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Tokio Marine Kiln Names Curran as Head of Reinsurance, Succeeding Huckstepp

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) announced the appointment of Will Curran as the new head of reinsurance, effective April 1, 2019. Curran succeeds David Huckstepp who is leaving TMK on a planned break from the sector. Curran began his career at …

Gristina Joins Great American as Fine Art Specialist in Fidelity/Crime Division

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has hired Andrew Gristina as divisional director in its Fidelity/Crime Division. A fine art specialist, Gristina will oversee the management and underwriting of the Fidelity/Crime Division’s Fine Art Insurance Program. Gristina is a seasoned …

Risk Strategies Names Holden to Oversee Western Region Operations

Risk Strategies has appointed William Holden to oversee its Western regional operations. Risk Strategies’ western regional operations include offices in California and Oregon. Holden will be based in Burlingame, Calif. In his prior roles, Holden developed and trained sales teams …

Everest Insurance Hires King to Life Sciences Team in Massachusetts

Everest Insurance has hired Jennifer King to its Life Sciences team based in the company’s Boston, Mass., office. In this role, King will have underwriting responsibility for the recently-launched Life Sciences multiline package product. She has nearly a decade of …

Hutchinson Rejoins Hub Northeast as Executive Vice President of Commercial Lines

Hub International Northeast Limited, a subsidiary of the global insurance brokerage, risk advisory and employee benefits firm, Hub International Limited, has re-hired James Hutchinson as executive vice president of Commercial Lines. In this role, Hutchinson will report directly to Paul …

UK Broker Price Forbes Taps Hewett from JLT as Leader of Sharing Economy Practice

Price Forbes, a London-based broker, has appointed Emma Hewett as leader of its Sharing Economy practice. Price Forbes said its Sharing Economy practice was one of the first established broking teams to specialize in designing insurance programs for emerging and …

Proctor Promoted to President of IMA Companies

Wichita, Kansas-based insurance brokerage, IMA Financial Group Inc., has promoted Luke Proctor to president of IMA Companies, a newly created position to oversee all IMA Financial Group subsidiaries. Proctor will report to IMA Financial Group Chairman and CEO Robert Cohen. …

Sompo International Commercial P&C Promotes Gallagher to New Role of CEO

Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SI), a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Christopher Gallagher has been promoted to the newly created role of chief executive officer of SI Commercial P&C. Gallagher joined Sompo International …

AIG Names Baich, Formerly with Wells Fargo and NSA, as Information Security Officer

American International Group announced that Rich Baich will join the company as senior vice president, chief information security officer, effective April 22. In this role, Baich will lead the firm’s global cybersecurity risk management program and help drive information security …

Maine’s The MEMIC Group Appoints Roberts, Michaud as Directors

Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Amanda Roberts as director of financial reporting, in which she will oversee its financial forecasting, budgeting and general ledger reconciliation. Roberts has more than 20 years of experience in finance, accounting and …