Senior Vice President, Risk Management
Robert joined Stephens in 2010 as Senior Vice President
joining a team of professionals providing Risk Management and
Insurance services to large public and private companies. Prior to
joining Stephens, Robert spent 10 years as Executive Vice President
and Principal at Risk Services of Arkansas, LLC, formerly First
Arkansas Insurance. Prior to that he served for two years as Senior
Vice President and Director of Risk Management at Sedgwick of
Arkansas and 15 years as Senior Vice President of Rebsamen
Insurance, both in Little Rock. He began his insurance career in
1974 with the Seibels Bruce Group in Columbia, South Carolina.
Experienced with Risk Management and Insurance
Brokerage in heavy manufacturing, retail, transportation,
construction, energy exploration and production as well as gas and
electric utility industries. Robert has experience with large
property placements, a variety of loss sensitive and alternative
risk finance casualty placements as well as management liability.
His experience also includes working with client risk management
issues associated with merger, acquisition and divestiture
transactions.
Robert earned a BA in Business Administration
from the University of South Carolina in 1974. He also attained the
professional designations of Chartered Property and Casualty
Underwriter, CPCU; Associate in Risk Management, ARM and Chartered
Life Underwriter, CLU.
Phone: (501) 377-8201
Email: bob.watkins@stephens.com