Whitmore Agency, Bruderman Brothers Featured On East End Magazine

Garden City NY

27 December, 2020

9:52 AM

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The December issue of Behind The Hedges magazine, a leading publication for Hamptons and North Fork real estate, features a cover story about new connections and opportunities. The article places the spotlight on two leading Long Island executives associated with the East End and who connected in a number of ways that included mutual business interests. The connections involve The Whitmore Agency’s James C. Metzger and Matthew Bruderman of Bruderman Brothers and Allyance Media Group. The ball began to roll with Matt Hull and Rob Pannell. They knew each other from the local high school lacrosse field. Hull works for Bruderman. Pannell, an outstanding college and all-star professional lacrosse player, is associated with Whitmore. “Rob and Matt grew up together playing lacrosse on Long Island,” said Bruderman. “Matt played in college at Harvard, and Rob at Cornell. As it turns out, Rob works for his uncle, Jim Metzger, at Whitmore.” When a meeting was arranged for Metzger and Bruderman, they talked insurance but then took their connections and interests beyond protection policies. “A one-hour meeting turned into two, and then a long productive lunch with several key executives,” added Metzger. “I like to be involved with entrepreneurs. Matt is a risk taker—dynamic and smart.” Beach House Winner Bruderman then invited Metzger to a private screening of several shows produced by Allyance, a company he founded with Tony DiSanto, a former president of programming and executive producer for MTV. “After I met the management team, I made it a point to let Matt know I thought he had a real winner on his hands with a show they were calling Million Dollar Beach House. As it turned out, he did have a winner, and the show made the Netflix trending list in its first weeks on air. Before the year was out, I became an investor in Allyance Media.” From the lacrosse field to insurance to million-dollar beach houses. It’s connections and opportunities that continue to bring people together. _______ Photo: Matthew Bruderman, left, and James C. Metzger. (Don Fitzgibbon for Social Life)