Speech Title: Risk and Reward: The Transformative Power of YES in Business and Life
Speaker Name: Todd M. Campbell '87
Speaker Title: President and CEO
Speaker Company: Builders Insurance Group
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Speaker Bio: Todd M. Campbell is President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders Insurance Group (Builders), an A.M. Best “A” rated insurance company in Atlanta, Georgia. Builders is a super-regional insurer operating in 20+ states, and its surplus lines carrier is licensed in 49 jurisdictions in America. Builders, with $370 million in surplus, $1.1 billion in assets under management, $300+mm in annual premiums, and 200+ employees, has been an integral part of the Southeast's Worker’s Compensation, General Liability, and Commercial Insurance markets for 32 years. Before joining Builders in early 2021, Todd was CEO, for 4 ½ years, of one the fastest growing program insurers in the United States, leading the company from $0 GWP to $650+mm in contracted premium. He also served as a London-based expat CEO for four years, leading a Lloyd’s of London coverholder MGA with offices in London, Paris, and Madrid. During his leadership, gross written premiums and profits doubled. Todd and his company were named Employer of the Year in South England in the prestigious Kent Excellence in Business Awards for his high-impact corporate and cultural change initiatives. Todd spent early in his career as a corporate mergers and acquisitions attorney and political affairs lobbyist representing many insurers and insurance-related organizations as a lead lobbyist in Georgia. During his practice, he was the lead attorney on some of the most significant health insurer formations and acquisitions in Georgia's history, forming multiple healthcare and insurance companies in Georgia. He served as counsel to many insurers doing business in Georgia. Todd currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Sagicor Life Insurance company, part of Sagicor Financial Corporation, a 150-year-old insurer oper across the Caribbean and Canada, publicly traded on the Toronto Stock exchange, with $22 billion in assets under management. In June 2024, the Atlanta Business Chronicle recognized Todd as a 2024 Most Admired CEO in recognition of his transformational leadership at Builders. Todd received his B.S. in History from Appalachian State University and his law degree from Mercer University’s Woodruff School of Law in Georgia. Todd was a student leader at Appalachian and served as the university’s second two-term student body president in the University’s history. In his junior year, he led the Beer in Boone campaign, resulting in a resounding victory following the voter registration efforts that captured thousands of new student voters in town and a courtroom victory when all the student registrations were challenged as illegal. To improve safety on campus for female students, Todd led the effort to create Mountaineer Escort, which ultimately resulted in the blue light safety system you see today across campus. Todd and his mentor, Chancellor John Thomas, and then Boone Mayor Larry Keeter, also an App State professor, formed the Community Board of Relations to create a forum for dialogue among the Town, business, government leaders, the students, and the University. In his senior year, he was appointed an ex officio member of the Boone Town Council and was recognized as an outstanding citizen of Boone for his work as a student leader on campus and in Boone.