{"id":11,"date":"2025-08-19T20:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.risksolutionsgroup.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:54:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.risksolutionsgroup.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This blog highlights topics of risk found in the news. It is maintained in Dave&#8217;s honor by his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Risk Solutions Group was a risk management firm founded in 1989 by Kyle Dave Rickles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave was born in Boaz, Alabama on January 19, 1945 to the late Guy and Thelma Rickles (Richardson). He attended Boaz Elementary School and Boaz High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave graduated from Auburn University in 1969 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He first worked as a Fire Protection Engineer in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, London, England, and Detroit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1977, he moved with his family to Naperville, IL, employed as an Account Executive, then Vice-President for commercial insurance companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1989 Dave incorporated his own risk management company, Risk Solutions Group, Inc., retiring in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave enjoyed fixing\/building, gardening, listening to the Blues, and especially building and maintaining his fish ponds in Illinois. When his granddaughters arrived, he enjoyed nothing more than being in their company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave passed away surrounded by his family on September 16, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.risksolutionsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dave-and-veronica-rickles.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risksolutionsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dave-and-veronica-rickles.png 800w, https:\/\/www.risksolutionsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dave-and-veronica-rickles-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.risksolutionsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dave-and-veronica-rickles-768x713.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dave and Veronica Rickles<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog highlights topics of risk found in the news. 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