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Morse Insurance Agency Adds Polutchko as Commercial Lines Sales Account Executive

Morse Insurance Agency Inc. has added industry veteran David Polutchko as its newest commercial lines sales account executive. Polutchko brings more than 22 years of insurance experience to the local independent agency. In his new role, Polutchko is responsible for …

Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Piccione as Missouri Regional Manager

St. Louis-based independent insurance agency network organization, Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), has named Susan Piccione as its regional manager for Missouri. Piccione will oversee new business development and cultivation of the company’s Independent Strategic Member (ISM) alliance. This includes …

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Leavitt’s Larson in California

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Judy Larson a benefits producer in the San Jose, Calif. office. Larson has more than 30 years of benefits experience. She has previously worked for Willis, Risk Strategies, and most recently with Leavitt, …

Willis Re’s Livingston Joins Guy Carpenter in New Global Head of Sales Role

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. has named Jeffrey Livingston as global head of Sales, effective September 1. Livingston will also join the Guy Carpenter Executive Committee. In this newly created role, Livingston will be responsible for leading all of …

The Union Mutual Companies Promotes Burrall in Vermont

The Union Mutual Companies recently announced the promotion of Alexis Burrall to assistant vice president of marketing. Having graduated from The University of Vermont in 2009, Burrall began her career in financial planning for a Boston, Mass.-based company. With prior …

Insurance Office Of America Adds Mongold to Employee Benefits Team in Florida

Insurance Office of America (IOA) is has added Jared Mongold to its expanding team. Mongold joins the Melbourne, Fla., branch office as an employee benefits specialist. Before joining IOA, Mongold was a senior benefits advisor at Brown & Brown of …

Missouri Independent Insurance Agents Name Corrigan as Person of the Year

Karen O’Connor Corrigan, owner president of O’Connor Insurance in St. Louis, Missouri, has been honored by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) as Person of the Year. The award is presented to an individual who has significantly contributed to …

SCM Insurance Services in California Adds Jetté and Melbon to Ownership Team

Two owners have been added to in Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe’s ownership team: Skip Jetté, who has been with SCM for 19 years and manages the Corona office, and John Melbon, who joined SCM seven years ago and is part of …

Palmieri Named Chief People Officer at Ohio’s Westfield Insurance

Westfield Center, Ohio-based property/casualty insurance company, Westfield, has added Jennifer Palmieri as chief people officer. With more than 20 years of extensive human resources leadership experience, Palmieri is leading all aspects of Westfield’s talent management strategy, people related practices and …

IGI Appoints Neon’s James as Class Underwriter for Cargo in London

Specialist insurer International General Insurance Holdings announced the appointment of Brian James as class underwriter for Cargo. James will be based in IGI’s London office and will be responsible for developing a niche portfolio of general cargo business, focusing on …