EMILY PEABODY
Emily grew up on Fishers Island where beaching and boating was, and still is, a part of her daily life. With family in the marine industry, Emily feels right at home with Maritime Insurance International in our Noank, Connecticut office. She has 7 years of customer service experience working in a Real Estate office managing island rental properties. She is excited to have recently joined Maritime to pursue a new career in the marine insurance industry. You can always count on Emily to engage and assist customers with ease and a positive attitude.
She now resides in Groton, CT where she enjoys everything that Connecticut has to offer, from beautiful beaches to vigorous hiking trails and various outdoor activities.
CARLY HETZEL
Carly grew up in Massachusetts living for the beautiful summers spent boating around Cape Cod and the Islands. With a true love for the ocean and boating and family in the marine industry, she has returned to her roots with a career that comes naturally. Helping customers and providing excellent service is the best part of her day. She now resides in eastern North Carolina, enjoying shorter winters with her husband and young son.
SAMANTHA BETULIA
Samantha grew up on the Connecticut shoreline in Branford, Connecticut. She loves the beach and has a passion for being by the water. She joined Maritime with over 7 years of customer service experience as well as almost 5 years in banking. Her favorite part about any position has always been utilizing her warm and personable personality and developing strong relationships with her customers and clients. Although Maritime Insurance is a different career choice for her, Samantha is extremely excited to explore the industry and hopefully create a new passion for herself. She now resides in Montville, Connecticut where she enjoys spending her free time with her dogs, and spending as much time outdoors as possible.
NICKY ROGERS
Nicky grew up in rural Pennsylvania and has called the Carolinas home for over 20 years. She moved to Charleston from North Carolina to pursue a career in the marine industry. Her love the coast made Charleston a natural fit and she has been in the marine industry since 2012.
Nicky has over 15 years of office management, accounting, and customer service expertise. She is a notary, a licensed insurance agent, and has been an integral part of Maritime since 2015. She has excelled in every faucet of the agency from accounting and booking to her current role as Commercial CSR. She genuinely enjoys establishing a personal relationship with each client and providing them with impeccable service throughout their experience with our agency.
Nicky lives on James Island with her husband and two almost grown up kids. Whether out on their boat, sitting on the beach, or fostering their French Bulldogs; she has an innate tenacity and zest for life.
ADAM MEYER
Adam Meyer was born and raised in Eastern North Carolina, and started sailing when he was six years old. That started a love affair with boats that he has carried with him ever since. Adam raced Hobie Cats competitively in high school, and later started the sailing team while attending Wake Forest University. He completed numerous bluewater sailboat deliveries throughout college and into his law school days, logging over 25,000 offshore miles taking boats to the Caribbean.
Upon graduation from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1996, Adam started his marine insurance career in Cincinnati as a Marine Loss Control Specialist with St. Paul Fire & Marine. The training he received over the next two years spanned the gamut from Shipboard Firefighting School to on-board Bargeman training on the river systems of the United States. This training gained him a chair in Chicago as an Ocean Marine Underwriter for St. Paul / Travelers, a position he enjoyed for several years, specializing in Mega Yacht and Commercial Marine underwriting.
In 2000, Adam moved back home to North Carolina, to start work on the Agency side of the niche as a Producer of Marine Insurance. Since that time, Adam has gained an impeccable reputation as “the authentic go-to guy” for marine insurance in the SE region, serving the needs of thousands of recreational and commercial boaters over these many years. His particular areas of expertise include Mega Yacht/Sportfish and Charter/Guide/Inspected Vessels, as well as all types and sizes of recreational marine vessels.
When not in the office or out walking the docks in Wrightsville Beach, he can be found spending quality time with his family, reading, working in his woodshop, and attempting to pass himself off as a successful inshore and surf fisherman.
ROD CLINGMAN
A native of CT and a lifelong boater, Rod has an extensive background in the maritime community. He has sailed competitively for the past 35 years and participated in many regattas throughout the world, including many Newport – Bermuda Races, Trans-Atlantic passages and superyacht regattas. In addition to yachting, Rod has spent time working on commercial fishing vessels and tug boats. Rod graduated from Sacred Heart University in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in management and economics.
For the last 19 years Rod has worked strictly in the marine insurance industry. Starting his insurance career as an underwriter for a large property and casualty company, then moving into sales and product / policy development. He has worked with some of the country’s leading marine agencies and marine insurers. Prior to joining Maritime Insurance International, Rod was a program manager for Berkley Recreational Marine (W.R. Berkley Co.). Rod currently lives in Old Lyme CT.
DAVID MORROW
David was raised in NJ and grew up sailing on the Barnegat Bay. He graduated from the University of the South, Sewanee with an Economics degree. Then started in the insurance industry fresh out of college in 1983 as a marine underwriter for AIG. Two years later he moved to Annapolis, MD and has been a licensed agent specializing in marine insurance since 1985. David started his own agency, Maritime Insurance Services, in 1994 and ran it successfully until 2017 when he decided to sell and join forces with Maritime Insurance International. He focuses on commercial marine lines and is very passionate about helping marine businesses secure their best coverage.
David has been married for 30 yrs and has 2 grown children and 2 dogs. He is a member of Annapolis Yacht Club, Toms River Yacht Club and several catboat associations. He is an avid sailor that has crewed in many bluewater races, but now spends more time inside the Colregs line sailing and racing on his 1964 Cat Boat, paddling his Epic Kayak, and exploring the Chesapeake Bay in his center console.
NED SAWYER
Ned grew up in Mystic, CT. Ned has extensive maritime experience; he earned his BA in Marine Policy and minored in Fisheries Technology at the University of RI. He began his insurance career in 2006 as a yacht underwriter and transitioned into commercial ocean marine underwriting. He has held a CT P&C license since 2007.
Prior to working in the insurance industry, he was a service professional in a New York marina, and a deckhand on a research trawler. His family includes three generations of commercial lobstermen. Today he lives in Groton, CT with his wife and two sons. He enjoys spending time on the water and is an avid photographer.
GARRISON RUDISILL
Garrison grew up in Wilmington, NC and spent summers on Wrightsville Beach where he developed a love for the coast and an obsession for boats from an early age. He graduated from Methodist University in 2003. He then spent 5 years managing the Charleston Harbor Marina before getting his insurance license. In 2011, he focused his professional career exclusively on marine insurance, heading up KSA Marine. In 2015, he and Nick McGinty merged their marine insurance books to form Maritime Insurance International. Garrison values personal relationships and intrinsically shares a marine passion with his clients.
Garrison lives in Mt Pleasant with his wife and two sons and is often found exploring the coast on their boat.
NICK MCGINTY
Nick has been working around the water for the last 20 years. He was formerly the General Manager of the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club & then Charleston City Marina & City Marina Company. In 2007, he started Maritime Insurance, which ultimately grew to one of the largest marine-specific agencies in the Southeast. Nick enjoys working with all types of clients; from yacht owners to business owners. His previous experience managing large marinas allows him to understand the risks from the perspective of his clients.
Nick resides in Media PA with his wife and twin girls near where he grew up; however, he can often be found visiting one of our four coastal offices.
CHELSEA ELLIOT
Chelsea grew up in the small southeastern Connecticut shoreline town of Waterford where she was
always by the water and enjoyed the outdoors. Chelsea obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Human
Services from University of Connecticut . She joined Maritime Insurance in the summer of 2020 making
her debut in the marine insurance industry. She has quickly progressed and picked up experience
assisting in all faucets of the agency. She is eager to use her vast experience in customer service and
finance to make an impact and home with Maritime Insurance International.
She still resides in Waterford, CT and when she’s not hard at work, you can find her on top of a
mountain after a long hike, working out at the gym, soaking up the sun by the pool, or spending quality
time with her family, fiancé, and dogs.
TAMMY KRAUSHAAR
Tammy grew up in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay and began her career in the marine insurance
industry nearly 20 years ago. She has held her Maryland P&C license since 2002 and has been a
volunteer and a committee member for the Mid-Atlantic Mariners Club for over 10 years. With a love
for the water and boating, the marine realm of insurance was an easy choice for her. After many years
working on the carrier side as an underwriter, Tammy is very excited to join the agency side and be a
part of the Maritime Insurance International family.
Tammy now resides in Pasadena, Maryland with her husband and two dogs (Zeke and Ozy). When not
in the office, you’ll find her spending her free time with her daughter and grandson or just enjoying the
great outdoors paddle boarding with her husband, enjoying some time on their jet ski on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, walking the beaches exploring for new treasures or just hanging out with family and
friends.
ANAR DENICOLA
Anar is originally from Kazakhstan and immigrated to Charleston, SC, with a backpack and $500, when she was 19. She holds a Master’s degree in Business from The Citadel and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from college in Kazakhstan. She has over 10 years of experience in professional accounting services across various industries, including compliance, business processes, and financial reporting.
Anar joined the Maritime Insurance team in March 2021 as Director of Finance. She oversees the agency’s accounting system and department; handling financials and reporting.
In her spare time, Anar enjoys outrigger paddling, dragon boat racing, and hiking. In December of 2021, Anar summited Mount Kilimanjaro.
MIKE MATSON
Mike Matson is an Eastern North Carolina native who grew up enjoying everything outdoors. From a young age, Mike fell in love with fly fishing and perfected his art from the coastal marshes to the mountains of North Carolina. While attending Appalachian State University, Mike started his own fly-fishing guide service and spent nearly 300 days a year on the creeks and rivers surrounding Boone, NC.
Upon graduating Appalachian State’s Government Justice Studies program, Mike joined Maritime Insurance International. His extensive, real-world knowledge of fishing and charter guide services serve him well for the organization. When not in our Wrightsville Beach office, you can find Mike on the water fly-fishing.
CAMERON GILLETTE
Cameron is from Rochester, New York and graduated from The College at Brockport, State University of New York with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting. He has always enjoyed working with numbers and calculations since high school. Prior to joining Maritime’s accounting department, he did taxes at a CPA firm in New York and moved to Charleston, South Carolina to be near the beach and warm weather.
In his free time he enjoys playing hockey, going fishing, jet skiing and listening to live music.
MALYSSA BURGESS
Malyssa was born and raised in Groton, CT where she still resides today with her fiancé and fur baby. She spent most of her childhood summers at the beaches and clam shacks of Rhode Island with her family. She loves spending her free time travelling and spending time with her family and friends. She joined Maritime Insurance’s team in March of 2022 from the service industry to begin her career in the world of insurance.
CHRISTIAN GAUCHER
Christian is a Mystic, CT native and graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in communication. With a background spanning over 15 years in hospitality industry, Christian recently transitioned to the dynamic world of marine insurance. A passionate writer and avid road tripper, she thrives outdoors and loves spending time on the water. Christian is known for fostering personal connections and finds joy in helping others, a quality she brings to her exciting new role as a commercial CSR.
CHANTELLE DOUGLAS
Chantelle grew up in the quiet corner of Pomfret, Connecticut where she enjoyed horseback riding and summering at the beach. In 2008 she moved to Southern California where she worked in the service industry briefly before transitioning over to billing and administrative work. She now resides in Mystic, Connecticut with her son and cats. She enjoys kayaking, hiking, going to the gym, and spending time with friends and family.
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