People – West

Oakland, Calif.-based Dealey, Renton & Associates named Morgan West president.

Al Chinn remains the company’s CEO.

West joins DRA from Kibble & Prentice, a USI company, in Seattle, Wash., where he was president of property/casualty. West began his insurance career as a life agent in 1985, transitioning to personal lines and eventually into commercial property and casualty. In the mid-90s he managed the lawyers professional liability insurance program at Hurley, Atkins & Stewart in Seattle.

Serving firms with offices throughout the country, DRA partners with over 4,000 clients. DRA specializes in professional liability for architects, engineers, environmental consultants and other design professionals as an extension from the company’s origins.

DRA is employee-owned and has offices in Oakland, Pasadena and Santa Ana.

The board of directors of CSE Insurance Group approved the promotion of Kelli Schulhofer to senior vice president of field operations and market development.

Schulhofer’s promotion was effective Feb 1.

She began her career with CSE Insurance in 1998. Schulhofer’s job responsibilities will not change with her new title.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSE Insurance is a regional carrier with a focus on the Western United States.

Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Jennifer Haley as an employee benefits consultant in its Northern California employee benefits division.

Haley’s responsibilities with EPIC will include the acquisition of new clients as well as the design, placement and management of employee and executive benefit programs. She will be based in San Francisco and report to Steve Vilas, chief operating officer of EPIC’s employee benefits division.

Haley has 12 years of experience in employee benefits, including fully insured and limited self-funding medical products. Before EPIC, Haley held a range of management, production and client service positions at both insurance companies and other benefits consulting firms. She was most recently a sales executive with BenefitMall in Concord.

EPIC operates from nine offices across California: Los Angeles, Irvine, Ontario, Fresno, Folsom, San Francisco, San Mateo, Petaluma and San Ramon.

Crum & Forster hired George Burr as vice president of California workers’ compensation claims.

Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County, Calif. Burr reports to Stephen Eisenmann, senior vice president of claims.

Burr has extensive workers’ compensation claims experience, most recently serving as vice president of claims operations for Seabright Insurance Co. with responsibility for its Western claims division. Burr began his insurance career as a workers’ compensation claims adjuster with Safeco Insurance, and subsequently held a number of management roles at Safeco.

Crum & Forster is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Crum & Forster is a registered trademark of United States Fire Insurance Co.

Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has added two senior executives to its team of underwriters. Chris Reese joins as vice president and Brook Dutcher as assistant vice president.

Reese returns to NAS to take a leadership role on the healthcare solutions team, driving the new program for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

Reese was most recently vice president at Chivaroli & Associates and had previously worked at NAS.

Dutcher joins as a product specialist for the cyber liability team. Dutcher was most recently with AXIS and ACE, where he specialized in tech and cyber risks.

NAS is an independent underwriting manager of specialty insurance with full binding authority to underwrite on behalf of Lloyd’s of London and other carriers.

Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Andrew R. Daniels as managing partner of Northern California.

The appointment is effective March 18.

Daniels will be will be based in San Francisco and will lead Willis’ Northern California operations and be responsible for business development across the region. His focus will include: client satisfaction; service and retention; staff development; and business operations.

He will report to Bill Creedon, national partner of Willis’ West region of Willis North America.

Daniels has 30 years of experience. He joined Willis in 2008 and most recently served as growth and business development leader for Willis North America. Prior to Willis, he held leadership roles at Concentra Inc., Marsh USA and Crawford & Cos.’s risk management services and risk sciences group consulting units.

Through its subsidiaries, Willis Group Holdings plc develops and delivers insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial services to corporations, public entities and institutions.

Reno, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS named Dr. Dwight L. Robertson medical director.

Robertson will provide physician oversight for the clinical direction of medical services for EMPLOYERS, as well as medical expertise with respect to the company’s clinical policies, procedures and programs. He will work with the claims leadership team in the management and development of EMPLOYERS workers’ compensation provider networks.

Robertson most recently served as the chief medical officer for MSC Care Management and NextImage Medical, and he has experience working for insurance carriers, previously working at Zenith National Insurance Co., The Travelers Insurance Company and AIG.

EMPLOYERS is a holding company with subsidiaries that are specialty providers of workers’ comp insurance and services focused on small businesses engaged in low-to-medium hazard industries.

Ron McQuillin joined Navion Insurance Associates as a commercial lines producer.

McQuillin will be working out of Navion’s Mission Viejo, Calif., office.

McQuillin has been an independent broker since 2006, and he has been in the insurance industry for 26 years.

Navion is an independent insurance brokerage offering a wide range of insurance products, as well as financial and business management services, including commercial, personal, employee benefits and risk management programs.

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