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Newfront Insurance in California Adds Tennis in Employee Benefits

Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Dana Tennis a principal and employee benefits producer. Tennis was previously with Marsh & McLennan Agency as a client sales executive. She was a business performance advisor with Insperity before that. Newfront …

MJ Hall & Co. Adds Scottish American’s Buchanan in California

MJ Hall & Co. has named Stephanie Buchanan a lead broker specializing in commercial lines in the Stockton, Calif., office. Buchanan joins the team with experience in commercial lines brokerage, social media and marketing. She previously spent four years as …

Capital Insurance Group in California Names Doll President and CEO

Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has named Andy Doll president and CEO. Doll will take the helm of CIG beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Doll currently serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer at CIG. The move follows the …

Alera Group Names Martinez in Houston as Chief Human Resources Officer

Insurance and financial services firm, Alera Group, has appointed Debra Martinez as the organization’s chief human resources officer (CHRO). Based in Houston, Martinez will lead the strategic direction of all aspects of talent management, including training and development, diversity and …

Newfront in California Adds Alliant’s Vanderyacht to Run Logistics Practice

San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has named Jason Vanderyacht a principal and logistics practice leader. Vanderyacht comes from Alliant, where as vice president. He was with Roanoke Trade before that. Newfront is a tech-enabled brokerage.

Nexus Specialty Adds Schneider, Fayette in Chicago

Nexus Specialty has hired Katie Schneider as assistant vice president, Management & Professional Liability, in the group’s Chicago, Ill., office. The company also named William K. Fayette, senior underwriter, Management & Professional Liability, also based in Chicago. Schneider will be …

Boston Insurance Brokerage Expands Specialty Offerings; Fell to Lead New Division

Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB) has announced an expansion of its specialty offerings to include Programs & Compliance. The new division at BIB will be led by Senior Vice President Christopher Fell. BIB has a history of offering unique insurance solutions …

Woodruff Sawyer Names McEvoy of Marsh Property Practice Leader in California

San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Mark McEvoy its property practice leader. McEvoy is based in San Francisco and will lead the practice nationally. McEvoy has more than 13 years of experience in both insurance and reinsurance. Prior to …

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Foster in California

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Christine Foster to the Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Foster has more than 27 years of experience. She was previously with Foster & Associates She has also worked for Barney & Barney, and Geico. …

Gantz Named Senior VP – Finance at Church Mutual in Wisconsin

Dwayne “Dewey” Gantz has joined Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. as senior vice president – Finance, He reports to Kevin Root, executive vice president – Operations, and will collaborate with Jeff Steffen, current senior VP and CFO, who will …