Don't Be a Commodity to Your Clients

The Presidents' Forum of Philadelphia
June 11, 2008

Scott Addis
President & CEO
The Addis Group

Speaker Biography:
Scott, President and CEO of The Addis Group, has extensive background in coordinating the risk management needs of middle market and large sophisticated commercial accounts. He chairs the firm’s Strategic Planning & Quality Assurance Unit.

In 1993 and 1994, Scott was a Philadelphia finalist for Inc. Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”, sponsored by Inc. Magazine, Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch. The Philadelphia Business Journal described the award as “the nation’s most prestigious recognition of successful business owners and the standards of excellence for leaders of some of this region’s hottest entrepreneurial companies.” Nominations were based upon “ingenuity, hard work and perseverance which create a successful, growing business venture.” In August, 1999 Scott was featured on the cover of Rough Notes Magazine in an article entitled “Extreme Service”. Most recently, Scott was nominated as one of the “25 Most Innovative Agents in America” by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research.

The Addis Group has received significant recognition including National Underwriter Magazine’s 2003 Agency of the Year Award, the highest distinction in the industry. In 2001, The Addis Group received the PINacle Award as the top performer of more than 100 of the premiere insurance brokerage firms who are members of the Agency Peak Performance Exchange (APPEX). The Addis Group was also recognized as the Business of the Year in 1997 for its “customer service excellence” by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. In 1994, 1995 and 1996, The Addis Group was listed as a “Philadelphia 100” Company, one of the fastest growing private-held firms in the region. In 2004, The Addis Group was honored as The Main Line Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.

Scott was formerly Vice President and Senior Account Manager with Johnson & Higgins in Philadelphia. While there, Scott handled the insurance placements for many of Philadelphia’s most prestigious companies and institutions including Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia Suburban Corporation, Temple University, Lukens Steel and U.S. Healthcare. Scott also played a key role in the growth of Johnson & Higgins’ Middle Market Division.

A graduate of Princeton University, Scott is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and a member of the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter’s Advisory Committee.

Scott is active in community affairs having served as a United Way key campaigner and on the Boards of The Haverford School, Bryn Mawr Rehab, Camp Tecumseh, Main Line Chamber of Commerce and the Starfinder Foundation. Scott is a member of the Sunday Breakfast Club and is the past Chairman of the Main Line Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the Advisory Boards of Prime Bank (Fleet Bank), Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Company. In 1996, he was appointed to a Review Committee of the Labor & Industry Task Force for the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund (SWIF). Most recently, Scott was recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the region’s most influential business professionals through its Book of Leaders. Scott has been inducted into The Haverford School “Athletic Hall of Fame”.

Scott resides in Bryn Mawr, PA with his wife Bobbie and three sons, Andrew, Jeffrey and Will.

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