| Name | Title | Contact Details |
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Patrick Shima |
Group General Counsel | Profile |
Ethos is a life insurance company founded in 2016 by Peter Colis and Lingke Wang. The company focuses on making life insurance more affordable and accessible by using technology to simplify the application process. Ethos operates as a licensed insurance agency, partnering with third-party carriers like Legal & General America, TruStage, and Ameritas. Ethos offers an online application process that provides instant quotes, allowing customers to apply for life insurance quickly. The company utilizes a proprietary underwriting engine to assess health and eligibility, ensuring suitable coverage options. Ethos also supports a network of independent insurance agents, facilitating both direct-to-consumer and agent-assisted sales. The primary product offered is term life insurance, tailored to meet individual needs. With significant funding from investors such as Sequoia, Accel, Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Softbank, Ethos has established itself as a major player in the U.S. life insurance market, aiming to protect millions of families.
Cameron Ashley Building Products is a prominent omni-channel distributor specializing in roofing, insulation, siding, gypsum, and other specialty building products. The company operates over 45 distribution centers across 26 states, providing more than 4.2 million square feet of storage space. Many of these centers are strategically located near major metropolitan areas, ensuring efficient product availability. The company serves over 5,000 customers in the lumber and building materials industry, including lumberyards, building materials suppliers, and contractors. Cameron Ashley combines distribution center operations with a direct-from-manufacturer approach to enhance supply chain management. This allows them to deliver a wide range of innovative products and services tailored to market needs. Cameron Ashley also fosters a supportive work environment, offering various employee benefits and development programs to prepare future leaders in the industry.
InterWest was founded in 1992 as a result of the merger of three large successful insurance brokerage firms located in Northern California. Our aggressive entrepreneurial and acquisition efforts have extended our footprint into Central California and the San Francisco Bay Area. Our unyielding commitment to reinvesting in our staff, diversified products & services and innovative technology consistently places us among the top performing insurance and consulting brokerages in the country. We offer unparalleled expertise in all lines of property and casualty, workers compensation, employee benefits and personal insurance coverages, as well as a full range of surety products. Although we operate principally in California, we are licensed to write business in all 50 states and staffed to service clients with locations throughout the nation.