LP Insurance Services Inc. named Amy Callahan to the Northern California sales team.
She will be responsible for supporting clients in their insurance efforts, including property/casualty and risk management.
Callahan, formerly an agent with State Farm Insurance, has more than three years of insurance experience throughout the region.
Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services also has offices in Elko and Las Vegas, as well as California offices in Sacramento and Truckee.
Brian Cassidy has joined Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Reno, Nev., and will specialize in commercial insurance and employee benefits.
Cassidy has more than 12 years of experience in insurance with a focus on the manufacturing, ski resort, golf course/resort, aerospace, agriculture, fruit production and trucking industries.
Prior to Flanigan-Leavitt, Cassidy worked in the employee benefits industry in Los Angeles.
Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency is part of the Leavitt Group.
Oakland, Calif.-based Dealey, Renton & Associates Insurance Brokers has hired professional liability and risk management specialist Michael Olson.
Olson is charged with driving a variety of growth initiatives at DRA.
He has worked with a number of architecture, engineering and environmental firms in the Pacific Northwest, and has held various positions at USI Companies.
DRA specializes in professional liability insurance and risk management for architects, engineers, environmental consultants, lawyers, doctors, agents and brokers and other professionals.
Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. named Tina Brink vice president and Nicole Stratton as account executive in Burnham’s recently opened Sacramento office.
Brink will bring new business to the Sacramento office and maintain a partnership with clients. Brink has more than 25 years of experience and has held executive roles with several insurance firms.
Stratton has more than 15 years of experience in the industry. Her background includes working with both fully insured and self-funded clients for national brokerage firms.
Burnham Benefits has offices in Irvine, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Sacramento.
Pasadena, Calif.-based Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions LLC has named Robert B. Young senior vice president.
Young’s role will include underwriting and marketing of Pioneer’s products nationwide and looking for niche program opportunities.
Young has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry with carriers, managing general agents, large retailers and wholesaler brokers.
Pioneer Programs underwrites specific nationwide programs.
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. named Catherine Miller as risk management and patient safety specialist for CAPAssurance.
Miller will provide risk management services specifically to hospitals.
Miller was employed with CAP as a risk management and patient safety specialist for four years before leaving in 2006. Prior to her return, Miller worked as a risk manager and patient safety officer at Kaiser Permanente.
CAP provides medical professional liability for hospitals, medical facilities and large physician groups and has offices in L.A., San Diego, Orange County, Sacramento and Palo Alto.
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Velocify has named Stuart Ganis as director of insurance vertical.
Ganis will lead the company’s initiatives in the insurance industry and work with the product development team.
Ganis has been in the insurance industry more than 24 years. Prior to Velocify, he launched a consultant practice in 2006 to provide sales and marketing to insurance agencies. He also co-founded and served as president of Chief Insurance Agency Inc.
Velocify is a provider of cloud-based intelligent sales software designed for high-velocity sales environments.
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Mariners General Insurance Group has expanded into Northern California with the addition of Carolyn Pounds, based in Alameda.
Pounds has more than 20 years of experience in the marine insurance.
Mariners General Insurance provides insurance for boats, yachts and marine businesses.
The firm has a second California office in San Diego, and also has a presence in Florida and in the Pacific Northwest.
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