4J + PGI: Our Team & Professional Network

Deon R. Williams, MLS, REBC, CLCS

Founder & Principal Broker

 Deon holds a Master of Legal Studies in Risk Management & Insurance from Texas A&M University School of Law. He leads 4J Insurance Brokerage’s commercial risk and employee-benefits practice, bringing together insurance experience, advanced risk-management education, claims and investigative expertise, and independent-agency leadership. 

He serves as the primary strategist and client advocate, coordinating coverage decisions, market relationships, and the professional resources required for each engagement.

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Brian L. Morris

Director of Employee Benefits | Commercial Lines Support

Seeing a client achieve their desired outcome never gets old." That's how Brian describes what drives him, and it explains a career that's moved through financial services, the automotive industry, and risk management without ever losing the thread.

Brian works with Dallas–Fort Worth employers on the group health and employee benefits decisions that shape whether a company can hire, keep, and take care of its people. He came to benefits development from the talent side of the insurance industry — years spent building relationships with carrier partners and industry professionals at a national brokerage — which means he understands an employer's staffing pressures from the inside, not just the plan document.

He serves as Treasurer of the NAAIA DFW Foundation, supporting the advancement of African American professionals across the insurance industry, and is a graduate of the University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business, with a Bachelors in Finance.

Jamel A. Davis

Commercial Risk Advisor

Jamel Davis helps business owners bring clarity to complex insurance decisions. Drawing on experience across standard and non-standard insurance markets, he brings a broad perspective to evaluating risk, identifying potential coverage gaps, and helping clients understand how their insurance supports the businesses they are building.

As a Commercial Risk Advisor with 4J Insurance Brokerage, Jamel takes the time to understand each client’s operations, priorities, and exposures. He works with owners to evaluate existing policies and develop coverage strategies aligned with their business needs. His approach combines practical problem-solving, responsive service, and straightforward communication, giving clients a trusted resource as their businesses grow and change.

Jamel has a particular interest in supporting builders and construction professionals through his partnership with TGB’s Builder’s Development Program. He helps these entrepreneurs navigate insurance considerations that can affect their projects, contractual obligations, and opportunities for growth.

Jamel studied Business Management at Texas Southern University and is a member of the NAAI Houston Chapter and the Houston Urban League of Young Professionals. Resourceful and relationship-driven, he approaches his work with integrity and a clear purpose: helping business owners make confident, informed decisions about protecting what they have worked hard to build.

Sandhya "Sandy" Vulluri

Insurance Operations Coordinator| Commercial Lines Support

Sandy supports the administrative and account-service operations behind 4J’s client-service model. Her responsibilities include gathering and organizing client information, preparing applications and submission materials for licensed producers, coordinating carrier follow-up, maintaining agency-management-system records, assisting with agency-billed invoicing and finance-agreement administration, and  tracking renewal, endorsement, audit, certificate-request, and other service workflows through completion. 

She works under the direction of licensed insurance professionals and helps keep client files, carrier communications, and service workflows organized and moving efficiently. Sandy speaks English, Telugu, and Hindi and can assist with administrative and account-service communications in each language. 

 Multilingual Client-Service Support: English · Telugu · Hindi 

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

At 4J Insurance Brokerage, we believe our clients are better served when the right expertise is brought to the table. Our professional network extends 4J’s capabilities across commercial insurance, employee benefits, specialty markets, carrier relationships, and agency infrastructure, while 4J remains your primary point of strategy, coordination, and accountability.

Enzo Pellegrini, CIC, CMSR

Commercial Insurance Consultant

 Available through 4J Insurance Brokerage’s affiliation with Premier Group Insurance (PGI) 

Enzo serves as an additional commercial insurance resource to 4J, bringing specialized commercial-lines experience and technical perspective to accounts that benefit from additional market or coverage expertise. Working alongside 4J, he provides another layer of support for risk evaluation, market strategy, and the development of commercial insurance solutions.

4J remains the client’s primary point of coordination, bringing Enzo’s expertise into the process when appropriate for the account.

General Agency Resource

Ryan Watson 

Regional Sales Manager| Kilpatrick an AMWINS Company

 Available through 4J Insurance Brokerage’s general-agency relationship with Warner Pacific 

Ryan supports 4J’s employee benefits practice with group health market resources, carrier access, quoting support, plan comparisons, and case development. Through Kilpatrick | AMWINS, he helps 4J evaluate fully insured, level-funded, and other employer-sponsored benefit options and access additional carrier and general-agency resources when appropriate.

4J remains the client’s primary point of coordination, incorporating Ryan and Kilpatrick's resources into the benefits process when they add value to the engagement.

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Ryan King

Senior Vice President | RT Binding Authority, a division of RT Specialty 

 Available through 4J Insurance Brokerage’s wholesale relationship with RT Specialty 

 2026 RT Specialty Binding Authority Broker of the Year 

Ryan is a key wholesale and specialty-market resource supporting 4J Insurance Brokerage on complex and hard-to-place commercial risks. As a Senior Vice President with RT Binding Authority, he brings extensive specialty-market knowledge to market clearance, binding-authority placements, excess and surplus lines opportunities, and risks requiring access beyond the traditional admitted marketplace.

In 2026, Ryan was recognized as one of RT Specialty’s Binding Authority Brokers of the Year, an honor presented at the RT Specialty Broker Conference. His recognition is particularly meaningful given the breadth of RT Specialty’s binding-authority platform, which Ryan Specialty describes as among the largest in the United States.

Through 4J’s relationship with RT Specialty, Ryan provides another layer of market expertise and specialty-placement capability when an account demands a more creative or specialized solution. 4J remains the client’s primary broker and point of coordination, bringing Ryan and RT Specialty into the placement strategy when their capabilities can create additional options for the client.

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4J Insurance Brokerage combines independent agency leadership with the broader carrier relationships, commercial and personal-lines expertise, accounting resources, licensing support, and operational infrastructure available through Premier Group Insurance. These resources allow 4J to remain personally accountable to our clients while drawing on additional institutional capabilities when an account or placement requires them.

How an institutional account is staffed

• 4J leads the account: Strategy, the client relationship, and accountability for the outcome stay with 4J.
• PGI resources join when the placement requires them: Broader carrier relationships, senior commercial-lines expertise, and operational support are brought in for specific needs, not by default.
• Specialty and wholesale markets are added deliberately: When a risk needs them, and with 4J coordinating every party.

See how this works on a complex program: Institutional & Complex Risk.

The professionals below are Premier Group Insurance executives and resources available to support 4J through our affiliation with PGI. They are not employees of 4J Insurance Brokerage.

Rex Hickling, CPCU, AIM

 Executive President | Premier Group Insurance 

Rex provides executive-level support to 4J through our affiliation with Premier Group Insurance. His leadership gives 4J access to broader carrier relationships, senior market contacts, and PGI's institutional resources when an opportunity requires additional leverage or executive-level market engagement.

For larger or more complex commercial opportunities, Rex can help bring the appropriate carrier, wholesale, and PGI resources together around 4J's placement strategy. 4J remains the client's broker and primary point of accountability throughout the engagement.

Matt Genova, CPCU, AAI

President, Commercial Lines & Agency Performance | Premier Group Insurance

Matt serves as a senior commercial-lines resource supporting 4J through our affiliation with Premier Group Insurance. He brings additional expertise to complex commercial accounts, helping evaluate market strategy, carrier positioning, coverage challenges, and placement opportunities that may benefit from broader technical or institutional support.

For larger or more sophisticated commercial risks, Matt can help 4J engage PGI’s carrier relationships and commercial-lines resources while providing an additional level of strategic perspective during the placement process. 4J continues to lead the client relationship, coverage strategy, and overall engagement.

Shawn Michael Walker 

President, Personal Lines | Premier Group Insurance 

Shawn provides senior personal-lines expertise and carrier-market support to 4J through our affiliation with Premier Group Insurance. His experience and industry relationships give 4J access to additional carrier resources, market insight, and strategic support when a client’s personal insurance exposures require broader expertise or specialized placement consideration.

That capability becomes particularly valuable when 4J is managing a broader client relationship involving both business and personal risk. Shawn and PGI’s personal-lines resources allow 4J to coordinate those exposures within a more comprehensive insurance strategy while 4J remains the client’s primary point of relationship and accountability.

Areli Perez-Enriquez 

Vice President | Premier Group Insurance

Areli provides 4J with access to the operational infrastructure behind Premier Group Insurance. Her support connects 4J with PGI resources involving agency licensing, commissions, accounting, agency-billed business, premium-finance administration, and related operational processes.

This infrastructure helps ensure that complex placements are supported not only by market access, but also by the licensing, billing, accounting, and administrative systems required to move business efficiently from placement through ongoing service. 4J remains responsible for the client relationship while drawing on PGI’s broader operational resources when needed.