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Hamilton Reappointed as Texas Public Insurance Counsel

Melissa Hamilton has been reappointed as public counsel for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC), which represents insurance consumers in regulatory matters relating to insurance rates, rules and forms. Hamilton has served as the public counsel since January …

Los Promoted to Executive VP at Ohio’s National Interstate Insurance

National Interstate Insurance Co. (National Interstate), based in Richfield, Ohio, has promoted Shawn Los to executive vice president. Los will assume responsibility for National Interstate’s Truck, Passenger Transportation and National Accounts Divisions, while continuing to lead the Specialty Division. He …

Crest Acquires SGB Ltd. in Arizona, Adds Byrne

Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. has added Shawn Byrne and his team as part of an acquisition of SGB Ltd. Byrne founded his own agency, Creative Benefit Concepts in 1985, an had it for 28 years prior to …

Allen Promoted to Business Development Specialist at Minnesota’s SFM Mutual

Workers’ compensation carrier, SFM Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in Bloomington, Minn., has promoted Cody Allen to a newly established business development specialist role. This position will focus on growth in existing business areas and new market opportunities. Allen has been …

Marsh Appoints Aon’s Bryant as U.S. Public Entity Industry Practice Leader

Marsh has added Kevin Bryant to lead its National Public Entity Industry Practice. In this role, Bryant will work with state and local government and not-for-profit clients across the U.S., offering public sector expertise, insights, and transactional services. Bryant joins …

Crest Insurance Group in Arizona Adds Hay, IBG

Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. has acquired IBG LLC and added Craig Hay. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hay will move his operations to the Crest Scottsdale branch. Hay is a broker with experience in employee …

Insurance Office of America Adds Hardin in Colorado

Insurance Office of America has added Chris Hardin to its Mountain West team. Hardin joins the Denver, Colo., branch location as a commercial lines producer. He previously worked with ISU Insurance Services of Colorado Inc., focusing on the risk management …

Coffman, Wilkerson Join Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance

St. Louis, Mo.-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of agencies in Missouri and Illinois, has appointed Josh Coffman as alliance coordinator and Denise Wilkerson as personal lines specialist. Coffman will manage the technology, system processing, and analytic programming …

Etheredge Named VP, Human Resources, at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas

Texas-based independent agency, Hotchkiss Insurance, has promoted Heather Etheredge to vice president of human resources. Etheredge will serve on the executive leadership team with a focus on developing and implementing the agency’s strategic organizational plans. Her expanded responsibilities will include …

Hub Adds Entertainment Specialist Cloward from Allianz in California

Hub International has added entertainment insurance specialist David Cloward as practice leader in the Los Angeles, Calif. office. Cloward will focus on managing film, production, venue, business management and live entertainment clients and supporting the entertainment and sports specialty strategy …