Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Announces Dietary Supplement Practice leader, Greg Doherty, Named to AHPA’s Sports and Nutrition Committee. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is the voice of the herbal products industry.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has picked Greg M. Doherty, a Dietary Supplement Practice Leader of Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers, Inc., to serve on its Sports Nutrition Committee. Poms & Associates is a prime regional commercial insurance broker founded in 1989. Greg Doherty, a well experienced dietary supplement insurance broker, has been a associate of AHPA ever since 2006. His target is to aid in bringing the subject of the insurance industry to the Committee. Specifically, he wishes to focus in on the impact and effects of product liability insurance premiums and coverage for the thriving sports nutrition space.
On the American Herbal Products Association
The American Herbal Products Association is the national trade association for and the voice of the herbal products industry. AHPA is comprised of domestic and foreign companies conducting business as growers, processors, manufacturers, and marketers of herbs and botanical and herbal products, counting foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and non-prescription drugs. Founded in 1982, AHPA's mission is to foster the responsible vending of herbal products.
The acknowledged aim of the AHPA's Sports Nutrition Committee is “to promote and protect the responsible commerce of products marketed for sports nutrition.” The AHPA's Sports Nutrition Committee is co-chaired by Bill Carter, General Counsel of Bodybuilding.com, along with John Doherty, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Iovate Health Sciences.
Greg Doherty’s Dietary Supplement Insurance Practice is a division of Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers, Inc, of Woodland Hills, CA (near Los Angeles). Greg has been committed to helping contract manufacturers, raw materials suppliers and retailers of supplements since 2001. Considered by several people as the recognized authority on product liability coverage for the industry, he is also a known member of Consultants Association for the Natural Products Industry (CANI) and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).
Greg has earned many professional designations in his industry, including Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).
Greg frequently contributes articles to publications like the Nutritional Outlook, and Natural Products Insider. He is frequently invited to speak at tradeshow and investor conferences on the topic of product liability.
A Direct Message From Greg Doherty, a Dietary Supplement Liability Insurance Broker
“I am honored to serve in this capacity for the AHPA as well as the industry at large. We need to continue to bolster our resolve to assure the finest quality of products for the millions of people who use sports nutrition supplements. This committee can be a creative force to assure that regulation, from government and from within the industry, will give consumers of sports nutrition products the confidence they deserve that these products are safe and assist them in achieving their personal health goals.” declared Greg Doherty.
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