Dave North

Biography

Dave North is Sedgwick’s Executive Chairman— a position he has held since 1995. Under Dave’s leadership, Sedgewick as grown from a boutique, regional third-party claims administrator to the premier global provider of innovative business solutions in the areas of workers' compensation, disability, absence management, property loss adjusting and more. Sedgwick has more than 13,000 colleagues in 275 offices in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland who take care of people and organizations by delivering cost-effective claims, productivity, managed care, risk consulting and other services. At the time of its sale to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2014, Sedgwick was valued at $2.4 billion and boasted a remarkable 99% customer retention rate. 

Dave has over thirty-two years of experience in risk management services. He is a frequent speaker at national and regional industry conferences. In 2016, EY honored Dave with its Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Southeast U.S. Region. He previously developed and taught the American Management Association course on Advanced Risk Management Strategies: Managing the Total Cost of Risk. In 2002, Dave was recognized by Business Insurance as one of the 35 “Rising Stars” in insurance worldwide. In 2003, he co-authored The Art of Self-Insurance. Dave has served on the board of Workers’ Compensation Research Institute and is past chairman of the board of Integrated Benefits Institute.

Dave is currently a director for The Institutes, the leading provider of professional education for the risk management and property-casualty insurance industry. In 2016, Dave was appointed by Gov. Bill Haslem to serve on The University of Memphis’s Board of Trustees. He previously served on the university’s Board of Visitors and concurrently serves on the Foundation Board and the President’s Innovation Board. In addition, Dave is a member of the B.I. Women to Watch Advisory Board. 

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