Our
Team
SBB delivers deep industry expertise to each and every client. It’s an innovative mix of intellectual and technological strength enhanced by a fresh perspective that prepares SBB for your needs, challenges and expectations.
Executive Team
Managing Principal
Lewis Bernstein, CIC
Lewis is a managing principal at The Signature B&B Companies (TSBBC). With more than three decades of experience in the industry, Lewis has expertise in Wholesale Distribution, Real Estate and High Net Worth Personal Insurance.
Managing Principal
Peter Schapero
Peter Schapero brings over 25 years of experience to his position as managing principal at TSBBC. Peter has expertise in Risk Management, covering a breadth of industries including Real Estate, Construction, Health Care, Social Services, Professional Liability, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution.
Managing Principal
Ronald Brunell, CIC
Ronald M. Brunell, from Woodmere, NY, is a managing principal at The Signature B&B Companies.
Partner
Marc Graber
Marc brings over 40 years of insurance experience to his role as partner of TSBBC, which he joined in 2006. Marc specializes in providing all forms of insurance coverage, and risk management services to a wide range of public and private commercial clients in the Real Estate, Construction, and Manufacturing Industries.
Partner / Executive Director of Sales & Marketing
Louis E. Finkelstein
Lou, a partner and the Executive Director of Sales & Marketing, joined TSBBC in 2009.
Partner
Gary Castle
Gary brings over 35 years of insurance experience to his role as partner at TSBBC. He joined its predecessor firm, The Signature Group, LLC, in 2006.
Partner
Marcy Ruchman, CIC
Marcy is a partner at The Signature B&B Companies overseeing the Main Street Business Group. In 1990, she joined Ruchman Associates Inc., a family insurance agency which merged with B&B Coverage in 2009.
Partner
Gerry Tobias, CAPI
Gerry is a partner at TSBBC and former managing partner of Lawley Richwood LLC. Lawley Richwood LLC merged with B&B of Westchester LLC in November 2010.
Senior Leadership
Chief Operating Officer
Elizabeth Erdtmann
In 2014 Signature Group merged with B&B Coverage Corp. to become The Signature B&B Companies, an Acrisure Agency Partner, and Elizabeth took on the role of Director of Commercial Insurance.
Director of Claims
Joyce Sandler
Joyce Sandler has been the Claims Director for our firm since 2012. She and her team handle both Commercial and Personal Claims and strive to manage and reduce claim costs while minimizing risk and other exposures.
Director - Select Commercial & Personal Lines
Meryl Weinberger, CIC
Meryl joined the Signature B&B Companies in 2013 and currently manages their Select Commercial Lines Department in addition to servicing a commercial book of business.
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Location
Long Island Location
501 Franklin Avenue, Suite 218
Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: 516.764.1100
Fax: 516.764.1019
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Westchester Location
565 Taxter Road, Suite 425
Elmsford, NY 10523
Phone: 914.948.2628
Fax: 914.948.2843
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