Brigitte Egbert keeps some words of wisdom taped to her phone, which she reads every time she makes a call: Character, not show. Effort, not talk. Action, not credit. Team, not self.
At 44, Egbert is vice president of Monarch Insurance Services Inc., one of the largest independent agencies in the Aloha State. Following its acquisition of the Bishop Insurance Agency in 2008, Monarch is the oldest agency in Hawaii. Its client base includes developers and contractors from large Asian or global firms, as well as local companies.
Judging simply on her appearance, people who don't know Egbert well might consider her haole — that is, a person of European ancestry, not Native Hawaiian. But thanks to her family's longtime presence in Hawaii, she understands what it means to be “local” and lives her life embracing many of the key values of the cultures of the islands.
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Rosalie Donlon is the editor in chief of ALM's insurance and tax publications, including NU Property & Casualty magazine and NU PropertyCasualty360.com. You can contact her at [email protected].
