WTW announced the appointment of Danielle Lombardo as Chair, Real Estate, Hospitality, and Leisure (REHL) division, Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) North America, WTW. Lombardo has more than fifteen years of experience in the insurance industry focused exclusively on real estate. In that time, she has honed her experience as an innovator who challenges the status quo, ready to respond to the myriad of insurance and risk management challenges facing real estate owners.

Clients value Lombardo?s ability to align critical components of the real estate industry with risk management, insurance, and communications strategies. Her persistence and special brand of problem solving led to creative approaches. Lombardo brought together key stakeholders in the real estate transaction including lender, borrower, broker, underwriter, and lawmakers to address head-on the short and long-term challenges facing real estate.

Lombardo has been a frequent guest expert on CNBC and has been interviewed by Bloomberg and The Washington Post, addressing rising insurance costs and their effect on the commercial real estate industry. She was named among the ?Top Women to Watch in NY Real Estate,? ?Lockton Producer of the Year?

and ?Risk & Insurance Power Broker.? In addition to driving client solutions, Lombardo will focus on driving initiatives to automate workflow and provide the technology, analytics and support needed to provide white-glove service to the fast-paced real estate business.