable growth for our independent insurance agency members by providing them with the tools and strategies they need to succeed.
We are passionate about helping good agencies become great agencies. We commit to our members’ growth, enhanced profitability and success, as well as to helping them deliver unparalleled customer service that exceeds expectations.
We act with integrity by doing what we say we will do and keeping our word for our members, colleagues, and partners. We are accountable to do the right thing when we face hard decisions and moments of great adversity.
We embrace creativity, an entrepreneurial spirit, and strive to develop new ways to serve our colleagues, members, and partners.
We believe that transparent communication makes us a stronger, more informed organization, and we are committed to frequent, constructive, respectful dialogue that leads to better solutions.
We encourage collaboration through serving each other and maximizing our collective strengths. We acknowledge we are not perfect, and we endeavor to nurture a culture of continuous learning.
We value the ideas and beliefs of our fellow colleagues, striving to build an inclusive workplace where all individuals are comfortable being their authentic selves.
As a result,
Our independent agency members leverage their collective strength to enable rapid growth and higher profitability. With hundreds of members across more than a dozen states, Renaissance is an agency network with the necessary scale to drive meaningful results.
Renaissance is progressive, dynamic place to work. We are an expanding, team-oriented organization dedicated to helping insurance agencies grow.
155 N Wacker Dr., Suite 820
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 514-2667
As CEO of Renaissance, Robert Bondi is responsible for establishing and executing both vision and strategy for the premier insurance agency network.
Since 2018, Bob has been the architect of Renaissance’s acceleration from a regional-based group of New England insurance agents to a nationwide network of independent agencies by delivering a platform of exclusive, industry-leading products and services designed to accelerate their financial growth.
Bob’s experience was key in securing the financing and expertise necessary to fuel Renaissance’s exponential growth over the past five years. Under his leadership, our members grew from representing $550M in combined premium to more than $5B to date. Additionally, our membership has grown to include more than 400 agencies across 20 states through the network’s continued national expansion.
Building upon his previous executive roles as Renaissance’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Bob has refined the capabilities of our member services platform; driven our expansion into the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and West regions; and oversaw the integration of fellow networks United Valley and Agency Network Exchange following their acquisition in 2022.
Throughout his career, which has included leadership roles at Confie, Affirmative Insurance, Aon, and Mellon, Bob has demonstrated a proven record of successfully maximizing performance and enhancing company value.
Mike Cormier is the Chief Revenue Officer of Renaissance. In this role, he focuses on identifying and developing the revenue streams that help member agencies grow. Mike’s primary focus is geared toward supporting member growth and delivering our insurance partners the benefit of the Renaissance value proposition.
Mike’s focus has been on risk management and insurance distribution for 25 years. He has led both global businesses as well as early stage insurtech companies to higher ground by developing products and executing strategies using innovation to promote profitable growth.
Before joining Renaissance, Mike was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Connecticut Innovations (“CI”), Connecticut’s strategic venture capital arm with over $200 million of assets under management. Prior to joining CI, Mike led sales & distribution for an early stage insurtech company that was ultimately acquired by an industry leading software company. Before that he was the CEO of Marsh Risk Solutions where he led teams to develop and execute the strategy for Marsh’s Risk Consulting and Captive Solutions businesses globally. Prior to Marsh, Mike was a Managing Director at PwC where he led merger and acquisition transactions primarily for Private Equity funds in the US and Europe.
Mike frequently comments on insurance distribution and data strategy in the media and at conferences. He graduated with honors from Bryant University where he holds Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He lives in Westchester, NY with his wife and 2 sons and is actively involved in coaching youth sports.
Andy is the Chief Financial Officer of Renaissance. In this role, he is responsible for financial analysis, reporting, planning, oversight, and management of all financial matters related to the ongoing operations, growth, and development of Renaissance Alliance. His role is critical to building Renaissance Alliance as the premier distribution platform for its member agents and the participating insurance companies.
Andy brings more than 25 years of deep financial, operational, technical, and strategy expertise in the area of insurance to Renaissance. Prior to his current role, he spent 15 years at Aon, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Aon Global Broking. He worked closely with Aon’s regional broking professionals and the Aon Executive Team to drive client value delivery and growth through the broking platform.
He began his financial services career as a leader in a management consulting company with a focus on the insurance sector. During this time, he helped large brokers, commercial insurers, and reinsurers to deliver fundamental change in their operating models and technology capabilities. He also worked at a personal lines insurer as the Senior Vice President of Product Development and Sales, where he implemented a new rating engine and agency compensation model.
Prior to his insurance career, Andy was an engineer in the aerospace industry where he honed his technical and analytic skills. He holds a master’s degree in business from Washington University and a Master’s degree in aerospace engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla.
Tom Henell serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Renaissance. In this role, he leads the overall marketing strategy for our growing organization. He is responsible for overseeing all marketing activities, including coordinating resources in the positioning and messaging of Renaissance offerings, communicating with our members, and marketing our network’s products and services.
Prior to joining Renaissance, Tom provided holistic marketing and business consulting services to B2B and B2C clients.
Previously, he was a Partner and Chief Marketing Officer for North American Professional Liability Insurance Agency, LLC (NAPLIA), a broker specializing in professional liability insurance. Under his watch, NAPLIA became recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in America (INC 5000) for five consecutive years.
Before that, he served as Marketing Manager for Landy Insurance, an MGA in the professional liability space, where he oversaw its marketing and management of its national agency network. In addition, he has overseen the Lifestyle Marketing for Spartan Race, the largest obstacle and endurance brand in the world.
Tom holds a degree in Legal Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has earned his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI), and property & casualty license.
NON-DISCLOSURE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These Non-Disclosure Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”) govern the provision of information by Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, LLC (“Renaissance”) to a prospective agency member (“Recipient”). Renaissance and Recipient Renaissance and Recipient are hereinafter referred to together as the “Parties,” and each may be referred to separately as a “Party.”
The Parties acknowledge that Renaissance may disclose to Recipient certain of Renaissance’s confidential, sensitive and/or proprietary information including, but not limited to, business, financial or technical information, in connection with the potential establishment and/or conduct of a business relationship or transaction between the Parties (the “Transaction”). In connection therewith, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration are hereby acknowledged by Recipient, and as a condition of the provision of Confidential Information (as defined below) to Recipient, Recipient hereby agrees as follows:
