The members of the Surplus Line Association of California elected Janet Beaver as chair of the SLA board. Eligible members of the SLA elected her via an electronic vote taken prior to the SLA’s virtual annual meeting on Feb. 8.
Beaver is the incoming executive vice president with Aurenity, a managing general agency.
Also elected to leadership were Rich Gobler of Burns and Wilcox as vice chair, and John Washington of Arch Insurance Group as secretary/treasurer.
Terri Moran of Paul Hanson Partners remains on the board in the position of past chair after completing her two-year tenure as chair.
The leadership team is elected for a two-year term.
Additionally, voters approved the nominating committee’s proposed slate for the entire 13-member board. One new member won election to the board this year: Sarah Nichols of Crum and Forster Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Completing the 13-member board are the following individuals who also served in 2021:
- Tim Chaix, R.E. Chaix and Associates
- James Faley, Vela Insurance Services
- Robert Gilbert, Markel Corp.
- Hank Haldeman, AmWINS
- Pam Quilici, Crouse & Associates Insurance Services of Northern California, Inc.
- Charles Rosson, USI Insurance Services
- Kathy Schroeder, Sierra Specialty Insurance Services, Inc.
- Terrence Villar, AmWINS
Also, Jerry Sullivan of GJS Re, a longtime board member and two-time former SLA chair, remains involved with the board as its member emeritus.
Based in San Ramon and San Francisco, the SLA operates as a self-governed private organization. The association serves as the statutory surplus line advisory organization to the California Department of Insurance.
Topics California Excess Surplus Washington
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