Edward D. Curry is a consultant to the insurance industry. His diverse career of some 50 years has included positions with Allstate Insurance Company, ranging from agent to Marketing Director, He served as founder and principal of The Compass Group LTD. He is president and founder of the Virginia based firm Target Marketing–Management Consulting, Inc., also dba as Merlin & Associates a publishing company.

He has worked with independent agents, corporate managers, and officers of various multiple line companies and agencies to improve sales and management performance. He has conducted numerous countrywide seminars for both agents and managers, as well as serving as spokesperson for the PIA at several insurance company and CEO conferences.

Agency appraisal–evaluations are a highly developed speciality. Curry is a member of the PIA NY and NJ Circle of Consultants team and AAIMCo a national consulting group, in addition to being a member of INSOMIS/IMMS Dream Team of Consultants. Additionally, he has written and produced nine insurance marketing videos, five insurance/marketing related books, as well as three other books, two fiction and the other, a highly motivational true story.