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Tom Kallai is a Senior Vice President for Hortonโ€™s Risk Advisory Solutions. In this role, Tom is responsible for maintaining and growing Hortonโ€™s customer base in the Risk Advisory Solutions Division. He is accountable for establishing and maintaining strong face-to-face relationships with Hortonโ€™s customers and assumes the primary responsibility for client service and retention.

Before his new role, Tom was a Sales Executive for five years in Hortonโ€™s Risk Advisory Solutions. He provided Health and Human Services customers with comprehensive, cost-effective and innovative solutions to meet their most complex, risk-related challenges.

Prior to joining Horton in August of 2015, Tom served as the Agency Team Lead at State Farm Insurance. Tomโ€™s nine years of experience at State Farm taught him the importance of educating clients about insurance.

โ€œInsurance is not the easiest concept to wrap your head around,โ€ said Tom.ย  โ€œClients deserve someone who is not only an expert on the subject but who makes it simple for them to make the best possible decisions.โ€

Tom knows the role of a risk advisor is even more important given the evolving landscape of insurance, with new risks emerging and changing government regulations.

โ€œOften, clients donโ€™t have the luxury of time to become experts on insurance and risk management,โ€ said Tom. โ€œMy responsibility is to educate them on their available options, advise them based on my industry experience, and implement the plan moving forward.โ€

In working to elevate his clientsโ€™ risk management programs, Tom often finds it rewarding to look back to where each clientโ€™s journey began.ย  One of Tomโ€™s first clients came to Horton with barely the building blocks of a risk management program.ย  Working collaboratively with the client, Tom was able to expose a multitude of risks and then provide strategies for mitigating those risks.

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Education
  • BS in Marketing,ย Illinois State University
Professional Designations and Licensing
  • Life & Health Producer
  • Property & Casualty Producer
  • Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist, CLCS
Professional Background
  • The Horton Group
    • Sales Consultant (2022 โ€“ Present)
    • Client Specialist (2020 โ€“ 2022)
    • Sales Executive / Risk Advisory Solutions (2015 โ€“ 2019)

  • State Farm Insurance
    • Agency Team Lead (2014 โ€“ 2016)
Industry & Community Involvement
  • New Star, Board Member (December 2018 to Present)