Belisle joins McGriff’s Executive Risk Advisors Group

March 18, 2021

McGriff today said it has hired Andrew Belisle as a senior vice president and transactional risk specialist in the firm’s Executive Risk Advisors group.

Belisle joins McGriff from a leading transactional insurance managing general agent. He previously worked as an underwriter in the U.S. division of a London-based specialty insurer. In those roles, he specialized in underwriting Representation and Warranty insurance coverage for private equity and strategic buyers.

Belisle also worked as a corporate and mergers and acquisitions attorney for Alston & Bird LLP and Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, where he advised public and private companies on M&A transactions, securities offerings, corporate governance, and regulatory and litigation matters.

“Andrew has an outstanding M&A background in both risk and law and is a perfect fit for our growing practice,” said Dusty Cahill, co-leader of McGriff’s Executive Risk Advisors Group. “He will be a tremendous leader for us and an excellent resource for our clients.”

Belisle is a licensed property and casualty insurance broker and regular speaker on transactional risk insurance issues at industry conferences and law forums. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Stetson University and graduated Order of the Coif from Emory Law School.

Prior to attending law school, Belisle was a commercial lines insurance broker with the former Oswald Trippe & Co., which was acquired by McGriff in 2009.

Belisle can be reached at Andrew.Belisle@mcgriff.com or (470) 637-6593.

Made up of specialists in executive, professional, cyber and transactional risk insurance, McGriff’s Executive Risk Advisors group includes more than 60 professionals in Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston and New York City.

A subsidiary of Truist Insurance Holdings, McGriff is a full-service insurance broker providing risk management and insurance solutions to clients across the United States. The firm’s coverages include commercial property and casualty, corporate bonding and surety services, cyber, management liability, captives and alternative risk transfer programs, small business, employee benefits, title insurance, personal lines, and life and health. 

Truist Insurance Holdings, Inc.(opens in a new tab), the sixth largest insurance broker in the U.S., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Truist Bank. Truist Insurance Holdings operates more than 250 offices through its subsidiaries: McGriff Insurance Services, Inc.; CRC Insurance Services, Inc.; Crump Life Insurance Services, Inc.; AmRisc, LLC; and its Premium Finance companies (AFCO Credit Corporation, Prime Rate Premium Finance Corporation, Inc., and CAFO Inc.).