Crystal & Company, the risk and insurance advisor, has appointed Kathy Hope as a director within its family enterprise risk practice.

Crystal & Company, the risk and insurance advisor, has appointed Kathy Hope as a director within its family enterprise risk practice.

Based in New York, Hope will report to Linda Bourn, executive managing director of Crystal & Company's family enterprise risk practice.  

Prior to joining Crystal & Company, Hope served as vice president and national head of client service for Marsh’s family office practice. Prior to Marsh, the global insurance broker and risk advisor, she was vice president of administration at Okabena Company, a private family office founded in 1967.

Jonathan Crystal, executive vice president of Crystal & Company, said the addition of Hope reinforces the firm’s continued devotion to serving family business and family office clients.

The family enterprise risk team serves a range of industries, family offices, private trust companies and family-affiliated ventures. It helps clients identify and assess risk including organizational structure and special purpose entities, as well as develop strategies to avoid, mitigate, transfer, or retain risk.

Crystal & Company is headquartered in New York with ten US regional offices, placing over $1 billion in premiums annually in the global insurance marketplace.

The firm is a member of Brokerslink, a global alliance of independent insurance brokerages spanning some 80 countries.