About The Deft Group
Built to connect the disciplines resilience requires.
The difficult challenges facing property are rarely isolated. They sit at the intersection of building condition, governance, insurance, capital, risk, recovery, and the strength of the professional relationships surrounding the property.
The Deft Group was created to work across those intersections.
Where We Started
A broader view of resilience.
Deft's origins in complex property claims provided a close view of how information, preparation, coordination, and professional relationships can influence what happens when conditions change. We saw, claim after claim, which properties recovered and why.
That experience became one part of a broader mission: not to place claims at the center of the company, but to help properties and the markets around them operate with greater foresight, continuity, and resilience.
Today, The Deft Group advances that mission through an integrated property program and a broader platform for education, events, insights, and professional connection.
Active Resilience
At the property. Across the industry.
DeftActive
An active insurance program centered on the property.
DeftActive connects the disciplines around each participating property, bringing property understanding, preparedness, professional relationships, and claim handling into one program.
Deft Resilience
A connected platform for challenging property markets.
Deft Resilience connects people, ideas, expertise, and action across the industry through events, Insights, professional relationships, and ongoing engagement.
Our Vision
A future in which catastrophe-exposed and otherwise challenging property markets remain insurable, operable, financeable, and resilient.
Our Mission
To build connected programs, professional capabilities, and industry communities that improve property understanding, preparedness, response, and long-term viability.
How We Work
Four commitments that shape every program.
Practical over theoretical
We value ideas that can be translated into clearer decisions, stronger preparation, and measurable action.
Connected over siloed
Property challenges cross professional boundaries. Our programs are designed to improve continuity among the people responsible for them.
Accountable in execution
Credibility depends on disciplined follow-through, clear communication, and ownership of the work entrusted to us.
Built for the long term
We prioritize relationships, systems, and strategies that strengthen property markets beyond a single transaction or event.
Leadership
Experience, passion, and a shared commitment to stronger properties and more resilient markets.
Jeremiah Kiefer
Founder | CEO
Darin Bradley
President
William Garcia
VP
Kenyon Firestone
VP
Matt Overstreet
VP
Shane Johnson
VP