The Marver Group is a full service executive search firm specializing in contingency and retained searches within the commercial insurance arena in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. We have expertise in searches within commercial underwriting and management, claims, operations, loss control, human resources, brokerage, agency and administration. As long as I can remember, I wanted to own my own business. I graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts and tried my hand at retail management with Marshall Fields and Benetton for three years. In 1989 I joined a search firm that specialized in insurance search and recruiting. I was fortunate to have been trained by two of the best recruiters in Chicago and quickly discovered that I had a real talent for this business. Two years later, in 1991, I joined Executive Directions, (formerly Sales and Management Search), and started their Insurance Search Group from scratch. This was very exciting for me because it was a chance to incorporate my style of search with an established and well respected organization.