Pillars of Franchising: How to grow your franchise while minimizing your risk with Jesse Parenti of the Stratton Agency, Nine Points Strategies, PizzaSurance

Our Topic: Risk management issue/opportunities for the franchisee. How to grow your franchise while minimizing your risk with Jesse Parenti of the Stratton Agency

Our guest is Jesse Parenti

As a proud partner at Stratton Agency, Jesse Parenti offers over 25 of years of hands on experience in the restaurant industry and 14 years of commercial lines risk management, specializing in protecting restaurant groups nationally. The Stratton Agency in currently licensed in 48/50 states, managing 2500 restaurant locations and growing.

Mr. Parenti’s key client base includes fast casual, fine dining and pizza with delivery. He helps create custom solutions as a risk advisor using safety, consulting, HR and insurance placement. As program director of PizzaSurance, a specialty division of Stratton Agency, he dominates a very specific niche that less than a handful of agents can write nationally.

The restaurant industry is very complex and Jesse knows it better than anybody. His family has been in the food industry for over 80 years and this is where he scraped his teeth starting at the age of 10 working in the family business. Jesse then began working in the food industry on many levels from mom & pop establishments, fast food restaurants and pizzerias, advancing to upper management in corporate fine dining. Later in life, he made the switch to become a risk manager for the restaurant & hospitality industry. Jesse protects some of the most highly recognized chefs from all over the world.

Mr. Parenti is currently working with 17 pizza franchises nationally and continues to gain credibility as a specialty broker. He continues to grow his reputation and increase his influence thru public speaking, covering the ins and outs of niche marketing and risk management.

Jesse is a proud associate member of multiple business organizations and advocacy groups to build and nurture key relationships and continue to grow his business:
IAOA – Insurance Agency Owners Association
NAIFA – National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
GGRA – Golden Gate Restaurant Association
NAPO – National Association for Pizza Operators
RTOA – Round Table Owners Association
FBASD – Food & Beverage Association of San Diego
CH&LA – California Hotel and Lodging Association

Jesse Parenti
Director of Programs – Stratton Agency
jesse@strattonagency.com
Direct: 916-786-2000 ext. 230

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