People Moves: WTW Names Mascaro Hospitality Leader; Leach SVP, Founder of K2 Financial US Ops; MEMIC Hires Underwriters

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WTW announced the appointment of Juan Mascaro as hospitality segment leader, a part of the Real Estate, Hospitality, and Leisure Division within Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB), North America.

Mascaro has more than two decades of insurance industry experience in underwriting, marketing, and client service roles. Mascaro joins WTW from Sompo International, where he oversaw the expansion of the Real Estate and Hospitality segments in the United States, Mexico and across Latin America, while also spearheading multinational business development efforts in North America. Prior, he worked at Chubb, where he led the Hospitality Practice over many years.

Mascaro will report to Jim Martuscelli, head of Real Estate, Hospitality, and Leisure division, and will be responsible for the strategic growth of the hospitality industry segment across North America.

K2 International’s Financial Institutions Business Appoints Leach SVP and Founder

K2 Financial, a business unit of K2 International and part of K2 Insurance Services LLC (“K2”), appointed Kevin Leach as senior vice president and founder of K2 Financial’s U.S. operation.

Leach was formerly vice president, financial institutions leader at The Hanover Insurance Group, and deputy regional head, financial institutions North America, at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty.

MEMIC Hires Southeast and New England Underwriters

The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, hired underwriters Julie M. Smith in the Southeast and Jeremy Card in New England.

Senior Production Underwriter Smith joined MEMIC in May. Before joining MEMIC as a commercial underwriter in 2014, she served as an underwriter at Nationwide Insurance.

Production Underwriter Card joined MEMIC in April, bringing more than a decade of experience with him from the agency side. He most recently served as a senior underwriting executive at PMA Companies.