Core Assurance Partners Inc. has named Zack Brandau as the organization’s president and Will Russell as vice president. Brandau will continue to lead the firm’s daily operations and drive strategic growth initiatives. He is a founding principal of the firm. …
AXA XL has appointed Matthew V. O’Malley as U.S. Country manager. In October 2020, AXA XL launched a new operating model which included a new zone structure in the U.S. In the new structure, O’Malley was appointed AXA XL’s East …
American International Group (AIG) has officially named Peter S. Zaffino as chief executive officer, succeeding Brian Duperreault, AIG’s current CEO, who will become executive chairman of the board. Both moves are effective March 1, 2021. Duperreault’s move to executive chairman …
Cassie Brown has been reappointed by Gov. Greg Abbott as Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for a term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2023. Brown has led the Division of Workers’ Compensation since …
Insurors of Tennessee has promoted Jim Layman to general counsel and appointed Daniel Smith as chief operating officer. The two will continue in their efforts to help grow the association – which represents independent insurance agents across the state. Layman, …
Global insurance and professional services firm Marsh & McLennan Cos. announced that Nzinga Shaw will join the company as chief Inclusion & Diversity officer effective February 16. Shaw most recently served as Starbucks Coffee Co.’s global chief Inclusion & Diversity …
Kathy Cody has been appointed president of Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC (Orchid Insurance), a specialty underwriter of catastrophe-exposed property insurance. Brad Emmons, chief executive officer at Orchid, said Cody, who joined Orchid Insurance in 2019 as chief operating officer, has …
Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. (Core Specialty), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has appointed Mary Kotch as chief information officer and member of the company’s executive committee. Kotch has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic technology innovation, application shared services, …
XPT Partners, a national specialty insurance distribution company, has added excess transportation expert Alex Robles as vice president and senior broker in its Plano, Texas, office. Robles will concentrate on excess transportation brokerage while also contributing to XPT’s National Transportation …
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Canopius Group announce that Neil Robertson has been appointed Group deputy chief executive officer, with effect from May 4, 2021. In this capacity, Robertson will report to Michael Watson, Group chairman and CEO. The company said …
