People

Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance promoted five leaders to newly created positions: Tamara Bates, regional vice president – Sales; Amy DeHart, vice president – chief actuarial officer; Jennifer Fisher, vice president – Property Claims; Carol Wedig, vice president – Continuous Improvement; and Larry Wright, vice president – chief claims officer.

Bates first joined SECURA in 1999 and most recently served as regional sales director. Prior to SECURA, she worked for Sentry Insurance, Integrity Mutual Insurance and Lake States Insurance Co.

DeHart joined SECURA’s actuarial team in 2000 and was promoted to vice president – Actuarial Services in 2013. Prior to joining SECURA, DeHart worked as an actuary for John Deere Transportation Insurance, a specialty writer of long haul trucking. She is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Fisher joined SECURA in 1998 as a multi-line claims representative and has held various roles of increasing responsibility, including 10 years as supervisor for inside property claims. She was promoted to director of Property Claims in 2012.

Wedig started at SECURA in 2002 in Human Resources. During the past 16 years, she held various positions in HR, Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, IT, and currently is the director of Continuous Improvement.

Wright began his career at SECURA in 1997 as an IT programmer/analyst. He held progressive positions including IT supervisor, IT director, workers’ compensation claims representative, workers’ compensation claims supervisor, claims project manager, casualty representative, and litigation coordinator. Most recently he held the position of vice president – Claims.

Mark Moitoso has been appointed to lead Lockton’s Risk Practices organization. As executive vice president and Risk Practices leader, Moitoso will lead Lockton’s team of national practice experts who partner with clients and account teams on strategic risk strategies.

Moitoso has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. He joined Lockton in 2015 and most recently led the analytics risk practice. Prior to Lockton, Moitoso was at Liberty Mutual. He has experience working with national accounts and in casualty products, including workers’ compensation, commercial auto and liability.

Wichert Insurance, a Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based independent insurance agency and wholesaler, has appointed Al Thomas to the position of president.

Thomas has served as principal of Confluence Insurance Advisors LLC (CIA) and consultant to Wichert’s acquisition strategy and sales management. CIA becomes a managed Wichert LLC and licensed insurance agency and Thomas becomes a principal partner in another Wichert managed LLC.

Thomas previously was COO of Huntington Insurance, and has held positions at Willis and Wells Fargo.

Wichert also appointed Robin Hammond as director of Insurance Operations. In this role, Hammond will oversee the account manager and service personnel using the Vertafore AMS360 Imagewrite/Worksmart system.

Hammond has more than 20 years of experience in company and agency operations, and holds the CPCU and CIC professional insurance designations.

Everest Re Group Ltd. added Shaun Safi to the Everest Insurance U.S. Property team as vice president based in Chicago.

Safi will oversee the retail property portfolio in the central region as well as the continued development of trading partner relationships throughout the region.

Safi joins Everest from Zurich Insurance, where he most recently served as a property team leader for Zurich Global Corporate. Prior to Zurich, Safi held underwriting roles of increasing responsibility at AIG.

HDI Global SE has appointed John Schossler assistant vice president, Casualty Construction manager, based in Chicago.

Schossler joins HDI from CNA, where he most recently was an underwriting director in their National Accounts unit. Prior to CNA, he worked at Travelers and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

HDI also reported that Andre Youngblood, senior engineering lines underwriter, will oversee all underwriting efforts for the Midwest region.

Youngblood joins HDI from Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty.

Casualty construction risks will primarily be written under HDI’s newly formed excess and surplus lines subsidiary, HDI Specialty Insurance Co. (HDI Specialty).

In the United States, HDI operates through its subsidiaries, HDI Global Insurance Co., a commercial property/casualty insurer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and HDI Specialty Insurance Co.