Manager Samsunshine Levy heads the Film division at Rio Grande Insurance, handling major motion picture, multimedia production producer’s risk, production office, errors & omissions and volunteer accident insurance as well as investor financial guaranty bonds, general commercial packages, workers compensation and more for film and media production companies in the Southwest: New Mexico, California, Arizona and Utah.
Sam is a member of Independent Insurance Agents and a “Trusted Choice” agent. His understanding of commercial insurance allows business owners to use him as a financial strategy partner to solve their complex insurance issues and to best understand coverage. Sam specializes in helping you to analyze some of the potential risk scenarios your company could be exposed to and helps to explore options for protecting your assets and financial viability. Email Sam for a quote today!
Sam’s local involvement includes support of community nonprofits such as Intermezzo of The Santa Fe Opera and the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media. Sam’s prior media industry experience includes owning NET MAN, Inc. one of New Mexico’s Top 10 website development and internet integration companies. He is past Program Director and multi term Chairman of the Board of the New Mexico Internet Professionals Association (NMIPA).
Sam has been a community college teacher for “Doing Business On The Internet” workshops. He regularly published an Internet Business advice column in the New Mexico Internet Informer, distributed to over 10,000 business owners and Chamber of Commerce members. Sam is an inaugural graduate of the Santa Fe Future leadership program, was named to New Mexico Business Weekly’s “Top 40 Under Forty” list and chairman of New Media Industries, Inc., a collaborative industry and community marketing, awareness, training and economic development group. Sam is a gourmet chef and cooked in multiple-Michelin-star restaurants in the US and for several years in Italy and France. Sam and his wife Kristin have two school age boys.