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At Rokstone CRU, our purpose is simple: to inspire confidence.
Rokstone CRU is a specialty MGU offering Casualty and Builder’s Risk insurance products and services for complex construction risks and projects throughout the United States.
Our multifaceted team is equipped to successfully insure this intricate business with experience, expertise and analytical thinking. Our team includes veteran construction insurance professionals, specialty claims experts and cutting-edge risk engineering specialists. Our advanced technology and analytics allow us to enhance the process, think innovatively and deliver customized products and concepts to our customers.
Leadership team
Our forward-looking leadership team is made up of dedicated, focused and experienced executives. Find out more about the people who define the direction of our business.
Mike Pilla
Chief Executive Officer
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Mike Pilla
Mike Pilla is the chief executive officer of Rokstone Construction Risk Underwriters.
He joined the group in November 2018, having previously worked in senior positions for a range of companies. He was CEO at Technical Risk Underwriters, CUO at OnPoint Underwriting and CUO at MGA Britt Paulk Insurance.
Mike has been on the vanguard of finding technology to prevent losses at construction sites and has developed deep client and broker relationships focused on developing standards and methodologies to reduce both attiritional and large claims.
Mike's specialty knowledge includes; large construction and engineered risks, named wind, critical quake and flood underwriting; large wood frame underwriting and prevention, building MGU's from the ground up, acquisition turn arounds, commercial hull and liabilities, inland marine and ocean marine underwriting.
Richard Isgard
Senior Vice President/Head of Claims
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Richard Isgard
Richard Isgard is a partner and senior vice president/head of claims at Rokstone Construction Risk Underwriters, responsible for handling legal issues, drafting and negotiating agreements, and working together with underwriting to create policies and endorsements.
He joined Rokstone CRU at its inception in January 2019. He is an attorney and has handled and managed construction claims for 35 years – 20 years as outside counsel and 15 years on the insurer side.
Outside of work, Richard has many interests, including sand sculpture, tennis, painting, gardening and collecting vintage tools.
“We created Rokstone CRU to provide better products and services to the construction industry. It’s the people at Rokstone who make the difference. Everyone truly cares about each other, the capacity partners and most of all the customers.”
ROKSTONE'S TIMELINE
Rokstone Construction Risk Underwriters is founded
Launched Primary General Liability product with HDI Global Specialty SE
Launched Lead Builders Risk product with Allianz Insurance
Launched Following E&S Builders Risk product with Munich Syndicate 457
Launched Lead Following Form General Liability Excess product with Accredited Specialty Insurance Company
Rokstone CRU is part of Rokstone Group, a global specialty underwriting business formed in London in 2016 and controlling over $1bn annually across multiple portfolios.
Rokstone is an Aventum Group company, an independently owned, global (re)insurance business with 15 offices and over 400 staff worldwide. Aventum is the coming together of a group of serious niche (re)insurance businesses under one brand, where success is the only option. We are infectiously entrepreneurial. We strive for greatness and never stop exploring how to do things better.
For us, culture isn’t just something we talk about now and again. It’s a vital part of how we work; it makes us what we are. We’re bold, pro-active and we’re never afraid to challenge the status quo.