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People Moves: Brown & Brown Welcomes Zurich’s Batta; Hartford’s Vaughn to Global Specialty; Chubb Names Spitzer Treasurer, Harkin North America CFO

Brown & Brown Names Batta, Raveling, Kusserelis to Key Posts Brown & Brown, a national insurance brokerage firm, has elevated three people to senior leadership positions, the company announced. Anurag Batta, who previously was chief operating officer at Zurich North …

People Moves: Marsh Promotes Payne to UK Chair of FINPRO; WTW Hires Smith From Lloyd’s for Digital Trading; Aon Bolsters UK Operations’ Team With 2 Hires

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Promotes Payne to UK Chair of FINPRO, Morgan as Head of Professional Liability Insurance broker …

People Moves: NFP Realigns Northeast Leadership; Keystone Adds Pacheco for HR

NFP Realigns Its Northeast Region Leadership, Appoints Henry and Walsh Co-Presidents Insurance broker NFP announced Kate Henry and Mike Walsh have become co-presidents of its Northeast region. As part of this leadership realignment, Henry and Walsh succeed Bill Austin, who …

Howden Acquires Italy’s Tower SpA

Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Tower SpA, a Vicenza, Italy-based specialist insurance broker and risk consulting company. This follows the acquisition of the highly regarded Andrea Scagliarini SpA in July 2021, and reinforces Howden’s commitment to …

People Moves: Muñiz Named GC&C’s Head of Construction & Green Energy; Gallagher Re Hires Hiscox’s Kim for Cyber; Chubb Promotes Kropp to Global Head of Operations/Tech

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), Gallagher Re and Chubb. A summary of these new hires follows here. Muñiz Named GC&C’s Head of Construction & Green Energy Generali Global Corporate & …

People Moves: Pinnacol Names Neppel Chief Investment Officer; Alliant Makes Krickl Vice President

Pinnacol Assurance named Jennifer Neppel chief investment officer. Neppel will succeed David Bomberger, who will retire on March 1 after nine years with Pinnacol. Neppel has a background in investment management, mostly for large healthcare organizations. Pinnacol Assurance is Colorado’s …

People Moves: Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial Dir.; Chubb Promotes Meyer to Switzerland Country Pres.; WTW Hires Aon’s Weda for Corp. Risk & Broking, Benelux

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s, Chubb and Willis Towers Watson (WTW). A summary of these new hires follows here. Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial Director Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Dawn Miller as its …

People Moves: Hamilton Names AIG’s Friston for Financial Lines; WTW Hires Marsh’s Baker for FINEX Banking; Howden Re Taps Berkley Re’s Pike for Treaty Reinsurance

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Re, Willis Towers Watson and Howden Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Appoints AIG’s Friston for Financial Lines Insurance Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced the launch …

People Moves: Zurich North America Changes Leadership in Captives, Crop, Construction, Customer Office

Zurich North America announced the following changes: Jason Meador, currently head of Captives at Zurich North America, has been appointed to lead the Rural Community Insurance Services crop insurance business following the impending retirement of head of RCIS Mike Day. …

People Moves: Southern Adds Garage Underwriter in Georgia

Southern Insurance Underwriters, a managing general agency based in Atlanta, has named Whitney Griffith new underwriter for garage insurance. Griffith, who will be in SIU’s Alpharetta, Georgia, office, has more than eight years’ experience in commercial underwriting, the agency said …