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Rawlins to Become CEO of Shelter Mutual as Moore to Retire

Shelter Insurance announced that Randa Rawlins would become Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.’s next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021, in anticipation of the retirement of current President and CEO Matt Moore, who will retire in June 2021. Also, Paul …

Schumacher to Lead Midwest Underwriting, Sales at Frankenmuth Insurance

Frankenmuth Insurance in Frankenmuth, Michigan, has added Rich Schumacher as regional director for the Midwest Region. Schumacher brings 28 years of experience in the industry, most recently serving as associate vice president of sales for Harleysville/Nationwide Insurance where he worked …

Woodruff Sawyer in California Adds Pearson to Launch Family Office Group

Woodruff Sawyer in San Francisco, Calif., has named Judith Pearson to launch The Family Office & Trustee Liability Resource Group. Pearson educates individual and institutional trustees and other fiduciaries to identify and reduce risk as well as provide solutions to …

Finnis Named a Central Region VP at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Lauren Finnis vice president, Customer & Broker Engagement, for the Central Region, based in Chicago. She was previously vice president of Customer & Broker Engagement for the Eastern Region. Finnis has more than …

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Hires Allianz’ Baacke as Head of Risk Engineering Services

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions appoints Tina Baacke as global head Risk Engineering Services, effective Jan. 1, 2021. In this role, Baacke will be responsible for leading a global team of experts that provides ri sk knowledge, data insights, tools and …

BMS Names Madell as Director in New Financial Lines Division

BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Chris Madell as director in BMS’ new Financial Lines division, effective immediately. Madell will be based in London, reporting to Ian Gormley, managing director of the BMS Global Risks …

SPG Names Lamitola Chief Sales Officer, Stavrakis Takes Helm of Monarch

Specialty Program Group LLC has named Christopher Lamitola chief sales officer. Lamitola will provide sales and marketing guidance to acquired business partners. Lamitola comes to SPG from Allstate Insurance Co. in New York, where he was territory sales leader. Prior …

Chief Actuary Antonello to Be Next CEO of Employers Holdings

Small business workers’ compensation insurance specialist Employers Holdings Inc. has named Katherine H. Antonello as its president and chief executive officer. She will take over upon the retirement of Douglas D. Dirks on April 1, 2021. Dirks will be retiring …

Aon Hires Marsh’s O’Donnell as Client Director in PFI and Infrastructure Team

Insurance broker Aon plc announced that Karen O’Donnell has been appointed as a client director within its Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Infrastructure team, a specialist practice that sits within Aon’s Construction division within the Global Broking Centre. O’Donnell will …

Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Hires Reardon, Regilio

Sayata Labs has hired Mat Reardon as business development manager for the East Coast and Tim Regilio to manage West Coast activities also as business development manager. Reardon will manage all current and prospective partner relationships on the East Coast. …