Our Leadership Team

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Steve Acunto is Founder and Chairman of Beacon International Group, Ltd., a diversified private company whose portfolio includes the world’s leading media in the insurance and risk business in the US, London, Singapore, Milan, Amann and its 21 satellite offices across the globe. As a business and non-profit leader, he has served as Trustee and Director on the Boards of corporations, universities, and cultural institutions. For 15 years he served as Hon. Vice Consul for Italy in New York.

Nick is the owner of Pearson Consulting.  He served as Of Counsel at Baker & McKenzie, as a Partner at Locke Lord, where he co-chaired the Insurance Regulatory and Transactional Group, as a Partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer and a partner at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, where he started and chaired their Insurance Practice. He began his legal career with Lloyd’s of London's U.S. General Counsel firm and has represented the insurance industry for over 40 years. Nick presently serves as Chairman of the Insurance Federation of New York.

 Barry has spent over four decades representing the (re)insurance industry and has been a partner heading the (re)insurance practice of Graham and James, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal (now known as Dentons) and also served as the firm counsel at Graham and James, Squire Sanders (West Coast) and at Edwards Wildman Palmer for the Insurance Practice. He has managed several firms and offices during his 45+ year career and presently co-heads the insurance regulatory and transactional practice of a national law firm and is an insurance broker.