Mike Smith

Principal/CEO

Meet The Team

  • Joan Pandorf

    Director of Information Technology, Sales Assistant

  • Paul Hacker

    Professional Liability Broker Retail Division

  • Marianna Greene

    Assistant Vice President of Operations, Senior Account Manager

  • Joseph Ferri

    Professional Liability Broker Retail Division

  • Ornella Cheron

    Special Projects Director and Head of New Product Development

  • Eric Cohen

    Professional Liability Broker Select Division Cyber Specialist

Mike is Founder and President of Axis Insurance Services, LLC and PLRisk Advisors, Inc., both nationally recognized Professional and Management Liability insurance firms. With more than 30 years of experience in the industry, Mike is a valuable market resource, invited as a frequent speaker, panelist and writer on professional and management liability risk and insurance issues. His clients value his wealth of knowledge and unique ability to create innovative coverage solutions.

Mike formed Axis Insurance Services, LLC in 1999 to provide customized Professional Liability solutions for business and later in 2014 formed PLRisk Advisors, Inc. to create a presence in the wholesale E&O market. Today, both companies enjoy success in delivering E&O Liability, Privacy & Network Security Liability, D&O Liability, EPLI, Commercial Crime, and Fiduciary insurance products to a broad spectrum of professionals.

Formerly a CPA audit manager at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), Mike managed audit and consulting services for insurance and healthcare clients, including some of the nation’s most well-known Fortune 500 companies. He specialized in mergers and acquisitions and insurance company liquidations. Dealing with hundreds of insurance companies, agencies, reinsurers, and alternative risk companies provided him with valuable insight into the needs of his clients.

At Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange (MIIX), a medical malpractice carrier, Mike was responsible for assisting the company in mergers and acquisitions and development of numerous insurance programs. Later, as the Chief Financial and Operations Officer of a related company, he built a physician-owned insurance carrier from the ground up, including all hiring, systems development, licensing and marketing.

Other Accomplishments:

  • Certified Public Accountant, 1986
  • Professional Liability Underwriting Society Steering Committee
  • Professional Insurance Agents Association Member (PIA)
  • Risk and Insurance Management Association Member (RIMS)
  • Completed The Oz Principle Corporate Training
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Member
  • Founding member of FSU Seminole Club of the Delaware Valley
  • B.S. in Accounting, Florida State University, 1984

Recent Speaking Engagements:

  • BDI Insurance Social Business Forum
  • PLUS Guest Panelist – E&O and the Real Estate Bubble
  • IBANY/Plus Guest Panelist – Diversifying Revenue Streams in a Soft Market
  • NAI Global Asset Services – E&O for Commercial Real Estate Firms
  • CLM – Understanding Drone UAV Liability
  • NAI Global Property Management – Best Practices on Cash Management

Meet The Team

  • Joan Pandorf

    Director of Information Technology, Sales Assistant

  • Paul Hacker

    Professional Liability Broker Retail Division

  • Marianna Greene

    Assistant Vice President of Operations, Senior Account Manager

  • Joseph Ferri

    Professional Liability Broker Retail Division

  • Ornella Cheron

    Special Projects Director and Head of New Product Development

  • Eric Cohen

    Professional Liability Broker Select Division Cyber Specialist