Talon Veteran Services, Inc.

David Finch was commissioned as an Armor Officer in the U.S. Army in May of 1985. He served in various capacities in the U.S. Army and the Virginia National Guard and after 16 years he ended his career as an Infantry Officer stationed in Virginia as a result of disabling injury.

David, has over 25 years of business experience in management consulting, risk management consulting and health and welfare brokering at Marsh and McLennan the world’s largest risk management and management consulting company. 

He advised and worked with small, medium and large companies both in the private sector, public companies and for U.S. Agencies, mainly DoD as well as government contractors including some of the largest publicly traded and privately held government contractors in the U.S. During his tenure at Marsh and McLennan he was the practice leader for the construction services group for Virginia, North Carolina and Washington D.C.

He lead the effort to create Marsh’s first Government Services and Government Contracting Practice focused solely on those two areas to include working with Marsh’s U.K. office and an Member of Parliament who was a board member for his client. Moreover, David has lobbied and worked with Congress and staffers as he sought and was awarded an Earmark by Senator Webb to create a Beta site on how to improve the overall integration and management of returning active duty and veterans to maximum medical improvement when they were in the military occupational disability program. He also worked with Congress and senior staff at the Veterans Administration to educate them on the effectiveness of the program in returning injured men and women back to work. This concept implemented correctly would save both DoD and the VA millions of dollars.

David, also worked as an all lines claims adjuster for the United States largest underwriter for Workmen’s Compensation and Occupational Disability, Liberty Mutual. He was responsible for working with claimants, and the insured to apply the Virginia Workers Compensation Act as well as other states regulations during the claims process. He worked with and negotiated with many attorneys and law firms across the country in this position. This included a large number of claims handled for WC, General Liability, Automobile claims in construction. His overall philosophy on risk management consulting was founded under the following risks and principals that apply to all organizations; Finance Risk, Hazard Risk, Strategic Risk and Operational Risk. He holds an MBA from the University of Richmond and a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he is a Certified Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), he has his Associates in Risk Management degree(ARM), completed OSHA 10 hour course.