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Newfront in California Adds Gallagher’s Pedisich

San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has added Nick Pedisich as a principal and commercial insurance broker. He joins Newfront from Gallagher, where he was the area vice president. Prior to that, he had leadership and sales roles at EPIC Insurance …

CIG in California Promotes Cummins, Hepner

Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has promoted Scott Cummins to assistant vice president in personal lines, and Pauleen Hepner to regional field executive. Cummins will oversee personal lines underwriting, product, and processing, as well as client services for all states …

Lockton Adds Lopez to Northern California Construction Practice

Lockton Pacific has added Cynthia Lopez to its construction practice in Northern California. Lopez is based in Lockton’s Sacramento office. Lopez’s expertise includes more than two decades in the insurance industry with brokerages including AON Construction Services Group, Arthur J. …

Bender in California Names Murray Technology Risk Advisor

Bender Insurance Solutions in Sacramento, Calif., has named Bryan Murray a technology risk advisor in the commercial lines department. He will provide risk management advice and education for technology businesses across California. He has 10 years of experience in the …

McGowan Joins Resilience from Beazley as VP, Cyber Underwriter in Chicago

Resilience, which provides insurance coverage and patented cybersecurity tools to protect mid-market companies, has added Kevin McGowan as vice president in its cyber underwriting unit. McGowan joins Resilience from Beazley in Chicago where he served as co-chair of the carrier’s …

WCF Insurance in Utah Names Lyon President

The WCF Insurance board of directors has named Matt Lyon president of the Utah-based firm. Lyon will retain his position as chief operating officer in addition to his new role as president. Ray Pickup will remain chief executive officer. Lyon …

Newfront Insurance in California Adds Benedetti to Employee Benefits

Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Joseph Benedetti a principal and employee benefits producer. Benedetti is based out of the Los Angeles area and supports clients across all of California. He joins Newfront from OneDigital Health and Benefits, …

Florida Peninsula Adds King as Director of Customer Experience

The Florida Peninsula Insurance family of companies has hired Mindy King as the company’s director of Customer Experience. This is a new role at Florida Peninsula, which will be focused on building customer experience programs across the entire enterprise. King …

McGriff Energy of Alabama Hires Jorgenson as Producer, Senior Vice President

McGriff has hired Dain Jorgenson as a senior vice president and producer in its Birmingham-based Energy Practice. Jorgenson joins McGriff from Insurance Risk Partners, where he served as senior vice president and was responsible for developing new opportunities and solving …

USG Adds Reardon as Southeast Business Development Manager

USG Insurance Services, Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has added Bob Reardon as Business Development manager: Southeast. Reardon joined USG in July 2020 as the branch manager of the Alpharetta, Ga., satellite office. Reardon has 28 years of combined …