Lorraine Emerick aka Speranza Serevi (Second Life), is currently Senior Vice President at Marshall & Sterling - one of the largest independently owned  agency in the USA with over $1Billion in premium.  Under her 25+ year tenure as Manager of Operations, the profit center she co-lead until 1/1/2024 showed continuous growth with one of the highest revenue and profitability margins of  Marshall & Sterling offices in New York State. She developed Marshall & Sterling's  Cyber Center and was an active contributor and member of the Business Incubator Association of NYS for over a decade as well as board member of Upstate Venture Association of New York. With over 15 years experience in vitrual environments, embracing emerging technologies is her passion.

Lorraine completed her Master's Degree and PhD coursework (Instructional Technology/Virtual Worlds) at the University of New York at Albany. Lorraine's focus is on blending her extensive insurance background with virtual world platforms to facilitate training and education in business. Lorraine has been a committee member for the Professional Insurance Agents Association's Business Issues, Programs and Services  and served on the Advisory Committee, 10-year tenure as board member for the Greene County Chamber of Commerce, former member of the Association of Virtual Worlds Advisory Board,and the Association of Virtual Worlds Legal Committee, as well as an active fundraiser for The Brain Tumor Society and the Columbia-Greene Humane Society.

Lorraine has developed online games to promote insurance literacy, conducted faculty and student seminars at local community colleges as well as presented at the Gaming in Education symposium with respect to virtual learning environments and was a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Lorraine is also a Certified Crypto Professional, dedicated to cryptocurrency / blockchain technology. Lorraine has earned certificates from Wharton University in Cryptocurrency & Blockchain;  InsurTech: Applications of AI as well as FinTech: Foundations, Payments & Regulations and Certified ChatGPT Expert.

"If you are looking for an insurance broker with expertise in virtual worlds, it is without hesitation that I recommend Marshall & Sterling Insurance. Lorraine Emerick (Manager of Operations) and her team are well versed in virtual worlds and online games and took the time to explain insurance coverages, shop options with various carriers and provide Metaverse ModSquad with a comprehensive review. I find Marshall & Sterling to be professional and efficient with the best available terms and prices."
Michael H. Pinkerton
Chief Operating Officer
ModSquad

"Marshall & Sterling have been BullEx’s insurance broker from the beginning, during our days at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Incubator in 2004. Lorraine Emerick and Ken Grey took the time to understand our business operations and consistently provided a full marketing analysis in order to obtain the best insurance terms for our company. Lorraine and Ken provided honest professional advice, continual communication, prompt personal service, and guidance through the insurance markets. Their sharing of ideas and alternative solutions had been extremely valuable during BullEx’s rapid growth and especially beneficial during our merger/acquistion. I highly recommend Lorraine, Ken, and the team at Marshall & Sterling in Leeds, NY. "

-Thomas Rossi, Chief Operating Officer at BullEx Digital Safety
Links found within this site may open a new browser window and take you outside Incubator Island to another website, the contents of which are maintained by third parties over whom Meta-Zest  has no control. We provide links to these external sites for your convenience and awareness. We accept no responsibility for the content of linked sites. Upon request of the content source, we will remove links.