Background

Dan has a passion for helping businesses succeed. He comes to LaPorte with an accomplished background in Risk Management, Safety and Compliance from the insurance provider side. His technical knowledge, coupled with a strong consultative approach makes him an incredibly effective agent and trusted advisor. Prior to joining LaPorte, Dan spent seven years as a risk management consultant at SAIF Corporation, Oregon’s largest Workers Comp insurer, helping business owners and risk managers implement efficient and effective programs to address rising insurance costs. His expertise implementing risk management programming has helped hundreds of businesses implement positive changes to reach peak performance.

Dan spends a good portion of his time advising LaPorte’s growing mid-market portfolio of clients. Business owners, CFOs, HR Directors and Safety Managers all benefit from his depth of knowledge to help them manage their Total Cost of Risk. Whether he is implementing innovative fleet safety programs or cutting-edge workers compensation strategies, Dan’s clients get the best representation possible. Over his career in the insurance industry, Dan has built knowledge and expertise in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing industries.

As a managing partner of the agency, Dan is helping to pave the way for LaPorte to remain as Oregon’s best and largest, locally held independent agency. He loves his role leading the agency’s sales force of dedicated professional agents.

While not at work, Dan and his wife Sarah are busy raising their four kids in the community of Sandy, OR.