As Executive Vice President of Operations, Mary Lawless knows what it takes to be successful. From an early age, her father instilled the infamous wisdom
DESTIN, FL, (May 29, 2015) – Auto-Owners Insurance announces that Acentria Insurance has been named one of the Top 10 production leaders for the company in
Vice President
Northeast Florida Territory Sales Leader
Vice President
Northwest Florida Territory Sales Leader
Chief Operating Officer
Nate joined Acentria in 2018 through a partnership with his family’s agency, Marks Insurance. A third-generation insurance professional, Nate has been in the insurance industry since 2002. He holds a Bachelor’s in Finance from Auburn University at Montgomery and a Master’s in Risk Management and Insurance from Florida State University.
As Chief Operating Officer, Nate brings a passion for developing people and improving operations. As our agency continues to grow, his focus is on maintaining the close-knit feel of a small agency while delivering big results. Nate believes that true success starts with supporting the teams on the ground and is committed to ensuring our team members have what they need in order to continue thriving.
President
Since joining Acentria in October 2020, Rob has played a key role in driving our agency’s growth and remains deeply committed to empowering our producers and account managers in achieving their professional development goals. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Florida State University as well as an MBA from Stetson University. With over 20 years of insurance industry experience, he is known for his strategic mindset and people-first leadership approach.
As President, Rob oversees all facets of agency performance, culture and client success. He is excited to focus on and strengthen frontline support, all while ensuring our team remains connected and agile as we continue to scale. Rob is committed to keeping operational and sales support closely aligned with the team members who serve our clients on a daily basis.
Executive Vice President | Southeast Sales Leader
Tyler brings more than 15 years of insurance industry leadership experience with a proven track record of driving sales performance, developing high performing teams, and strengthening operational excellence.
As Executive Vice President of a leading insurance organization, he oversaw multiple offices, expanded regional market share, and built top producing teams across several business lines. His leadership contributed to significant organizational achievements, including Office of the Year in 2023 and Regional Office of the Year in 2025. He has also been recognized as a Tampa Bay Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree for his business results, leadership impact, and contributions to the insurance and risk management community.Throughout his career,
Tyler has been passionate about building strong cultures that encourage collaboration, accountability, and professional growth. In addition to his production and operational leadership responsibilities, he played an instrumental role in developing a nationwide sales CRM platform, helping establish scalable processes, improve pipeline visibility, and strengthen producer accountability. He also led a national sales contest involving more than 1,000 producers, delivering measurable increases in engagement and production performance. Earlier in his career, Tyler gained valuable experience supporting financial operations, risk management, due diligence initiatives, acquisition reviews, and integration efforts, providing him with a well rounded perspective on agency growth and operations.
Tyler holds several professional designations including CPCU, ARM, AAI, AU, and ASLI, and is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. He resides in Sarasota, Florida with his wife, Heather, and their three children.
While some offices are currently closed, our team is still available to assist our clients with any insurance needs. You can still call your our main phone number and one of our team members will be able to assist.
Due to the impact of the storm, the following offices are closed through Friday, October 9th.
Executive Vice President, National Sales
Senior Vice President
Marketing & Branding
Senior Vice President
Southeast Employee Benefits Practice Leader
Co-Founder
Kendall was a fundamental part of Acentria Insurance. As a co-founder, he brought more than 30 years of industry expertise to Acentria, helping transform the organization into a leading insurance provider. Beloved by team members, carrier partners and clients, he oversaw more than 400,000 insured multi-family units with property values greater than $22 billion, and over four million square feet of commercial office space and real estate buildings. Kendall has received numerous industry awards to include being recognized as a National Top Producer and Agent of the Year by both Insurance Business America and Insurance Journal. Away from the office, he served as chairman for the American Heart Association, actively participated in his church and golfing, watching sports and spending time with his family. Kendall passed away in January of 2021, leaving a lasting legacy on Acentria’s culture, success, industry-wide reputation – and on all of us fortunate to have worked alongside him.
President & Chief Operating Officer
As President and Chief Operating Officer, Mary brings over three decades of industry expertise to Acentria Insurance. With a strong focus on Mergers & Acquisitions, Mary is passionate about partnering with new agencies and leaders to continue the overall upward growth of Acentria. She works in conjunction with the CEO to lead and deliver specialized sales products, services and industry leading capabilities while implementing business and sales strategies to the Acentria sales team and carrier partners. Mary has direct oversight of all operational leaders throughout the entire organizational footprint and is responsible for operational financials and budgets.
She empowers her team members and because of it, is well respected by her peers and those she leads. Since her time with Acentria, Mary’s leadership has contributed to the agency’s exponential growth from 15 to well over 50 locations, increasing employment to over 700 team members, across the southeastern United States. Due to her leadership and contributions to the insurance industry, she has been nationally recognized as one of Insurance Business America magazine’s Elite Women and serves as a valuable member on the Executive Committee for Foundation Risk Partners, Acentria’s parent company. Prior to joining Acentria Insurance, Mary led operations for another national broker. Throughout her tenure, she has held a variety of management positions in Personal Lines, Select Business and Employee Benefits. Mary specializes in agency operations, partnerships and acquisitions and is truly passionate about developing team members to become great leaders.
When not shaping the future industry leaders at Acentria Insurance, Mary enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband, Pat and their family and friends.
Partner & Co-Founder
As partner of Acentria Insurance, Mitch plays an integral role in mergers & acquisitions. He focuses on seeking out strategic like-minded partners and agencies, across the southeastern United States, to partner and join the Acentria family.
Mitch has over 42 years of business leadership experience that ranges from law enforcement to the finance, healthcare and insurance industries. He was instrumental in developing the nation’s first “at-risk” managed care network for physical and occupational therapy serving the worker’s compensation industry. This network paved the way for a new managed care system, based on incentives.
Mitch is passionate about giving back to the youth of his community. He is an active supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County and believes in helping all young people reach their full potential. He is also the founder of Fallen First Reserve which is a non-profit organization dedicated to financially assisting those family members of First Responders killed in the line of duty and military members killed in action. Mitch also serves on the board for Fund the First.
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
As Chief Executive Office of Acentria Insurance, Kevin focuses on developing insurance solutions that strengthen Acentria’s presence in the market and its commitment to client-relationships and exceptional service. With over 35 years of industry experience, he specializes in the overall growth of Acentria is passionate about bringing new talent to the organization both organically and through mergers and acquisitions. Through his leadership and the support of the Executive Leadership team, Acentria Insurance instills a positive corporate culture which has led the agency in being recognized as a leader within our industry as a Top 100 Workplace, Employer of Choice, Best Agency to Work For and several other national and regional accolades.
Before co-founding Acentria Insurance, Kevin served as Branch Manager for another national broker. Kevin holds the prestigious title as an Agent of the Year and five-time National Top Producer. He is also a key member of the Foundation Risk Partners Executive Committee, which is the parent company of Acentria Insurance, while also serving as the National Director for Carrier Relations. In addition, Kevin oversees the Sales Leadership Council, which encompasses sales leaders across the entire FRP footprint in an effort to develop and refine shared resources while offering producer training and development programs.
Kevin received a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from the University of West Florida. He is very active in his community and served over a decade on the Board of Directors of Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation and remains as a trustee, which funds over 14 children’s charities along the Florida Panhandle. He is also a member of the Destin Chamber of Commerce, Community Association Institute and Florida Association of Insurance Agents. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys golfing, tennis, boating and spending time with his three children.
