Curtis Barton entered the insurance industry after college in 1996, thinking he would stay for two years just to please his father, an insurance executive. This traditional path would lead to a fulfilling 24-year career and the creation of his own company, Alkeme Insurance Services. Driven by the purpose of “shaping the future of insurance one partner at a time,” Alkeme’s chief executive has been named one of Insurance Business America’s Hot 100 for 2022 . In this conversation with Insurance Business , Barton said “timing is everything” when it comes to setting up an enterprise. Alkeme was formed in 2020 – in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic – through the merger of seven agencies run by Barton’s friends. The consolidation made sense as the businesses had a combined revenue of around $32 million. Alkeme has since become one of the fastest-growing consolidated entities in the US insurance industry, and it supports the growth of other brokerages through acquisition, optimization, and scaling. Barton defines Alkeme as a “people business” that delivers an improved customer service platform by using technology. “There’s been a lot of pressure points on the business from technology, and that’s fallen off lately because of […]
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