Your Partner In Executive Search And Recruitment For Critical Hires In Insurance
"We connect clients with the ideal candidates."
Why AIA Search?
About AIA Search
Headquartered in Chicago, AIA Search provides insurance clients top talent at the mid-to-senior ranks, including C-Suite and Partner-level executives. In addition, AIA Search leverages its extensive market knowledge, experience, and client relationships to advise –and work closely with-- candidates on next step opportunities for their careers.
AIA Search brings high-touch service, unparalleled integrity and the discipline of executive search to each engagement.
AIA Search has the skills and experience to expertly match for clients the right candidates with the right opportunities. We are a dedicated talent recruitment firm servicing the insurance sector, which also includes roles in other quant- / risk management areas.
No one knows the insurance recruiting space better than Bob Morand.
A message from AIA's Founder
Passionate and experienced leadership
Welcome to AIA Search - a new concept in executive search and critical hires in insurance.
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Let's face it: It's tough to find top talent in today's competitive market. What's more, it's even tougher to retain top talent.
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AIA Search brings close to 30 years of experience in working with clients and candidates alike in the ever-evolving quantitative risk arena of the insurance industry. Conceived and led by Bob Morand, former President of DW Simpson and, more recently, Sector Leader of Insurance with executive search firm Korn Ferry, AIA utilizes its extensive industry knowledge, a laser-focused market approach and executive search-level service to provide clients ideal candidate profiles to address their critical hiring needs in actuarial, predictive analytics, data science and underwriting, to name a handful.
AIA works with clients across the entire insurance spectrum, including primary carriers, reinsurers, consulting firms, brokerages, rating agencies, bureaus, state insurance departments and industry associations. Moreover, AIA covers all lines within the insurance space: property & casualty, life/annuity, health, pension/risk transfer and non-traditional tracts.
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In turn, AIA brings its considerable market knowledge, experience and client relationships to candidates looking to take the next step for their careers today...while advising them along their career paths into tomorrow.
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Simply put, AIA knows the candidates its clients want to hire...and AIA knows the clients and opportunities best suited for candidates to consider.
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Let's talk about how AIA Search can work for you!
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Thank you.
Bob Morand
We don’t just find talent, we retain leaders
Bob Morand
Close to 30 years of experience in executive search and recruitment for critical hires in insurance
Bob is the founder and lead partner of AIA Search, LLC., and has been in the executive search and recruitment profession in the insurance space for close to 30 years.
Bob launched AIA Search in November of 2018 to provide clients and candidates a new concept in insurance executive search...one which leverages his extensive experience and unparalleled industry contacts, laser-focused market approach and high-touch, executive search-level service to address clients' critical hiring needs in today's ultra-competitive marketplace for talent. AIA Search's focus is insurance professionals at the senior/executive level down through the mid-level professional ranks.
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Prior to AIA Search, Bob was Sector Leader of Insurance for Korn Ferry, the global leader in executive search. Bob worked with Korn Ferry's executive search insurance practice while also developing the firm's professional search practice, which focuses on mid- to senior level talent in the insurance industry.
Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Bob was President and Managing Partner of DW Simpson Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment, the leading search firm in this space. Bob was with DW Simpson for 25 years, the last eight as president, managing partner, and leader of the firm's Retained Search Services division.
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Throughout his career, Bob has worked extensively with primary carriers, reinsurers, consulting firms, brokerages, insurtechs, rating agencies, bureaus, and insurance departments. For these clients, Bob has recruited and placed insurance executives and professionals in actuarial, underwriting, product management, risk management, predictive analytics, data science, strategic transformation, legal and sales.
Additionally, Bob has worked in the placement of Chief Executive Officers, Chief Actuaries, Chief Underwriting Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Direct Entry Partners into consultancies, and other mid-to-senior level professionals in support of these aforementioned roles.
Moreover, Bob in the past 25 years has spoken, presented and continues to present at numerous industry conferences and for individual client companies. Session topics include: 1. Building Communication Skills Through Improvisation; 2. Creating Dynamic Presentations; and, 3. Hiring Trends In Today's Actuarial & Insurance Analytics Profession.
A former professional improv actor, who had the good fortune to train and perform with Chris Farley, Jane Lynch, and Andy Richter, to name a few, Bob received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University.
