Vannessa Smith, Esq.

Vannessa is Vice President within the Professional & Cyber Solutions practice, advising clients on emerging risks and building bespoke insurance programs. Vannessa’s experience across property, casualty, and specialty lines insurance provides clients with a wide-ranging perspective to comprehensively address technology and cyber risks across the entire enterprise.

Before joining CAC, Vannessa worked on both the brokerage and carrier side of the commercial insurance industry. Most recently, Vannessa leads the team responsible for new and renewal business marketing for CAC Agency nationally. Prior to joining CAC Agency, Vannessa was the marketing manager at Berkley Southeast Insurance Group, a WR Berkley Co. for the Alabama territory.

Vannessa is a graduate of the University of Alabama Culverhouse School of Commerce with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management, holds a Juris Doctor degree from Birmingham School of Law and is admitted to the Alabama State Bar. In additional to her undergraduate and post-graduate studies, Vannessa holds a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation, a Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist (CLCS) designation, and a Cyber COPE designation through Chubb and Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Policy & Information Systems.