Managing partner
Synapse Services
Specialty: Environmental 

Ken Burrell has more than 22 years of experience in the environmental insurance and consulting industries. Prior to joining Synapse Services in 2008, Burrell served as the executive vice president and head of the corporate accounts division of AIG Environmental, a business worth $700 million in premium volume. He joined Synapse as a managing partner and specialty environmental broker and currently leads the Southeast region, collaborating with his partners to manage the strategic expansion of the business’s brokerage platform while maintaining its commitment to providing highly technical and specialized brokerage services. Burrell is often consulted by specialty environmental carriers as they prepare to roll out new coverage forms.

Before entering the insurance field, Burrell worked as an environmental geologist and project manager with an engineering firm. “I’ve always had an interest in both the environment and in business,” he says, “and this field provides me the perfect opportunity to use my experience and education to solve complex problems for my clients.”