Zachary Finn

From 2011-2021, I served as Academic Director of the Davey Risk Management & Insurance (RMI) Program at Butler University. I helped found, and ran, what is now the ninth largest undergraduate RMI degree program in the U.S. and was a 2019 Men’s Basketball Team’ Faculty All-Star. I was also the co-inventor, co-founder, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Operating Officer for the world’s first Student-Run Captive Insurance Company, domiciled in Bermuda, and taught at Butler University. A first of its kind innovation in experiential learning profiled in the New York Times. I also ran a successful risk management consulting company during my time at Butler and helped advise the U.S. Congress on the creation of model Pandemic Risk Insurance Act legislation to help mitigate the impact to insurance markets from COVID-19. Prior to Butler, I was the Global Risk Manager for The J.M. Smucker Company in Orrville, Ohio, where I managed the Corporation’s risk management program, including due diligence and integration for nine major mergers and acquisitions, including the $3.3 billion acquisition of Folgers Coffee. I have published articles on several topics, including pandemic insurability, Insurtech, product contamination and recall risk, protecting corporate goodwill and brand equity, enterprise risk management and risk management consulting, and have appeared as a subject matter expert in the New York Times, Bloomberg, Washington Times, Yahoo Finance, Risk & Insurance, Captive International, Business Insurance, Axios, Indianapolis Business Journal, and the Harvard Business Review. Education: I received my B.S. in Insurance and Risk Management from Indiana State University, M.S. in Risk Management and Insurance from Florida State University, and the Associate in General Insurance (AINS) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designations from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. I hold an Indiana Property & Casualty Insurance license and am HACCP (Food Safety) Certified. Current Company: Henriott is an independent Insurance Agency & Risk Management Consulting company dedicated to helping our clients prevent, manage, & recover from critical incidents. We support public and private entities through effective risk management, risk financing, insurance, employee benefits, crisis management, contingency planning, and crisis response. Problems I Solve: I am responsible for education, industry specific risk management solutions, and client engagement. I help clients develop defensive Risk Management Programs that protect Firm and Stakeholder Value. I also lead Risk Management for our Drone and Startup practice areas, among others. My team helps identify the unique risks UAV manufacturers, operators and distributors are likely to encounter across their operations and supply chain. Expertise: Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Commercial Insurance, Product Recall, Crisis Preparedness, Crisis Response, HACCP & Food Safety, Supply Chain Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning, Alternative Risk Financing, InsurTech, Captive Insurance, Employee Benefits; Industry Expertise in Manufacturing and Logistics, Non-Profit and Social Services, K-12, and Higher Education, Municipal, and Food and Beverage, Drone and UAS/UAV, Industries and Startups.