Background
Timothy O'Brien contributes articles on personal
risk management for IRMI.com.
Starting at an early age, Mr. O'Brien has been an aggressive consumer
advocate for his insurance clients and the independent agents he has served.
Armed with the personal risk management experiences gained while working with
three national insurance carriers and two of the world's largest
international insurance brokers, Mr. O'Brien currently serves his clients
and the trusted advisor community in the New York metropolitan area through his
work with the private client services practice of Amaden Gay Agencies in East
Hampton, New York.
An advocate for the integration of personal property and liability insurance
planning into the broader wealth management and financial planning process, he
promotes personal property and casualty risk management educational programs
that provide continuing education credits to professionals in the accounting,
legal, and financial services community.
Mr. O'Brien has coauthored articles with both accounting and legal
practitioners that have been published in The
Practical Tax Lawyer, The CPA Journal, and The NYSBA Trusts and Estates Newsletter, while also
contributing articles to Institutional
Investor's Private Asset Manager and other publications. In
recognition of the commitment shown to his clients, Mr. O'Brien was awarded
the JoAnn Heltibridle Award for Professional Excellence at the AIG Private
Client Group's Risk Management Conference in 2007.
In 2008, Mr. O'Brien launched Private Risk Advisor, a
blog that provides the trusted adviser community with insights on managing the
personal property and liability risks of financially successful individuals and
families.