Tennessee’s Crichton Group Makes Staff Changes, Names New Partner

The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has appointed a new partner and a new director of risk management. In addition, it has also added an account executive and an account manager to its team. The staff changes include:

• Joe Lacher has been named vice president and partner;
• Tracy Light has been promoted to director of risk management;
• Ansley Douglas has joined as an account executive; and
• Teresa Walker has joined as an account manager.

As partner, Joe Lacher will help lead the agency and support clients across the United States. Prior to this position, Lacher was a group benefits advisor. Lacher’s expertise is in consumer driven health plans as well as employer-specific risks associated with the Affordable Care Act.

As director of risk management, Tracy Light, will be responsible for the leadership and direction of the agency’s risk management services, including claims and risk control. Light will work with her team to ensure high quality service, efficiencies and standardization of processes. Prior to this role, she was an account manager for the risk management sector.

As an account executive, Ansley Douglas will manage the private client book of business. Douglas has over 25 years sales management experience, most of which has been in insurance sales with companies such as Marsh & McLennan and Liberty Mutual.

As an account manager, Teresa Walker will help lead the agency’s group benefits department. Previously, Walker was a team lead/contract benefits counselor for Benefit Communication Inc. where she served as a contract case counselor aiding large employer groups as an extension of the client’s human resources department.

Topics Mergers & Acquisitions Tennessee Risk Management