People News

QBE Appoints Mann Head of Credit & Surety in North America

Insurer QBE has named Harpreet Mann as head of Global Credit & Surety for its North America division. In this role, she will develop strategy for enhancing the this book of business in North America while building relationships with prospective …

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 …

Ohio Department of Insurance Adds Barron to Senior Team

Lori Barron has joined the Ohio Department of Insurance as a senior policy advisor. Barron has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry, having served in business and product strategy, innovation, product development, underwriting, …

Ironshore Environmental Taps Argo’s Killimett to Lead Wholesale Underwriting Team

Ironshore Environmental has named Kelly Killimett to lead its newly established wholesale team. Killimett will be responsible for developing and executing an integrated underwriting and sales strategy dedicated to serving wholesale brokerages in the United States. Killimett will be based …

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 …

Marsh’s Russell-Vick Joins Willis to Head Broking for Finex Business for Britain

Global broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Mark Russell-Vick as its new head of broking for its Financial, Executive and Professional (Finex) line of business in Great Britain within its Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) segment. Russell-Vick will …

Arceo.ai Names Gamble in New York to Lead Broker Relations

Cyber analytics firm Arceo.ai has named Thomas Gamble as executive vice president and global chief distribution officer. Gamble will be based in Arceo’s New York offices. Gamble has experience in mergers and acquisitions and risk management. He was previously a …

Dabney Named VP, Corporate Underwriting, at Texas Mutual Insurance Co.

Richard Dabney has been appointed vice president of corporate underwriting at the Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Company. In this newly created VP position within the underwriting division, Dabney will oversee the company’s corporate underwriting and underwriting support …

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 …