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Brit Global Specialty USA Transfers Renewal Rights for Cargo Business to Falvey Cargo

Brit Global Specialty USA will transfer the renewal rights for its cargo business to Falvey Cargo Underwriting, effective July 2. As part of the deal, Will Frohne and Yasu Saegusa will move from Brit to Falvey Cargo as underwriters. Brit …

Liberty Mutual Re Taps Steiner from RenRe for U.S. Casualty Treaty Team

Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Sara Steiner to the role of vice president and director of Assumed Reinsurance. Steiner is based in LM Re’s office in Stamford, Connecticut and reports to Thomas …

RT Specialty Promotes Slaugenhoup to Vice President in Its New Jersey Office

RT Specialty LLC has promoted David M. Slaugenhoup to vice president within its Environmental and Construction Professional (RT ECP) practice. Since joining the team in 2013, Slaugenhoup has diligently worked with RT ECP customers nationwide to strategically manage the daily …

RKH Specialty Appoints 14 New Aviation Experts in London and Colombia

RKH Specialty, the London-headquartered wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the appointment of 14 new senior Aviation experts in London and Colombia, as part of RKH’s wider plan of building the largest independent logistics team incorporating its resources across aviation, …

TexCap’s Brown Named Chair-Elect of Texas Independent Insurance Agents Group

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has installed Gaylon Brown of TexCap Insurance in Dallas as the group’s chair-elect for 2020-2021. Brown was named to the post during IIAT’s annual business meeting, which was held virtually on June 10. …

Obsidian Insurance Holdings Appoints Armstrong as Chief Client Officer

Obsidian Insurance Holdings Inc., a fronting insurance holding company, has appointed Stacy Armstrong as chief client officer. Armstrong is a senior executive with more than 25 years of insurance and reinsurance industry experience. Her new role will include responsibility for …

Washington D.C.’s Incapsulate Hires Siegel to Insurance Industry Team

Incapsulate has hired insurance veteran Stephen Siegel to its insurance industry team. For more than 25 years, Siegel has worked with companies in all segments of insurance including life, property and casualty, group, health and long term care. He serves …

Tolley to Lead Marsh’s New Sport, Entertainment & Media Group in UK, Ireland

Global insurance broker Marsh has created a dedicated Sport, Entertainment & Media (SEM) industry group in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Led by global events specialist Richard Tolley, the group brings together 60 client management, technical, placement and risk management …

United Insurance Holdings of Florida Appoints Peed as Chairman, CEO

The Board of Directors of United Insurance Holdings Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company based in Florida, has appointed R. Daniel Peed as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2020. Peed …

Alliant Hires Schoenberg as Co-Leader of Its Mergers & Acquisitions Division

Alliant has hired Dan Schoenberg as co-leader of Alliant Mergers & Acquisitions. Schoenberg has experience in representations and warranties insurance, tax insurance and litigation insurance, as well as insuring other contingent risks in M&A and non-M&A-related situations. Based in New …