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Executive Team
STEVE
DISCHER
Senior Vice President
Steve Discher is a Senior Vice President for the Robert E. Nolan
Company.
In this position, he brings great depth of experience and knowledge
in operations, strategy, and information technology in the insurance
and financial services industry. He has more than 20 years experience
assisting clients with setting and enabling business performance
improvement programs. Steve spends the majority of his time
with clients establishing and achieving significant financial
and operational improvement initiatives.
Steve is an active industry association participant and thought
leader. He speaks regularly at conference such as LOMA and IASA
and has been published and quoted in Best Review, National Underwriter,
Insurance Networking News, Tech Decisions, CIO, and various
international publications. In Steve's 20 years of experience
he:
 | Defined and is now implementing an effort for a top-tier
multi-line insurer to reduce their life and annuity new
business cycle times by 50%. Inforce service is targeting
to improved by 25-75% |
| Developed the long-term business strategy for a mid-sized
multi-line insurance company |
| Led two large insurance companies in a $2B joint venture
to combine company claims operations and information systems
into a single operating model |
| Led a large diversified insurer in an effort to define
its strategy of doubling the business within four years.
Redefined the business model and technology direction while
leading efforts to implement the strategy |
| Managed the venture integration and profit improvement
programs for one of the world’s largest financial services
firms. Total deal value of $1B and annual cost savings of
over $100M |
| Led a company-wide business review and profit improvement
effort for a diversified financial services mutual resulting
in $40M in cost savings |
| Led a cost restructuring and reengineering effort while
reducing annual costs by over $250 Million for a Fortune
100 company |
| Led a multi-year business performance improvement effort,
which included assessment, redesign, and implementation
of a new organization, information systems, and supporting
processes |
| Led a company-wide effort to restructure upper level
management with a focus on finance, commercial, and planning
areas to ensure needed revenue gains, effective operations,
and enabling organizations |
| Developed the mobile computing strategy for a mid-sized
personal and commercial lines insurer |
He has also provided consulting services
for some of the leading companies in the Insurance industry,
such as:
| American Family |
| American National |
| Auto Club Group |
| AXA |
| Capitol Insurance Companies |
| CareFirst |
| Farm Bureau Insurance Companies |
| ING |
| Liberty Mutual
/ Wausau |
| Lincoln Financial Group |
| Nationwide Insurance & Nationwide Financial |
| New
Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. |
| Republic Group |
| West Bend
Mutual Insurance |
Steve holds a BS in Business
Administration from Central Michigan University
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