Twenty-five years of them, in fact. Here's what we keep finding.
Walter conducts these personally and takes on a limited number each month.
Garden City, New York · independent agencies only, for 25 years.
None of it is exotic. That is the point — ordinary gaps, in ordinary agencies, and every one was stoppable with ordinary controls a general IT company is not built to look for.
See how we close each one →
Not dentists, not law firms. Independent agencies on Long Island — and we never widened it.
A room full of people who had no idea who we were. Most of them know now.
Walter became a New York State approved cybersecurity instructor for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York.
Part 500 asks every agency for a designated CISO. Most independents never filled it. Walter fills it for the agencies we protect.
We didn't add insurance to a list of industries — itisthe list. Twenty-five years of AMS migrations, carrier portal logins, renewal seasons and April certifications, inside agencies, with the people who run them.
And we hold ourselves to the standard we ask of you. Motiva is SOC 2 Type II examined — an independent auditor tests our own controls every year. The report is available to any client who asks.
If you have to explain any of these to your IT company, they are not an insurance IT company.
So it sits behind MFA or single sign-on, and nobody reaches it with a password saved in a browser.
Drive encryption on every machine and PII moved into a vault, so a lost laptop is a lost laptop — not a breach notification.
Every hire and departure runs a Motiva onboarding and offboarding checklist — AMS, carrier portals, email, the shared drive, the phone. Access granted on day one, removed on the last, and the record of both kept.
As your designated CISO, Walter's name goes on the Part 500 certification next to yours — so the policies, training records and evidence behind it are things he built and will stand behind.
Every consultation, every assessment, every strategic conversation is with our CEO — not a rep, not an account manager who loops him in later. He teaches the continuing-education classes agency staff sit through, and he serves as designated CISO for the agencies we protect — the seat Part 500 asks for and most independents never filled.
“Cavallino Risk would not have survived the economic turmoil of the great recession or the disruptive technology in the retail insurance marketplace without the support of Motiva.”
“The thing that sets Motiva apart is that they shine through and are there for you when needed.”
“They follow up to make sure the issues were handled to our satisfaction; I have never had a tech company do that.”
Four steps to find out what AI your staff is already using, and a one-page use policy you can hand out. About twenty minutes.
Get the guide →Walter talks to agency owners and the people who regulate them. Plain English, no IT jargon.
Coming SoonThe documents an agency your size gets asked to produce, and the order to build them in.
Get the checklist →A conversation with Walter, not a rep — whether you have an exam coming, a question about what your staff is doing with AI, or you just want a second opinion on your current setup.
