Claire Owens Joins Cavignac & Associates as Service Team Account Administrator

June 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Cavignac & Associates, a leading San Diego risk management and insurance brokerage firm specializing in the building industry, has hired Claire Owens to serve in the position of Service Team Account Administrator, announced Jeffrey W. Cavignac, CPCU, ARM, RPLU, CRIS, MLIS, president and principal of the firm.

Bringing to Cavignac & Associates five years of experience in the insurance industry, Owens is responsible for providing support and assistance to each team within the agency.  She is charged with endorsement and policy processing, billing and cancellation issues, certificates of insurance processing, administrative follow-up, audit reconciliation, contract reviews and various account manager tasks.  

Prior to joining Cavignac & Associates, Owens served as a commercial lines customer service representative for BH Gold Insurance Agency in San Diego, where she was employed for five years.  During her tenure there, she assisted the firm’s producers with renewals and endorsements, remarketed accounts, answered clients’ coverage questions, invoiced clients, and prepared certificates and policies to send to clients.  She also trained all the company’s new front desk coordinators.

Previous job experience includes have served one-and-a-half years as executive/administrative assistant at San Diego Headache & Facial Pain Center in Encinitas, Calif.

Owens studied at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo.  Through the years, she has undertaken various executive assistant/office coursework.  She holds a California Property & Casualty Broker/Agent license.

Her community involvement includes having participated in the American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Walk for the past for years.

Born and raised in Orange County, Calif., Owens currently resides in the San Diego community of Rolando Park with her husband, Patrick, and one-year-old Labrador Retriever named Ringo.  She played varsity softball in high school and now runs half-marathons.  She used to play keyboard in a Jamaican-style, nine-piece ska band through which she met her husband, who is the drummer.

About Cavignac & Associates:

Founded in 1992, Cavignac & Associates is a leading risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm providing a broad range of insurance and expertise to design and construction firms, as well as to law firms, real estate-related entities, manufacturing companies and the general business community. Company principals are Jeffrey W. Cavignac, CPCU, ARM, RPLU, CRIS, MLIS; James P. Schabarum II, CPCU, AFSB; Scott A. Bedingfield, CIC, AAI, CWCA; and Patrick Casinelli, RHU. The firm employs a staff of 40 at offices located at 450 B Street, Suite 1800, San Diego, Calif. 92101.  More information about the company can be found on the Web at www.cavignac.com.