You met our Virtus Brokers, now we wish to introduce the team that keeps Virtus running smoothly! Virtus Underwriters and Service Team members come from many different backgrounds and bring a variety of skills and experience to the table. Whether they are handling renewals, inquiries, endorsements, or bind requests, this team works seamlessly together with our Brokers to provide reliable service to our agents.
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Susan Gore - Senior Underwriter
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Susan joined Virtus in 2015 and held multiple roles within the organization, but currently serves as a Senior Underwriter since 2017. With almost 20 years of insurance industry experience, she still loves underwriting and the industry as a whole!
Summer is her favorite time of the year and she enjoys being outside and almost any outdoor activity, but especially enjoys swimming. Her favorite place to be is sitting by the pool in Arizona.
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Kennedi Christensen - Underwriter
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Kennedi is an Underwriter with Virtus. She graduated with a Risk Management and Insurance and a Finance degree from CU Denver. Currently, she works two renewal books and assists with new business in the state of Utah. She focuses primarily on Garage and Dealers, Builders Risk, Professional Liability, and Habitational risks.
When she is not assisting agents and carriers or reading Underwriting Guidelines (Garage Guidelines are her favorite 馃槈), she loves to be outside doing anything active with family and friends. A few of Kennedi's favorite passions are distance running, hiking, golfing (still needs some major improvement) and riding mountain bikes.
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Darlene Peterson - Associate Underwriter
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Darlene joined the Virtus team in 2014 as an Account Manager and has been in the insurance industry since 1989. In her current role as Associate Underwriter, she is an integral part of the team and plays an important role in driving the renewal book.
When Darlene is not in the office assisting agents and her team, she enjoys spending time with her daughter, grandkids and sewing. If you ever want to get on her good side, she loves Mexican food!
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Mitchel Bedel - Associate Underwriter
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Mitchel grew up in the Midwest but moved to Colorado in 2012. He joined the Insurance Industry in 2017 and Virtus in 2019. Currently, Mitchel underwrites renewal accounts and handles a broad spectrum of endorsements.
When not at work, he loves hanging out with his wife, Mary, and two children, Charlotte and Aloysius. For fun, he geeks out by collecting comic books.
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Lisa Clink - Account Assistant
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Lisa joined Virtus as an Account Assistant in 2019. In her current role, she presents quotes to our agents, binds policies and assists with processing endorsements. She also assists in answering any inquiries that come in from our agents and/or carriers.
When Lisa is out of the office, some of her favorite hobbies include enjoying the outdoors, hiking and backpacking. She is always looking for a new place to explore and a new adventure.
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Sonya Surrett - Customer Service Representative
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Sonya is our Customer Service Representative for Virtus Underwriting Group. She assists all the Broker teams with duties such as new business submissions, policy issuance, renewal support, loss runs, motor vehicle reports, cancellations, reinstatements and non-renewals. Sonya also helps cover phones and assists with quotes, endorsements and inspections as needed.
Outside of work, Sonya enjoys the Colorado outdoors, but her main passion is the Colorado Music Scene. She performs various shows throughout the year, at several of the major venues & festivals in the Denver Metro Area and throughout Colorado.
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Tuesday Tidbits - Garage & Dealers
Virtus' specialty in writing Garage business continues to shine as we regularly bind used dealerships, repair operations and various other garage-related accounts. Our underwriting team has carved out a niche within this segment and thus our agents can trust that their accounts are reviewed and underwritten by an extremely knowledgeable and experienced team.
Some of the various types of Garage risks we look for are below. Let us know how we can help!
- Auto Auctions
- Auto or Truck Dealer
- Auto/Truck Brokers
- Boat Dealer
- Consigned Auto Sales
- Equipment Dealers
- Heavy Truck Dealers
- Motorcycle Dealers
- RV/Trailer Dealers
- Auto/Truck Repair
- Boat Repair
- Equipment Repair
- Heavy Truck Repair
- Motorcycle Repair
- RV Repair
- Paint & Body Shop
- Car Wash/Detailing
- Parking & Valet
- Service Stations
- Many More!
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Contact Us
路 WestPac/Virtus - 303.904.3777
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