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AIPSO has appointed Roberta Haskins to serve as the manager of its Western Region, which includes the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP), the California Low Cost Program, and the Western Association of Automobile Insurance Plans (WAAIP).

She will assume responsibility in AIPSO’s San Francisco office for the management of day-to-day operations and administration for the California Plan and the 11 automobile insurance plans comprised by the Western Association.

The California Plan and Western Association Plans are assignment mechanisms that provide automobile insurance coverage to individuals and businesses that cannot obtain insurance through the voluntary personal auto and commercial auto insurance markets, respectively.

Prior to her promotion to her new position, Haskins served as assistant manager of the New York Insurance Plan, the position she has held since joining AIPSO in January 2002.

David J. Bresnahan has been named president of Lexington Insurance Co., the surplus lines unit of Chartis Insurance.

He is succeeding Peter Eastwood, who is moving into his new role as president and CEO of Chartis for the United States and Canada region.

Most recently, Bresnahan was the executive vice president of Lexington’s casualty, healthcare, and programs divisions. He joined Lexington in 1999 as manager of the errors and omissions product line. In 2002, he was named vice president responsible for Lexington’s professional lines and construction business. In 2004, he was promoted to senior vice president, casualty division executive.

Prior to joining Boston-based Lexington, Bresnahan held managerial positions at Executive Liability and New Hampshire Insurance Co. after joining Chartis in 1995. Bresnahan began his underwriting career in 1990 at Chubb Group.

United Fire & Casualty Co., based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced that East Coast Regional Office Branch Manager Ray Dudonis has been named vice president.

Dudonis joined Mercer Insurance Group, a subsidiary of United Fire & Casualty, in 2006 as underwriting vice president. He has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Atlanta-based insurance broker Beecher Carlson has appointed Michael Mizrachi as senior vice president. He will work out of the Scottsdale, Ariz., office.

Prior to joining Beecher Carlson, Mizrachi worked for Wells Fargo Insurance Services in the Phoenix office. He began his insurance career as a broker in London with Lloyd’s market. He has also worked with Marsh and Aon and moved to the Phoenix area in 1985.

SullivanCurtisMonroe has named Rikki MacBarron an account executive and Jacqueline Scott as vice president in its Irvine, Calif., office.

Prior to joining SCM, Scott held the position of vice president at Lockton in San Diego and account executive at Willis, also in San Diego.

Before coming to SCM, MacBarron held the position of account executive and office manager at Schweikert & Company/Valcourt Insurance Services in Irvine.

SullivanCurtisMonroe offers commercial property and casualty, employee benefits and personal lines coverage.

White & Co. Insurance Inc., of Santa Monica, Calif., has added Dane Lupe to its staff.

Lupe is coming to White Sutton as a producer, responsible for new and renewal business.

Lupe has three years of experience in commercial property/casualty insurance. Before coming to White Sutton, he worked for Lockton Insurance Brokers as a senior account manager. Lupe was responsible for the insurance program implementation and marketing on the national accounts team.

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