US Premium Finance, a Division of Ameris Bank, Adds Key Executive To Its Leadership Team
December 05 2018 - 11:46AM
Business Wire
Ameris Bank has announced the addition of Dennis Pauls as senior
vice president, national sales to the leadership team of US Premium
Finance (USPF), a division of Ameris Bank. US Premium Finance is
one of the largest insurance premium finance companies in the
country.
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US Premium Finance Team (l-r): John
Lippincott, Matt Essary, Scott Mitchell, Curren Coco, Tiffany
Pearce, Dennis Pauls, Rob Granite (Photo: Business Wire)
An experienced executive with more than 28 years of senior
leadership roles, Pauls is a top insurance professional with
extensive experience in sales training, coaching and leadership as
well as operations, finance, mergers and acquisitions. He,
alongside a team of three other executives, built a single-site
insurance brokerage into a top 10 global market leader.
USPF is the nation’s sixth largest provider of commercial credit
lines for property and casualty insurance premiums. With clients
and operations in all 50 states, USPF has over 1,000 insurance
agency-customers and over 25,000 borrowers.
Pauls joins a dedicated leadership team at US Premium Finance.
This team of experienced insurance professionals continues to
expand the company’s nationwide presence by providing excellent
customer service and smart solutions for insurance premium
financing.
The USPF leadership team includes:
- Curren Coco, president of USPF,
oversees the operations and management of the company. He has more
than 21 years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining
US Premium Finance, Coco served as president & CEO of Regions
Insurance Group.
- Matt Essary serves as vice president of
operations and is responsible for the operational strategy and
technology for the company. He has worked with US Premium Finance
for more than seven years and has more than 17 years of experience
in the premium finance industry.
- Rob Granite serves as vice president
for credit and asset management. He oversees the management for all
risk departments related to the daily operation of
credit, collections, and fraud mitigation, and ensures
business continuity and asset quality. Granite has more
than 16 years of experience in the premium finance industry with
his last seven years at USPF.
- Scott Mitchell is senior vice president
for finance and oversees the finance and reporting functions for
USPF, primarily focusing on finance strategy and data analytics. He
has more than 19 years of banking and finance experience.
- Tiffany Pearce serves as vice president
for talent acquisition and development. She focuses on human
capital strategy, organization planning, employment relations, and
process improvement. Pearce has been with Ameris Bank for 10 years,
two of which with USPF, and has more than 19 years of experience in
human capital management.
- John Lippincott serves as attorney for
USPF. He has practiced law for over 13 years, with proven expertise
in litigation, business and corporate law.
Sharing accolades, Pauls stated, “I am excited to join the USPF
leadership team. It is a team of impressive and experienced
professionals who are committed to being responsive and providing
inventive loan structure and terms for USPF’s agency-clients. Being
part of Ameris Bank, USPF has a breadth of lending capacity and can
offer the best rates in the industry. Our USPF leadership team will
continue to guide the company to produce successful results for our
customers and partners nationwide.”
About Ameris Bank
Ameris Bank, headquartered in Moultrie, Ga., has more than $11
billion in assets. Ameris Bancorp, the parent company of Ameris
Bank, is traded on the NASDAQ under ABCB. Our community bank
philosophy emphasizes personalized service and building broad and
deep customer relationships, offering a full range of services,
including traditional banking and lending products and solutions,
treasury and cash management services, and mortgage and refinancing
solutions.
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