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Alex Buschmann

National Cannabis Practice Leader

Risk Strategies

Started out my post baseball lifestyle by jumping right into the insurance world. Did the usual insurance game for four years until I found the Cannabis space. I was lucky enough to have a buddy on the legal/legislative side of things and his questions about insurance led me to my position today. How many industries over the years have grown by the billions annually like Cannabis? Not many, which is so cool to be a part of. Cannabis companies don’t have any crazy, unheard of risks but until Federal Legalization hits they will be treated as such. Watching the industry evolve firsthand in the insurance world has been a fun job so far. Working hard to make insurance not the boring story everyone thinks of it…