November 4, 2020
BMS Group, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Cris Massis as chairman of BMS’s Australian affinity business, effective Nov. 1 and based in Melbourne. Massis adds significant association leadership and member value expertise to BMS Australia’s …
November 4, 2020
Palo Alto, Calif.-based insurtech Hippo has named Sandra Wijnberg to its board as an independent director. Wijnberg has experience in insurance, private equity and board governance. She currently serves as audit committee chair of Automatic Data Processing Inc. and Cognizant …
November 4, 2020
McGowan Allied Specialty Insurance (MASI), a provider of commercial insurance products to the amusement industry, has announced the hiring of Joe K. Boyd as an Underwriting manager. In his new role with MASI, Boyd will be responsible for managing a …
November 3, 2020
Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) is expanding its management liability coverage offerings to include an excess public D&O (directors and officers) product. As part of this expansion, Peter Bujosa has joined the company as Public D&O lead. Bujosa previously …
November 3, 2020
Robinson+Cole has expanded its New York office with the addition of two partners, John F. McCarrick and Erica J. Kerstein, as well as two counsel, Phyllis A. Ingram and Sedgwick M. Jeanite, and four associates, Meryl E. Breeden, Joseph A. …
November 3, 2020
Nationwide has named Jude DiBattista to head its E&S Brokerage wholesale primary and excess casualty unit. DiBattista will lead the E&S Brokerage wholesale casualty team from New York and will report to Tom Jurgens, senior vice president, E&S/Specialty Brokerage Underwriting. …
November 3, 2020
Indianapolis, Ind.-based MJ Insurance has added risk management consultant, Dominique Norton, expanding its Commercial Insurance + Risk Management — Small Business department. Norton comes to MJ from a regional insurance brokerage, where he served as an advisor. He is an …
November 3, 2020
QBE North America has named Lucas Prahl senior vice president, regional underwriting leader, for the Western region. The company has also named Bobby Steinsdoerfer senior vice president, regional underwriting leader, in the Central region. Prahl, who joined QBE in 2017, …
November 3, 2020
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty has expanded its management team for the Seeman Holtz Private Client Group, its high net worth personal lines insurance division. Joining Somtip Brunner, vice president of Sales for Private Client Group, is Terry Sgammato, national …
November 2, 2020
Alliant Insurance Services has added Frank Albrecht, a risk management specialist with a versatile background in construction, environmental, transportation and loss analysis, as senior vice president, Alliant Specialty. Albrecht has been providing strategic risk management solutions to clients for the …