Meet the Insurance Lounge Team

Insurance Lounge President and CEO Michael DeLaGrange grew up in the insurance industry. His father, David, owned a small insurance brokerage in his hometown of Grants Pass, OR that focused primarily on health and life insurance. While attending the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, Michael was a starter for three years for the Ducks and has been elected to the University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame. Michael’s dream was to play in the NFL. Unfortunately, just two weeks after his last game as a senior in the winter of 2004, his father passed away unexpectedly. Overnight, everything changed for the DeLaGrange family. Michael moved back home to help his mother run the agency, and it quickly grew. Michael realized there was a better way to shop for and purchase insurance, so Michael set his focus on reinventing the insurance industry by making the consumer shopping and buying experience more accessible, efficient, and fun. In 2012, Insurance Lounge was born as the country’s first interactive retail insurance store, and it continues to push innovation and transform the industry to this day.

Michael also founded and runs two nonprofit organizations. The The Oregon Athlete Foundation furthers student-athletes’ exceptional experiences at the University of Oregon by providing them with an organization that will help with their transition to becoming alumni. Through mentorship and networking opportunities, former athletes can then foster those relationships into lifetime engagements as Ducks.

Michael also founded 100% Tip to help foster generosity and random acts of kindness in the effort to create an environment of hope and positive change in our communities. Businesses and individuals who have committed to being a part of this change by joining commit to at least one 100% tip or $100 in random giving per month.

Casey is a licensed CPA in the state of Oregon, who was previously licensed in the state of Washington. Casey started her career as a licensed CPA at a Big 4 accounting firm working at offices in Seattle and New York City. She eventually transitioned into private industry in both Controller and CFO roles where she gained experience in financial statement preparation, budgeting & forecasting, internal controls, HR & payroll, employer risk & insurance, and executive team business management. She graduated from the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business Honors Program and Robert D. Clark Honors College with a B.S. in Accounting in 2005. She also received her Master’s in Professional Accounting & Taxation from the University of Washington. Casey was raised in Hong Kong and then moved to Grants Pass, OR with her family when she was 10 years old. After living in Seattle and NYC, Casey and her husband Marcus moved back to Grants Pass to start a family in 2012 and now have a son Aiden (5) and a daughter Zoey (3). Casey is currently a board member of the local school district, and Marcus owns his own concrete finishing company.

Ashley is the current Chief Brand Officer at Insurance Lounge. Ashley first started in insurance in 2006 while working at the family-run agency and continued to create and develop the Property & Casualty department. She focused on personal lines growth and continued into developing the commercial department within the agency as well. Together, she and Michael created Insurance Lounge’s format and continued to build the business, products, and departments. Prior to Insurance Lounge, Ashley majored in Physical Education and earned her Bachelor of Science while playing division one softball at Utah State University. Together, she and Michael have two beautiful children, Gavin and Emma.

Rahim is a senior accounting and financial management professional with over 22 years of experience across retail, technology, and SAAS industries. He has a proven track record of partnering with senior management to drive growth and boost profitability through financial controls, process improvements, and change management. Rahim holds a CPA from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, and a Bachelor of Commerce with distinction from the University of Alberta. In his free time, Rahim enjoys volunteering, golfing, and traveling.