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The board of directors of the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) re-elected Alaska Insurance Director Linda Hall as NIPR president during its Dec. 13, 2011, meeting in Chicago. Hall has been a member of the NIPR board since 2003 and served as president since 2004.

The other officers elected during the meeting were William Anderson, senior vice president of law and government relations for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, who was re-elected vice president and Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark, re-elected secretary/treasurer.

NIPR is governed by a 13-member board of directors, with six members representing the NAIC and six members representing industry trade associations (including three producer trade associations). The NAIC Chief Executive Officer serves as an ex-officio voting board member.

Steven Bushnell, a senior director at Novato Calif., based-Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., has been appointed to the US Green Building Council 2012 Board of Directors.

USGBC announced the newly elected officers and new directors to its 2012 Board of Directors.

At Firemans’ Fund, Bushnell is responsible for development of products and services for emerging industries. In 2006 he developed the first green building insurance coverage in the industry. Bushnell has spoken on the unique risks of green buildings and sustainable business at several conferences.

The Arizona Insurance Council (AIC) has elected new officers for 2012. AIC is a non-profit, trade association dedicated to consumer education and partnership building on behalf of property and casualty insurers in Arizona.

The AIC 2012 elected officers and the companies they represent are:

• Rick Jones, president of AIC and president of SCF Premiere Insurance;
• Tim Goeller, vice president of AIC and regional vice president – business insurance for State Auto Insurance;
• Michael Valluzzo, treasurer of AIC and sales and client services manager, AMICA Insurance; and
• Wanda Revells, corporate secretary of AIC and assistant vice president, western region sales & agency relations for Universal North America Insurance Co.

Stephen V. Festa, senior vice president and chief claims officer for Reno, Nev.-based Employers Insurance Co. has been named vice chair to the board of governors of the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), a body that pays the claims of insolvent property and casualty insurance carriers.

Festa most recently served as the CIGA board’s secretary and treasurer. He first joined the CIGA board in 2009, representing Employers as an insurer member, and remains the only C-level claims executive to serve on the board.

Operating under the California Insurance Code, CIGA provides a mechanism for the payment of covered property, casualty and workers’ compensation insurance claims of insolvent insurance companies.

Festa has served as senior vice president and chief claims officer of Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada and Employers Compensation Insurance Co. since 2004. Festa has more than 25 years of industry experience.

Employers Holdings Inc.’s subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance and services focused on select small businesses engaged in low-to-medium hazard industries.

Mike Mathews has been named president and chief operating officer of San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services.

Mathews is responsible for executing Atlas’ long-term strategy of growth for its carrier partners and for providing service to its customers.

Mathews has more than 20 years of industry experience with senior level positions at insurance companies, retail brokerages and general agencies. Prior to Atlas, he was vice president of marketing and business development at Arrowhead General Insurance Agency for their workers’ compensation division.

Atlas also named Robin Perry as audit manager. Perry will be responsible for developing a new premium audit department for the company.

Perry joins Atlas with more than 25 years of experience in premium audit management. Prior to Atlas, Perry worked as an independent contractor auditor for Professional Casualty Services Inc. in Boulder City, Nev. She also worked in premium audit as a field auditor in Southern California.

RMIS has added two new members to the marketing team in Southern California.

Jessica Gonzalez joined the team to build and better service San Diego. She brings more than 10 years of experience from Multi-State General Agency, where she promoted auto and home insurance.

Also added was Michael Dionne, who will be building and servicing Los Angeles. His previous experience was mostly entrepreneurial, and Dionne is part of a 50-50 training program between RMIS and USLI, a Berkshire Hathaway company.

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