What makes Elite Specialty & Wholesale unique?

Elite is a young, energetic and solutions-oriented team focused on efficiency and accuracy, providing a transactional experience from the time the submission hits our desks until your policy is in the insured’s hands. We pay attention to the details and do the “little things” well to provide ease of business and go beyond the efforts of our competitors.

We are focused on building relationships with a select group of trusted carrier partners and underwriters, utilizing our experience and unique platform to place quality business. We want to pride ourselves as a wholesaler that understands your appetite in and out and sends you a steady volume of quality submissions that are bind-able opportunities!

Leadership

Luke Hutchinson

Luke Hutchinson began a second career in insurance in 2010 as an underwriter with Hull & Company in Tacoma, WA. Luke quickly progressed up the ranks running the Washington and Oregon offices before leaving as Vice President & Profit Center Leader of the Hull offices in Irvine, CA and Honolulu, HI. While he has an extensive background in contract binding, including several years as an underwriting manager, Luke specializes in Professional Liability and has earned the Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) designation from the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS).

Greg Lyons

Greg Lyons began his insurance career in 2011 with United States Liability Insurance Group (USLI) in their commercial lines underwriting division, starting in their Wayne, PA office and later moving to their satellite office in Mission Viejo, CA. In 2016, he then made the shift to the wholesale side of the industry, working as an Associate Broker for Breckenridge Insurance Services, a nationwide wholesaler, in their Irvine CA office managing a substantial book of E&S business. His commercial P&C background stems mostly from construction, manufacturing/distribution, hospitality, habitational and other niche products including firearms and cannabis. Greg is a graduate of James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) where he studied Music Industry and currently holds his Associate in General Insurance degree from The Institutes.