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Fidelis Group Holdings Adds Taylor as Sr. Claims Manager in Louisiana

Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), has hired Mark Taylor as senior manager of its Claims Division. Taylor will provide additional leadership to FCS and will be based …

Holmes Murphy Welcomes Deibele to Employee Benefits Team in Minnesota

Holmes Murphy has added Brooks Deibele as regional market Leader for the company’s growing Minneapolis Employee Benefits team. Deibele joins Holmes Murphy from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Minnesota, where he rose from vice president of Group Markets to …

J.M. Wilson Adds Lewton, Arens in Indiana

Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Matt Lewton as transportation underwriter and Tyler Arens as assistant transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. Lewton is responsible for underwriting new and renewal transportation risks, and serving …

Associated Mutual Insurance Cooperative of New York Hires Scannell

Associated Mutual Insurance Cooperative of New York has hired Edward W. Scannell III as vice president of Underwriting. Scannell has more than 35 years of experience in the property and casualty industry as an underwriter, profit center head, agency owner …

Everest Taps Tailor from Charles Taylor Managing Agency as Head of Fine Art & Specie

Everest Insurance announced the addition of Joshila Tailor as the global head of Fine Art and Specie for Everest Insurance International, which includes Everest Insurance Ireland DAC and Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786. Tailor brings over 20 years of industry experience to …

Dunlap to Head Willis Towers Watson’s Construction Broking in North America

Global broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Jim Dunlap as head of Construction Broking in North America. The portfolio of construction clients includes contractors, project owners, developers, architects and engineers. Dunlap joined Willis Towers Watson in December, 2016, …

Harden Expands into South Florida; Taps Beller as Market Leader

Harden, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits firm in the Southeast, has formally expanded into the South Florida market with the opening of an office in Fort Lauderdale. The firm currently serves many clients in South Florida, nationally, and …

AGCS Names Global Leaders for Alternative Risk Transfer, Crisis Management Units

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has appointed Christof Bentele to the newly created position of head of Global Client Management for Alternative Risk Transfer. His previous role as head of Global Crisis Management has been split into two …

Petri Honored with ICT’s Raymond Mauk Leadership Award

The Insurance Council of Texas has presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award to Verle Petri, a long time insurance executive and expert on Texas insurance regulation and policy. ICT honored Petri with the award during the 27th Annual ICT/AFACT Property …

Connecticut’s Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Baptiste-Perez to Northeast Office

Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has hired associate Christine Baptiste-Perez to its SDV Northeast office. Before attending law school, Baptiste-Perez taught high school Spanish in Louisiana and worked in human resources recruitment. She comes to SDV with a background …