Joel D. Cavaness

Biography

  Joel D. Cavaness joined Gallagher in 1986, working as a marketing representative in Gallagher's St. Louis office. Joel worked his way up to an Area Vice President by 1990 and in 1996, he moved to Itasca as President of International Special Risk Services, Inc. In 1997, he was named President of RPS and in 2000 he was appointed a Corporate Vice President of Gallagher. Mr. Cavaness is very active in NAPSLO, having served on the Board of Directors since 2010. He holds both CPCU and ARM designations. He holds a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration from Southeast Missouri State University. Joel also spent three years working as a casualty underwriter for standard and excess/surplus carriers.  

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