With almost 200 years of combined experience, Tennant Special Risk is a Managing General Underwriting Facility whose mission is focus on providing products and services to middle and upper middle market commercial and residential subcontractors. Our commitment is to provide broad coverage at a fair price with excellent post-binding service.

Tennant Special Risk was founded 12 years ago and since then has continued its dedication to expanding the range and continued quality of service we offer to our current and future clients. Our ability to flourish in this industry is based on an excellent staff that has extensive experience underwriting retained risk clients and is dedicated to the success of the company and the satisfaction to its clients on every level.

Underwriters

Bradley N. Tennant

Underwriter - President

678-461-4615 x1

btennant@tennant-risk.com

Brad boasts an impressive 35 years experience in the insurance field. His previous positions include: underwriting, retail brokerage, carrier management and primary casualty programs. Brad started Tennant Special Risk in April of 1999 with a "couple bucks and a dream" to provide a specialty underwriting environment for commercial and residential subcontractors.

Lou DiPiero

Underwriter - Vice President

678-427-8244

ldipiero@tennant risk.com

Lou joined TSR in 2002 with an extensive and diverse background. During his 40 years in the industry Lou has worked with retail, underwriting, admitted, and excess & surplus business. In addition, Lou has home office experience with Liberty Mutual and chaired the corporate committee for casualty training with Johnson & Higgins. Currently Lou enjoys underwriting the WRAP programs for TSR.

Don Carr

Underwriter - Vice President

678-461-4615 x6

dcarr@tennant-risk.com

Don joined TSR in 2006 with 37 years of expereince. Rounding off the list of most experienced employees at TSR Don has held positions such as Casualty Underwriting & Supervisor, Large Account & Referral Underwriter and Customer Program Manager.

Larry Peterson

Underwriter - Vice President

678-461-4615 x2

lpeterson@tennant-risk.com

Larry joined TSR in 2007 with an impressive 40 years of experience in insurance. Larry has held an array of positions including surety bond underwriter, risk management, company underwriting, retail and wholesale and program underwriting. Larry has also served as CPCU President of the Atlanta chapter and is an award-winning CPCU course leader. Larry currently handles OCP programs for TSR.

Carrie Booker

Underwriter - Vice President

678-461-4615 x3

cbooker@tennant-risk.com

Carrie joined TSR in 2007 with over 20 years of experience in insurance. Carrie has an extensive array of experience in insurance, as she started as an assistant and worked her way up to underwriter. Carrie's previous positions include managing general agent, umbrella underwriter, multi-line underwriting and primary General Liability underwriter.

Jessie Swieter

Underwriter

678-461-4615 x. 212

jswieter@tennant-risk.com

Jessie joined TSR in 2008 with interest and determination to learn more about underwriting. With her four years of experience in bank underwriting as a Commerical Bank Officer, Jessie learned a solid foundation that gave her the ability to segway into TSR. Jessie is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a double major in Risk and Insurance Management & Finance and Banking.

Sarah Bahn

Underwriter, Umbrella Program Manager

678-461-4615 x8

sbahn@tennant-risk.com

Sarah joined TSR in 2008 with 13 years of experience. Sarah has worked her way up through insurance starting as Marketing Assistant and moving to Surety Bond Underwriter at Georgia Surety Company and Inland Marine/Commercial Truck Insurance Underwriter at Ace Insurance Services. Currently for TSR, Sarah enjoys working on umbrella program implementation as well as the umbrella program manager.

 

Underwriting Assistants & Support Staff

Nia Nguyen

Technical Underwriting Assistant

678-461-4615 x7

nnguyen@tennant-risk.com

Nia joined TSR in 2006 with eight years of prior experience in underwriting support. Nia started working in reinsurance in 1998 specializing in casualty, inland marine, property and treaty departments. Nia also assisted with administration and technical support which brought him to his current position at TSR. Previous to his insurance carreer, Nia worked in retail management and sales.

Susa'n Page

678-461-4615 x5

Casulaty Specialist

spage@tennant-risk.com

Susa'n joined TSR in October of 2011 with over 45 years in the industry. She has held positions in various companies as an underwriter and manager, her focus being the Casualty side and primarily the Excess lines. She has also spent several years on the agency side, owning her own agency on several occasions and working for a large retail broker. She has had her CIC designation for 23 years and taught several insurance coruses.

 

Cresson Berger

Umbrella Department

678-461-4615 x213

cberger@tennant-risk.com

Cresson joined the umbrella department at Tennant Special Risk in early 2010. Cresson has a masters in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a License Professional Counselor and had been developing his skills as a therapist when his interest was piqued by business and insurance. Cress has now set his sights full time to learn about and excel in the insurance industry.

Susan King

Accounting Manager

678-461-4615 x9

sking@tennant-risk.com

Susan joined TSR in 2003 with over 10 years experience in accounting.