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Centennial, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty has named Lucas J. Bills as president and chief executive officer of the commercial lines company, which operates in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Bills joined Colorado Casualty in 2009 as regional vice president for the Denver region, where he was responsible for growth of commercial lines business and maintaining partnerships with Colorado Casualty appointed agents.

Prior to Colorado Casualty, Bills was assistant vice president of sales and marketing for America First Insurance.

Colorado Casualty offers commercial property and casualty products and coverages distributed through appointed independent agents. The company is part of Liberty Mutual Agency Corp., a business unit of Liberty Mutual Insurance.

Dealey, Renton & Associates has named Morgan West senior vice president.

West will be based in DRA’s Oakland, Calif., office and will report to President Al Chinn. West’s role will include working with key accounts and assisting in certain management responsibilities.

West comes to DRA from Kibble & Prentice, a USI company, in Seattle, where he was president of property/casualty. He merged into K&P along with 42 employees of USI’s Seattle office (formerly Hurley, Atkins & Stewart) when USI purchased K&P in 2006.

West began as a life agent, migrating to personal lines and eventually into commercial property/casualty, then he took the helm of the lawyers professional liability insurance program at Hurley, Atkins & Stewart.

DRA, which has offices in Oakland, Pasadena and Santa Ana, is an employee-owned company specializing in professional liability for architects, engineers and other design professionals.

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has named Juliene Conway its chief marketing officer.

Conway will lead the market management team and be responsible for agent and policyholder intelligence, innovation, marketing and communications. Conway will succeed Eleanor Barnard, current chief distribution, sales and marketing officer, who will be retiring from Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund but will continue to work on special projects.

Previously, Conway held senior marketing positions at Wells Fargo Funds Management, Wachovia Evergreen Investments, Ameriprise Financial, Fidelity Investments and HSBC.

Fireman’s Fund is a property and casualty insurance company providing personal and commercial insurance products backed by claims and risk management solutions. Fireman’s Fund is a member of the Allianz Group.

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Karen Albanese office as senior vice president in its Orange County, Calif. office, focusing on benefits strategy and administration.

Albanese will work out of Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan’s Los Angeles branch, expanding Heffernan’s reach in Southern California.

Albanese brings nearly 20 years of insurance experience to Heffernan, specializing in employee benefit risk management and population health improvement solutions. Her career began at a large health insurance company, where she developed products and networks. For the last 15 years, Albanese has worked at two large insurance brokerages managing benefit programs for employers of all sizes.

Employee-owned, Heffernan has California offices in San Francisco, Petaluma, Palo Alto, Los Angeles and Orange County, and offices in Portland, Ore.; St. Louis, Mo., and New York, N.Y.

Stephanie Zambrana has been named assistant vice president and controller of Atlas General Insurance Services, a workers’ compensation specialty general agency in San Diego, Calif.

Zambrana has more than 13 years’ insurance experience in various financial positions within wholesalers and MGAs.

Zambrana’s insurance career started at Arrowhead General Insurance Agency as a staff accountant responsible for multiple lines of insurance programs. In 2005, Arrowhead acquired Cypress Point Insurance Services and Zambrana was named assistant controller for Cypress Point. Cypress Point was eventually transitioned into Arrowhead General and Zambrana was mad vice president of premium accounting at Arrowhead General.

Atlas General Insurance Services is a general insurance agency focused on workers’ compensation.

The Buckner Co. has hired Russell Trujillo in its employee benefits department. Trujillo will work with employers to help them find benefits packages for their employees.

The Buckner Co. has placed much emphasis on expanding the employee benefits division in recent years.

Trujillo spent more than a decade working for two of the largest Utah health insurance carriers.

Ogden, Utah-based The Buckner Co. also offers specialty niche market services, personal insurance, employee benefits and surety bonding.

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