Focus: Agency Growth
Russell Emerick
Operations Manager
480-812-1998 x115
Text us! 480-812-1998
Russ@IBOAZ.com
Early Life
My insurance experience started in Kansas as a young boy being hauled around town by my father to his appointments. It was always a fun-filled day when your youngest son is out of school and his babysitters (older sisters) wanted to spend the day with friends, without their baby brother. The relationships my father built over a 30-year career miraculously cleared his 6-year-old son to an all-access pass to the candy jar placed at the receptionist’s desk. Jokes aside, nothing meant more to my dad than his kids and his relationships at work.
Work Experience
After graduating from Wayne State College (Nebraska) in 2005, I enlisted in the United States Army as a Forward Observer stationed at 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After two deployments, I decided to turn-in my Sergeant stripes and fall back on my sales and marketing degree.
I started out as a Sales Underwriter for a monoline workers compensation carrier and later transitioned into a Sales Agent role at a State Farm agency out of Omaha, Nebraska. After other sales and marketing positions, my career took another turn as an Independent Insurance Agent for a large independent agency in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A month prior to my son being born in 2020, I opened my own independent insurance agency. In short, the relationships I have created with the people who placed their trust in me is a large part of why I do what I do. In order to continue putting my family and customers in a winning position, I accepted the position of Operations Manager and merged my agency with Insurance Brokers of Arizona (IBOAZ). I am passionate about being a team player and finding ways that I can contribute to my team’s achievement of their goals.
Hobbies
When you and your spouse come from the insurance industry, we like to do anything but talk about insurance in our free time. This includes watching movies, golfing, fine dining, and vacationing together as a family. Just don’t say the “I” word outside of business hours.
A Few Fun Facts About Me
Favorite Food: Sushi
Next Travel Destination: Italy
FUN FACT: I make the world’s best meatloaf
CONTACT US
Gilbert, AZ 85296
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