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Crest in Arizona Names McGee Vice President/Producer in Commercial Lines

Crest Insurance Group of Tucson, Ariz., has named Mike McGee a vice president/producer in the commercial lines division. McGee has a background in risk management. He has worked as a Hotshot & Helitack Firefighter and also served in the U.S. …

Markel Specialty Taps Elzer to Lead Newly Launched Risk Solution Services

Markel Specialty has launched Risk Solution Services, its newly expanded loss control department, and has tapped Allison Elzer to lead the department along with her team. This department will support clients and production partners by offering risk management solutions and …

Swiss Re Appoints Pasricha as Global Head P&C Solutions, Succeeding Schuh

Swiss Re announced that Pranav Pasricha, currently CEO of Intellect SEEC, has been appointed global head P&C Solutions of Swiss Re’s global Reinsurance Business Unit, effective Aug. 3, 2020. Pasricha succeeds Eric Schuh, who is leaving Swiss Re to pursue …

Smith to Retire from Chicago’s R-T Specialty

Scott H. Smith has announced his intention to retire from Chicago-based insurance broker, R-T Specialty LLC, at the end of the year. Smith joined R-T Specialty with the acquisition of his specialty brokerage company, S. H. Smith & Company, in …

Kohal Named President of Brokerage Division at Wisconsin’s ARMR Network

Middleton, Wisconsin-based American Risk Management Resources Network LLC’s brokerage division has appointed Kari Dybdahl Kohal as the organization’s next president. Kohal brings to the position a wealth of knowledge including an array of experience in business and the environmental insurance …

Mendenhall Appointed President of Sleeper Sewell Insurance in Dallas

Dallas-based independent insurance agency, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, has named Myles Mendenhall as president. Mendenhall joined Sleeper Sewell Insurance in 2013. Prior to Sleeper Sewell, he served as president and was a shareholder of Planned Benefits Inc. DBA Foster Financial Group. …

BroGue Insurance & Financial Services Hires Wilbur, Kinney in Maine

BroGue Insurance & Financial Services has added to its team of insurance professionals in Bangor, Maine. Joining its staff are Licensed Sales Producer Amanda Wilbur and Sadie Kinney, Commercial Lines customer service representative. Wilbur has years of experience in customer …

Brit’s Digital Syndicate Ki Taps Hearsum from Marsh JLT Specialty as Managing Director

Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s of London syndicate, launched in collaboration with Brit Ltd. and Google Cloud, has announced the appointment of Dan Hearsum as managing director. Hearsum will report into Mark Allan, CEO of Ki. …

Chubb Promotes 2 in Leadership Changes at Westchester and Financial Lines Businesses

Global insurer Chubb announced that Scott Meyer will succeed retiring Bruce Kessler as senior vice president, Chubb Group and division president of Westchester, the company’s wholesale and excess and surplus lines insurance business. As division president of Westchester, Meyer will …

Pfeifer Promoted to Senior VP, Underwriting at Ohio’s Central Insurance

The Central Insurance Companies, based in Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jocelyn Pfeifer to senior vice president of Underwriting. Pfeifer will lead the entirety of the company’s underwriting organization including Commercial Lines Underwriting, Personal Lines Underwriting, Loss Control, and Underwriting …