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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Martin Joins Insurance Crime Bureau Team

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports that Pat Martin has joined the association’s new general counsel. Martin is the former chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. He was an assistant …

Everest Insurance Hires DeBlasi to Retail Property Group in New York

Everest Insurance has hired Dean DeBlasi to its Retail Property group as vice president and East region manager. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the retail property portfolio and developing and maintaining trading partner relationships across the …

BHSI Names Amandi from Allianz as Head of Financial Institutions in Germany

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has named Dr. Frank Amandi as head of Financial Institutions, for Executive and Professional Lines in Germany. Amandi has more than 20 years of experience spanning international insurance, underwriting, claims and product …

Dulich Added to California Workers’ Comp Ethics Advisory Committee

California Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Director George Parisotto has appointed Jill A. Dulich to serve as a member of the Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee. Dulich will fill the position of a member of the public representing self-insured employers, …

CAC Specialty Adds Regueiro as Sr. VP, Marketing Account Exec in Houston

CAC Specialty has added Robert Regueiro as senior vice president and marketing account executive in its Financial Lines Practice in Houston. Regueiro comes to CAC Specialty with extensive industry expertise and knowledge. Prior to joining CAC Specialty, Regueiro most recently …

Berkley Fire & Marine in Chicago Promotes Brickner, Adds Seich to Leadership Team

Berkley Fire & Marine, headquartered in the Chicago area, has promoted Debra Brickner to vice president of Claims and hired Mark Seich as vice president of Marketing, Sales & Distribution. Brickner has 15 years of industry experience working with marine …

Mintz Adds Five to Insurance and Reinsurance Practice in Washington D.C., New York

Law firm Mintz has added a group of five practitioners to its Insurance and Reinsurance Practice. Deirdre G. Johnson, Paul W. Kalish, Suman Chakraborty and Ellen MacDonald Farrell joined as members, and Elaine Panagakos joined as special counsel. All five …

Derwart Named Chief of Staff for Maryland Insurance Administration

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane has named Gregory M. Derwart as chief of staff for the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA). Derwart has experience in state government. From 2015 to 2019, he was managing director of Administration & Customer Experience …

Swiss Re Appoints Bewersdorf as CEO of iptiQ, Its Digital Insurance Platform

Swiss Re announced it has appointed Carlo Bewersdorf as CEO of iptiQ, its digital platform. Bewersdorf will start in this newly created role on Oct. 1, 2020, reporting to group CEO Christian Mumenthaler. Bewersdorf’s appointment follows the announcement in June …

Pinnacol in Colorado Adds Golombek and Salazar to Board, Announces New Chair

Colorado workers’ comp insurer Pinnacol Assurance has added Ellen Golombek and Jesus Salazar to its board of directors, while farm and ranch representative Joseph A. Hoff will serve as board chair. Both Golombek and Salazar were appointed by Gov. Jared …