Blackburn Group, Inc. - Enterprise Risk Management & Claim Management Principals

Blackburn Group, Inc.

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Robert J. Blackburn, Managing Principal

Mr. Blackburn founded Blackburn Group, Inc. in 1991 as a company specializing in marketing products and services for the risk, insurance, and claim management fields. At the time of the company’s inception, Mr. Blackburn designed and developed a specialized risk and claim management information system with associated services called RiskPro to analyze and manage an organization’s operational and human resource risks. The business platform has managed $160 Billion in assets and 350,000 claims valued at $3.5 Billion in North America, South America, Europe and the Far East. Mr. Blackburn has also served as an advisor for several professional service companies to develop e-commerce platforms in a variety of related industries. The enterprise risk and insurance management project values have been over $1 Billion.

Prior to founding Blackburn Group, Inc., Mr. Blackburn established and managed a risk management and retention company for a private international conglomerate. As Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Blackburn successfully developed and managed the strategies for the combined company assets, of over $2.5 Billion and $500 Million in annual sales in the aviation and real estate industries. Additionally, he successfully grew the company earnings to over $2 Million annually and $20 Million since its inception. The present value at the time of his departure from the company was over $30 Million.

Mr. Blackburn has held senior management positions at Home Properties, Inc., Deloitte and Touche, LLP, Wilmorite, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Page Avjet Corporation, one of the largest privately owned aviation companies in the world, and Harris Corporation, one of the largest integrated communications manufacturing companies in the world. Additionally, Mr. Blackburn has served as an advisor and consultant to FM Global Insurance Company and other insurance companies doing business on a worldwide basis.

Mr. Blackburn graduated from St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, NY in 1978 and has completed graduate studies at the University of Rochester Simon Business School. Mr. Blackburn has recently served as a risk management guest lecturer at both institutions and has also served as a guest speaker at numerous risk and claim management industry and media events.

Business and Community Leadership Positions:

ACORD, Member, 1985-Present

Al Sigl Center, Business Services Committee Member, 1992-Present

Association of Management Accountants, Member, 1980-Present

Hillside Children’s Center, Insurance Committee Member, 1992-Present

Insurance Accounting and Systems Association, Member, 1991-Present

New York State Center for Electronic Imaging, Member, 1996-Present

National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association , Member, 2009-Present

Risk and Insurance Management Society, Member, 1996-Present

Risk and Insurance Management Society, Society Director and Officer, 1988-1996

Significant Papers and Reports since 1995:

Claim and Litigation Management Processes, January 1995.

Enterprise Risk Management Development, February 1995.

The Risk Management Program Development Methodology, April 1996.

The Benefits of Establishing a Captive Insurer or Other Alternative Risk Finance Vehicles, June 1996.

Image Management in an Integrated Enterprise, September 1996.

The Growth of Internet Commerce in the Alternative Risk and Insurance Business, February, 1997.

The Limitations of the Traditional Approach to Risk and Insurance Management, May, 1997.

The Benefits of N-tier Applications in Managing Risk, February 1998.

The Need for Reduced Risk Costs and Improved Quality, July 1998.

The RiskPro Manual for the Enterprise, February 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007.

Management of Risks for the New Millennium, January 2000.

The New Insurance Distribution Model, June 2001.

Global Risk in Today’s Business Environment, July 2001.

The Risk Management Network - Straight through Processing for an Interconnected World, July 2001.

Biometrics – How they are changing the World of Operational Risk Management, October 2001.

September 11^th has changed Everything in the World of Risk Management, November 2001.

Security Risks – How Organizations are responding to New Vulnerabilities, November 2001.

Risk Management for Real Estate and Retail Businesses, December 2001.

Confronting the Risks – The New Utility Organization, January 2002, September 2003.

The Risk Report, Home Properties, 2002-2008.

Six Key Risk Management Strategies for 2009, Various National Newsletters, January 2009.

The RiskPro Monthly Newsletter, January 2009 to present.

The MSA RiskPro Monthly Newsletter, January 2009 to present.

Have You Tuned Up Your Captive Lately?, Self Funding Magazine, January 2010.

The Continuous ERM Program, Self Funding Magazine, February 2010.

Education and Licenses:

St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, 1978, BS Management, Finance and Economics

General Insurance Consultant (Broker); NY Resident License; reciprocal ability in all 50 states

Independent General Adjuster; NY Resident License; reciprocal ability in all 50 states

Certified Adjuster (CA) designation, 2009

Matriculated candidate for the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation

Blackburn Group, Inc.
23 Bremen Circle, Penfield, NY 14526
(585) 586-4530, Email: sales@blackburngroup.com

RiskPro is a registered trademark of Blackburn Group, Inc.

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