Hourihan will be a high net worth client advocate and be responsible for development, implementation and execution of strategies in the Private Client Group business in the U.S. and Canada.
Most recently, Hourihan was executive vice president and chief marketing officer for AIG Personal Lines in the U.S. and Canada. He joined AIG Private Client Group in 2002 as a zone manager for the division’s Eastern zone.
He also managed strategic sales for AIG’s Office of the Customer, and previously served as the division’s national sales and marketing manager. Before joining AIG, Hourihan spent 16 years with Chubb in a number of management positions.
Sobelman brings to USI her expertise in developing employee benefit programs for national corporations and regional enterprises. Prior to serving at Lockton Companies, Sobelman served in account management at Corporate Synergies and vice president/consultant at Marsh/Mercer.
In his new role, he will bring together the underwriting capabilities and services of ACE’s existing cyber risk-related business units around the world for brokers and clients. Merrill is based in Philadelphia and will report jointly to Tim O’Donnell, executive vice president, Financial Lines, ACE Overseas General, and Scott Meyer, division president, Professional Lines, ACE USA.
ACE Group also announced David Charlton has been appointed president of the Property and Casualty and Micro-business Division for ACE Commercial Risk Services. He will lead ACE’s expansion efforts into the property/casualty package and the micro specialty lines market for select small businesses.
Charlton joins ACE from United States Liability Insurance Co., where he most recently served as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. In his new role, Charlton will report to Juan C. Andrade, ACE Group executive vice president and global head of Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance.
Sullivan is an experienced insurance agent and underwriter with more than 25 years of experience in Maine and New Hampshire.
She brings to Clark Insurance expertise in insurance services for manufacturing, retail, social services, banking, the public sector, accountants and engineers. Sullivan previously worked at Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services in South Portland, Maine.
Esurance, the direct-to-consumer insurance company, said Alan Gellman has joined the company as chief marketing officer. Gellman will oversee all of Esurance’s marketing and advertising efforts, including direct marketing, online and offline advertising, search, brand partnerships, communications and customer experience. Esurance is owned by Allstate Insurance.
Most recently at Wells Fargo, Gellman spent the past 10 years in various executive marketing roles. Gellman will report to Esurance President and CEO Gary Tolman and be based at Esurance’s San Francisco headquarters.
Groenheide first joined Acadia as director of marine in 2010. Prior to Acadia, he was with the Hanover Insurance Group as a marine specialist before moving to the ACE Group and working as a senior inland marine underwriter for its global property division.
May joined Acadia as vice president, specialty marine in 2007. During his 30 years in property/casualty insurance, he held senior management positions with Hanover Insurance Company, Allmerica Property Casualty Insurance Group and Global Insurance Network Inc.
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