The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA) elected Linda J. Collins as president of the association for a two-year term. Collins is currently vice president, Corporate Communications at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., where she is responsible for strategic communications, …
Liberty Mutual has filed paperwork with securities regulators detailing its plan to sell over 64 million shares of stock of its Agency Corp. division as part of an initial public stock offering (IPO) that could bring in up to $1.17 …
Wichita, Kan.-based independently owned retail insurance broker IMA Inc. announced that Jess Cornejo joined IMA’s Wichita office as a risk management account manager in the Risk Management Group of IMA’s Special Risk Division. Cornejo will work with IMA’s Risk Management …
Dallas-based MarketScout Wholesale (MSW) has added Kari Luttrell as vice president of operations and Frank Giarratano as a broker in its Dallas office. Paige Bryant also joined the company as underwriter in MSW’s Dallas office as well. MSW also establed …
Insurance broker Marsh has added five industry veterans — four from competing broker Aon — to its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice James O’Brien, Jason Hawkins and Craig Warnke join Marsh as managing directors, and Jim Beatty and …
AssuranceAmerica Corporation announced today that Sheree Williams has joined AssuranceAmerica Corporation as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 13, 2010. Ms. Williams was most recently VP of Finance at 21st Century Insurance and Financial Services (previously …
The Crescent City, Calif., and Grants Pass, Ore., locations of NorthWest Insurance Agency have joined the Leavitt Group to form Redwoods Leavitt Insurance Agency based in Crescent City, Calif. Bill Cochran is the managing local co-owner of the new agency. …
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Minneapolis has named Jason Wellmann as the new senior vice president of Life Insurance Sales. In this role, Wellmann will be responsible for leading Allianz life insurance strategy through all distribution channels. Wellmann …
Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers of Tustin, Calif., announced it has partnered with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. to present the Fullerton (Calif.) Fire Department with $12,196 to fund the purchase 43 fire shelters. The shelters are built with an …
Insurance broker Aon Corp. said it has finalized a five-year employment agreement with the head of Hewitt Associates, the benefits and human resources consulting giant it agreed to purchase earlier this year. Russell P. Fradin, current chief executive officer of …
