Las Vegas, NV

Formerly Kaercher Insurance

    About Us

    Our Office History.

    For over 60 years, we have provided risk management, and financial products and services to corporations, institutions and individuals throughout the world.

    What Makes Us Different

    We take a pro-active approach to the management and servicing of your account with:

    • tailor-made programs shaped to your needs, not to the needs of a representative peer group
    • pre-implementation services such as contract reviews, exposure analysis, and professional wrap-up feasibility studies
    • the skill and knowledge to develop innovative new products to address wrap-up issues and exposures as they arise
    • large investment in technology to allow rapid transfer of vital information to clients and wrap-up markets
    • in-house wrap-up professionals acting as your committed advocates

    We have vast resources that enable our team of professionals to deliver innovative solutions to our clients.  By utilizing the experience and creativity of top-level insurance experts in conjunction with the firm’s worldwide resources, your Alera Group Las Vegas is able to provide sophisticated  products and service unparalleled in the insurance industry.

    Our Mission
     

    Every client is important to us. Whether a single individual or multimillion dollar corporation, each is assured of receiving the most competent insurance analysis and placement available.

    The insurance industry is continuously evolving. Our resource capabilities provide us with the tools necessary to keep our clients informed regarding regulatory issues and current events that can affect our clients’ bottom line. We utilize the most efficient technological methods available that align with the needs of our clients. Our professionals have real time access to the most current news and business intelligence available. These management tools allow us to maintain the highest level of client service.

    Our vision is guided by a commitment to understanding, anticipating and meeting our clients diverse and changing needs.

    We consider it both a privilege and a pleasure to represent our clients. Our goal is to maintain relationships that extend well beyond the realm of an insurance broker. Our unwavering dedication to integrity, professionalism and service ensures that Alera Group maintains its position as the pre-eminent insurance broker.

    Meet Our Team

    Barbara Hazel

    Account Executive
    Barbara  Hazel

    I have been in the insurance industry for 38 years expanding. I have been licensed for 21 years. I am a Commercial Account Manager for the past 18 years with GLB Insurance, an Alera Group company. I service accounts, manage claims, do marketing for renewals and new business. I work with various Producers in our office. I pride myself on the service I give to my clients.

    Lisa Hutzol

    Benefits Consultant
    Lisa Hutzol

    Lisa Hutzol holds a Sales Association position with GLB, An Alera Group company. She has been in the insurance business since 2005, starting her career in the Supplemental Insurance space. As her desire to help people grew, she began offering the full health insurance package. Lisa’s passion is to design a competitive employee benefits package for business owners, along with educating the employees.   

    Lisa is originally from Massachusetts and moved to Las Vegas, NV in 2001 to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to obtain her Master of Education: Health Promotion. She is a wife and mother of two children. Traveling and exploring new cultures is something Lisa enjoys doing in her spare time. 

    Diana Jarzen

    Account Executive and Bond Manager
    Diana Jarzen

    I have been in the insurance industry for over 33 years. I work with existing insureds and prospects to provide services to their changing insurance needs. I like to establish productive working relationships with my insureds, to provide them with the highest level of commitment, assessing their risk profile and customer services. I research and keep up with changes for my clients’ prospective industry. I meet with existing clients semi-annually or annually to review their insurance needs and contact them throughout their policy term to keep them informed of any information they could use or need. I also provide bonding lines and bonds on behalf of my construction clients, who require bonds continually. I specialize in the construction industry, attorney firms, architects, and engineers.

    The bottom line is that my clients are treated with respect and understanding in a friendly, honest manner and with the utmost integrity. I want to help my clients manage the risks that arise in everyday life, understand their needs, and help them achieve success.

    Tracy Jenkins

    Account Executive
     Tracy Jenkins

    Tracy joined GLB Insurance, an Alera Group Company in 2019 as a commercial account customer service representative. She has been in the insurance industry for 18 years and is responsible for servicing accounts, including assisting customers with policy changes, renewals, claims, and issuing certificates. Tracy enjoys spending time with friends, cooking, and playing with her two cats when not at work.

    EXPERT EDUCATION

    Events and Webinars

    Employee Benefits

    The Compliance Pathway Q2

    Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.

    May 14, 2026 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Employee Benefits

    Benchmarking That Drives Decisions: Why Averages Mislead — and What Best-in-Class Data Reveals

    A clear, data-driven view of the 2026 employee benefits landscape grounded in benchmarking results.

    June 16, 2026 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Employee Benefits

    GLP-1s at Scale: Why Weight-Loss Drug Decisions Are Now a Financial Strategy

    A GLP-1 decision framework plus scenarios.

    July 21, 2026 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

    Insights

    Property and Casualty

    Why is umbrella liability getting so expensive?

    While most commercial insurance pricing has softened in 2026, umbrella liability has not. In fact, it’s moving in the opposite direction.

    May 4, 2026

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    Property and Casualty

    AI Isn’t Liable for the Mistake. You Are.

    Artificial intelligence is powerful. It’s also wrong more often than people want to admit.

    If you use AI to support or deliver professional services, any mistake it makes is still your responsibility. Not the software’s. Not the vendor’s. Yours.

    April 1, 2026

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    Property and Casualty

    Identity hijacking is surging. Here’s what leaders need to know.

    Cyber incidents across our client base have been sharper, faster and more costly this year. Even organizations with strong controls are being hit in ways that look very different from past attacks.

    March 13, 2026

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    Property and Casualty

    AI-Powered Cyber Attacks, Why Yesterday’s Defenses Aren’t Enough.

    The widespread availability of AI technology, combined with the ease of manipulating video calls, makes phone and Zoom calls susceptible to exploitation by threat actors.

    February 2, 2026

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      Alera Group, Inc. is aware that there are persons fraudulently impersonating our company by using fake internet domains that appear to look like our legitimate services. If you are contacted by someone claiming to work for Alera Group, or any of our partners, please carefully review the email address and domain. If you have a relationship with our company, please contact us directly and not through any information that is provided in such an email. Please be extremely careful in responding to such emails with personal and financial information, sharing passwords, or any other information of value. Alera Group, or any of our partners, will never send ACH instructions via email and thus we strongly recommend that you verify the authenticity of each wire transfer request by calling your Alera Group contact using the number you have previously called.