Insurance Regulatory Consultants, LLC (IRC) has been a leader in providing filing, compliance, and product development services to the insurance industry for over 25 years—since it was co-founded by John Battles and Kevin Purcell at 55 John Street in Lower Manhattan.
During that time, its leadership has remained steady with the only changes being the addition of Jeremy Battles as a junior partner in 2004 and the retirement of Kevin in 2022 (https://irc-web-blog.netlify.app/2022-08-02-sed-mattis-%E2%80%93-tortor-pellen-tesque-tincidunt/). As a result of Kevin’s retirement, the timing was right to bring on the next generation of leadership to continue to guideIRC—and our firm couldn’t be more excited to announce the promotion of Kelly Gunning and Fong Li as new partners! Both Kelly and Fong not only bring deep industry knowledge and experience, but also provide complementary skills that IRC has relied on for over a decade.
Kelly joined IRC in 2008 after an extensive interview conducted at Jeremy’s Ale House in the South Street Seaport. Her transition from her prior job with Barnes & Noble Corporate was seamless, as she immediately fit in with the staff and began to tackle challenging projects. She also quickly established herself as one of the main points of contact for IRC’s clients.
After a few years in the weeds of the never ending world of bureau maintenance/reference filings, she completely overhauled IRC’s circular tracking process.
“Kelly’s approach to tracking circulars and communicating with our clients allowed us to scale our bureau and circular monitoring and, more importantly, allows many of IRC’s clients to rest well at night knowing that they’re up to date with their bureau adoptions,” says IRC President, Jeremy Battles.
Fong joined IRC in 2010 and immediately showcased his quick learning skills and impressive productivity. He tackled filing projects both big and small, but truly shined when he got involved in developing and maintaining MS Excel Policy Raters for a growing number of IRC’s MGA clients.
“Dozens of IRC’s clients over the years have been able to write business and issue policies faster at a lower cost because of his keen understanding of the rating process and MS Excel expertise”, said John Battles, IRC’s founder.
We are infinitely proud of all IRC has accomplished and are both confident and thrilled to have found the next generation of leadership to carry on the legacy and the quality of service we have built. Rest assured, you will still find the same level of service you have come to count on and much of it can be credited to these two.