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People Moves: Florida Peninsula Holdings Makes Cantor Vice Chair of Board

Florida Peninsula Holdings and Windward Holdings, which together own and manage Florida Peninsula Insurance Co., Edison Insurance and Ovation Home Insurance Exchange, has named is co-founder vice chairman of the board. Gary Cantor, who, along with Paul Adkins, CEO of …

People: Stacks Brokerage in Florida Names Bordman Commercial President

Stacks Insurance Brokerage in Lighthouse Point, Florida, has named Kenny Bordman partner and president of commercial insurance. Bordman has more than a decade in commercial insurance, preceded by years in the U.S. Army and law enforcement, Stacks said in a …

People Moves Southeast: New Faces at CRC Group, Alliant Insurance Services

CRC Group, a wholesale specialty distributor with operations across North America, announced new additions to its Tampa team. Craig Anderson, who has been in the insurance business for more than 25 years, is now an underwriting team leader for marine …

CFO Names Gallagher to Board of Florida Insurance Guaranty Association

Tom Gallagher, an éminence grise or elder statesman of the Florida property insurance world and current chief operating officer for People’s Trust Insurance Co., now has another job to put on his resumé: board member for the Florida Insurance Guaranty …

Patronis Names GEICO Claims Director to FIGA Board

The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association now has an auto insurance representative on its board. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced last week that he has appointed D. Ryan West, the senior director of physical damage claims at GEICO, to …

People Moves: InsureTrust Names Kozel Senior VP

InsureTrust, an Atlanta-based specialty broker specializing in cyber risk, has named Sonja Kozel as senior vice president. Kozel, with 10 years in the business, previously led sales for Cowbell, a cyber insurance company, and for Markel Specialty. She graduated from …

ARCW Acquires CLC Insurance Agency in Clearwater

Clearwater-based CLC Insurance Agency has merged with ARCW Insurance, a Leavitt Group affiliate, the companies said in a news release this week. CLC, founded four years ago by Crystal Callahan Lawson, now Callahan-Estes, will relocate to ARCW’s Pinellas Park offices. …

Liberty Co. Names Allen, Hayes to Leadership Positions

The Liberty Co., a rapidly expanding insurance brokerage based in Gainesville, Florida, has named two insurance industry veterans to executive positions. Bill Allen, who was previously executive vice president at Hays Companies, now part of the large Brown & Brown …

People: Atlas Elevates Two in Florida, Tennessee’s Assistant Commissioner Retires

Atlas Insurance has named Jared Hawkins and Michael Howard partners in the Sarasota-based agency. Howard is a third-generation insurance agent at the firm and Hawkins is a second-generation agent who specializes in construction coverage, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. Hawkins has …

People Moves: Canal Insurance Names Brocklebank Chairman of the Board

Seven years after he was named president and CEO of transportation insurer Canal Insurance, Paul Brocklebank has an additional title to his name – chairman of the board of the Greenville, South Carolina, company. The move comes after several years …