Ronald Raymond Blanquie, R.P.A., C.F.S.
Insurance Consulting Associates
President and Founder, December 28, 1978

IIIIIII In addition to serving as President of the firm, Mr. Blanquie has also designed, directed and implemented various claims and risk management systems to provide high‑quality programs for ICA and its consulting clients. ICA has 60 professionals on its staff who serve 180 public entities and private companies in California and others throughout the United States. In addition, Mr. Blanquie continues to provide specialized consulting in several areas:
  • General risk management consulting services
  • Consultant/expert
  • Insurance fraud
  • Fair claims practices consultant
  • Litigation management aimed at improved quality and reduced costs
  • Analysis of existing claims management and processing systems leading to improvements and developments of alternative systems
  • Establishment of Special Investigation Units (SIUs) and services for California insurance companies and self-insureds
  • Claims fraud detection and prevention services

IIIIIIIMr. Blanquie serves as a consultant to law enforcement, insurance companies and self‑insured entities. He has served as a lecturer at the California Highway Patrol Academy, Contra Costa District Attorney's Office, the California Department of Insurance, the California District Attorney's Association, as advisor to the San Francisco Arson Task Force, the California District Attorney's Task Force, is Past President of the California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters, and was a member of Insurance Commissioner Garamendi's Select Advisory Task Force which drafted the 1993 California Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations.IIIIIII

IIIIIIIMr. Blanquie has also published articles for Claims Magazine, The John Cooke Fraud Report, The Status Report, and other trade publications.

IIIIIIIMr. Blanquie has over 35 years experience in the insurance and self‑insurance industry. Prior to founding Insurance Consulting Associates, Inc. in 1978, Mr. Blanquie worked at the California State Automobile Association in the Inter‑Insurance Bureau in the Marin, San Francisco and Oakland areas. Some of his accomplishments at CSAA include the following:

  • Planning, development and implementation of a company-wide claims fraud detection and prevention program which used both computer and non-computer resources; one of the first SIU's in the United States
  • Participation in an executive-level committee to research, analyze and recommend solutions to claims processing and management problems
  • Participation in authority committees which identified and resolved complex issues related to clients and personnel
  • Served as Supervisor, Home Office Special Claims Investigations from 1977 to 1978
  • Served as divisional supervisor for the Oakland/Alameda area from 1976 to 1977
  • Home Office Bodily Injury and Litigation Examiner - 1974 to 1976
  • Bodily Injury Adjuster - 1970 to 1974
  • Material Damage / Bodily Injury Adjuster - 1969
  • Material Damage Adjuster - 1968III

IIIIIIIMr. Blanquie has worked toward the CPCU designation through the Insurance Education Association and Golden Gate University.  He has earned Certificates of Completion from CSAA for primary class, physical damage, training shop, bodily injury and supervision; Certificates of Completion from California State University at Los Angeles for insurance fraud; Certificates of Completion for Arson Investigation and Defense; and Certificates of Training Completion for the California Fair Claims Settlements Practices Regulations. In addition to attending various insurance industry, self‑insurance and CEB courses, Mr. Blanquie was a Bachelor of Science candidate, Business Administration, College of Marin.

IIIIIIIMr. Blanquie is the three-time recipient of the prestigious INC. Magazine 500 Award for 1987, 1988 and 2001. He is also the recipient of the 1988 and 2001 Sonoma County Resolutions, City of Petaluma Proclamations for 1989 and 2002, and the 1989 and 2002 California Legislative Members Assembly Resolutions for contributions to the insurance and self‑insurance industries, the community and the State.

IIIIIIIMr. Blanquie is the 1992 recipient of the first annual California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters' "Adjuster of the Year" award, renamed the "Ron Blanquie Achievement Award", and 1994 Certificate of Recognition for distinguished service by California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi. Mr. Blanquie is also listed by the 1995-1996 and 2000-2001 National Directory of Who's Who in Insurance.

His professional affiliations are:

  • Past member, California Department of Insurance Select Advisory Task Force on Unfair Claims Practices
  • Past President, Board of Directors, Other Executive Offices, California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters (CAIIA)
  • Past Chairman, National Legislative Committee Member, National Advisory Board, National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters (NAIIA)
  • Association of Certified Fraud Specialists
  • Chief Special Agents Association (Awarded Life Membership)
  • California Conference of Arson Investigators
  • International Association of Arson Investigators
  • Western States Auto Theft Investigators
  • International Association of Marine Investigators (IAMI)
  • Northern California Fraud Investigators Association
  • Petaluma Chamber of Commerce
  • Inc. Council of Growing Companies
  • Public Agency Risk Managers Association (PARMA)
Expert Testimony
  • California Department of Insurance, Administrative Law Hearing: Various Proposition 103 issues, to include insurance adjusting practices, fees, and SIU practices and fees
  • Los Angeles Superior Court: Auto accident, potential fraudulent claim; defense verdict

Licenses and Certificates to Instruct held by Mr. Blanquie include:

  • California Insurance Adjusters License No. 2607525
  • Washington State Insurance Adjuster License
  • Registered Professional Adjuster
  • Certified Fraud Specialist
  • California Department of Insurance Continuing Education, Instructor under Provider No. 0541
  • California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters Trainers Certificate