Meet Our Team

Tim Buren is a dynamic leader with a strong reputation within the insurance industry. He is an entrepreneur who has started two companies and is well-respected and well-connected among property, casualty, and life insurance carriers. Tim has a keen understanding of the relationship between insurance carriers and their independent agents.

He is known for his ability to grow companies and his strength in leading people. Tim has a reputation for effectiveness as a business operator and as an ambassador within the independent insurance agency industry. His functional expertise is in finance as well as B2B and B2C sales and marketing.

Tim is a respected member of a college board of directors and several insurance industry boards of advisors. In the boardroom, he is known for his collaborative decision-making style, his dedication to board work, his knowledge of the insurance industry, and his ability to ask thoughtful questions. He brings to boards an astute understanding of company risk management strategies and tactical implementation.

Tim is currently President and Chairman of the Board of Secured Advantage, Inc. – a company that he founded in 2014. Secured Advantage is a regional network of over eighty-five independent insurance agencies that collectively represent over $250 million of annual property-casualty premiums. Tim started and built this alliance that pools resources, expands the operating skills of independent member agencies, and improves relationships with insurance carriers.

Tim is also currently the Chairman of the Board of The Buren Insurance Group Inc, an independent property, casualty, life, and health insurance agency. He put a succession plan in place and then stepped down as president of Buren in 2014 to devote his energies to Secured Advantage. While serving as Buren’s president, Tim led the growth of the company from $6 million to over $25 million in fourteen years. He built a high-performing team, nurtured relationships with customers, staff, and insurance carriers, and created significant organic growth. He also led the acquisitions – and successful integrations - of twelve independent insurance agencies.

Tim presently sits on the Board of Trustees of Wilmington College in Wilmington, OH., and has earned the Professional Director certification from the American College of Corporate Directors – ACCD. Over time, he has been an active member of four different Advisory Boards of property, casualty, and life insurance companies – two of which have annual premiums of more than a billion dollars.

Tim earned a BA in Business Administration from Wilmington College. He is also a CIC, Certified Insurance Counselor, and holds a certificate from the College of Financial Planning. He lives with his family in Galena, Ohio.