People Moves: Landy Agency Hires McNamara for Marketing/Sales; XPT: S&H Adds March, Specialist Adds Martincich

Herbert H. Landy Agency Hires McNamara as Marketing and Sales VP

Herbert H. Landy Insurance Agency has hired Stephanie McNamara as national marketing and sales vice president.

McNamara brings over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry to the Needham, Massachusetts-based agency. She started her career as manager of personal lines within the independent agency channel, where she led the sales and service teams for 14 years. She has previously served as head of business development at Simply Business, small business sales director at CNA Insurance, assistant vice president of sales and marketing at Providence Mutual Insurance Co. and director of national accounts, field execution, sales events and operations at Travelers.

XPT:S&H Underwriters Adds March to Commercial Lines Division

XPT:S&H Underwriters, based in East Montpelier, Vermont, has hired Michael G. March to its Northeast-based team’s commercial lines division. March will be acting as senior broker/underwriter for a wide variety of commercial lines products, concentrating on habitational, contractors, restaurants/taverns, garage, retail/mercantile and miscellaneous professional liability.

March has worked in the insurance industry for 23 years, getting his start at The Hartford and serving most recently as commercial lines underwriter at XS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc.

XPT Specialty Names Martincich Property Practice Group Leader

XPT Specialty has appointed Michele Martincich as property practice group leader.

Martincich joins New York, New York-based XPT Specialty with almost four decades of insurance experience, over 25 of which have been in various leadership roles within the wholesale industry, with the majority of her career spent with CRC in New York City. In her new role, Martincich will develop the growth of XPT’s property division.