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People Moves: California Insurance Commissioner Appoints Members to CIGA, COIN Boards

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several new appointments, including naming one member to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Advisory Committee, one member to the California Insurance Guarantee Association Board of Governors, two members to the California Organized Investment …

Ohio’s Westfield Launches Specialty Insurance Business

Westfield, a Westfield Center, Ohio-based super-regional property/casualty insurance company with a 173-year history, is entering the specialty insurance business with the launch of Westfield Specialty. Westfield appointed insurance veteran Jack Kuhn president of the new business. Current market conditions coupled …

People Moves: Lockton Names Presidents; Moxley Joins IOA Tallahassee Office

Lockton Lockton has promoted Neil Metzheiser to President of the Atlanta office. Metzheiser specializes in the design and implementation of property and casualty and executive protection liability programs. In his expanded role, he will work closely with production and service …

Former Aon Executive Mahoney Named Chairman of Oneglobal Bermuda

Oneglobal Broking has appointed former Aon executive Dennis Mahoney as chairman of Oneglobal Bermuda, with immediate effect. Following his retirement as chairman of Aon Global, Mahoney served on the board of Ironshore prior to its sale to Liberty Mutual. Mahoney …

People Moves: Alliant Adds Rose in Dallas; IIAT Honors Gavin, Tatum, Vasquez, Schreiber

Alliant Longtime energy and trade credit expert Jay Rose joined Alliant as senior vice president in the company’s Alliant Underwriting Solutions (AUS) division. He is based in Dallas. Rose will build a premier team with targeted industry expertise and a …

People Moves: Westchester Promotes McLaughlin; New Hires at Insurity, Lockton

Insurity Appoints Campestre as Chief Sales Officer Insurity, a provider of cloud-based software for insurance carriers, brokers and managing general agencies, appointed Craig Campestre as chief sales officer. Campestre will lead Insurity’s sales strategy and operations, which includes driving revenue …

People Moves: Miller’s Higgins Joins New Broker Inver Re; Hartford Hires AXA XL’s Brodzinski for Global Specialty; Bayman to MS Amlin for Aviation Reinsurance

This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. The …

People Moves: Aon Cyber Appoints Bixby; Guy Carpenter Adds 2 from Willis Re, Zywave Names 3 Senior Leaders

Hacking Expert Bixby Joins Aon Cyber Solutions Aon has appointed Adam Bixby as the new managing director, Proactive Security leader, for Cyber Solutions North America. Bixby is responsible for the Proactive Security practices, advisory and testing, leading business development, service …

TransRe Reorganizes Global Underwriting Structure, Promoting Key Leaders

TransRe has reorganized its global underwriting structure and promoted key leaders in the areas of Regional Markets, North America, Global Portfolio Management, Europe and Asia Pacific. In addition, it has restructured its casualty/liability and its professional liability teams. Paul McKeon, …

People Moves: IIAT Elects Officers, Directors; Pettiette Joins Louisiana’s Dwight W. Andrus Insurance

IIAT The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Gaylon Brown of TexCap Insurance in Dallas to serve as chair for 2021-2022 during IIAT’s annual business meeting on June 25, 2021. Brown is CEO and Managing Partner of TexCap Insurance …