David Wroe Named to Astonish Board of Directors

Warwick, RI, 9/13/13 – Astonish, a leading technology, marketing, and training company dedicated solely to the needs of insurance agencies, announces the election of David Wroe to its board of directors.

Wroe started his career in technology more than four decades ago. First, as a systems analyst at Texas Instruments, he quickly moved up to become the Manager of Operations Research, and then the Manager of Production Control. In that time he created a system that won the SBC Pioneer of Timesharing Award for Texas Instruments.

He later joined Commercial Union (CU) in 1978 as VP Agency Interface, where he led the effort to automate policy flow from their agents. This is also where he worked with key insurance industry contributors to implement a technology with emerging agency management vendors rather than delivering carrier terminals.

After CU acquired Agency Management Systems (AMS) in 1981, Wroe was asked to head AMS development and he became CEO in 1983. In that time, AMS grew into the largest provider of automated services to agents with a customer base exceeding 20,000 agencies.

In 1996, Wroe was asked to join the executive team at CNA as Chief Technology Officer, where he added CIO function and heading up CNA’s venture group to his responsibilities. He retired to Cape Cod in 2001 and started a consulting company, Clareworks, in 2009.

“Astonish is honored to have David on our team,” says John Boudreau, CEO and Co-Founder of Astonish. “It is humbling to work with someone who has done so much in our industry. Astonish is better because of his knowledge, wisdom and direction.”

For additional information, call 401-921-6220 or visit Astonish.com.

About Astonish:
Astonish is on a mission to change its clients’ lives by changing their business. The company firmly believes the local distribution channel is the greatest asset of the insurance industry and is dedicated to helping this channel (including insurance agencies, firms, and individuals) adapt to the modern landscape of the Internet consumers in order to thrive and not get left behind.

Astonish has grown to become a leader in providing digital marketing solutions to the insurance industry. Since 2006, Astonish has built a complete business growth system. The Astonish system leverages three main arenas to help their clients grow: marketing, technology, and training.