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Equisoft Appoints Nicolai as Vice President of Insurance Solutions USA

Equisoft, a global provider of digital business solutions for the insurance and wealth industries, has appointed David P. Nicolai as vice president of Insurance Solutions USA in its Philadelphia, Penn., office. He brings more than 25 years of technical and …

Woosley Named Sr. VP, Broker Management & Sales Operations at QBE NA

QBE North America has appointed Thaddeus Woosley as senior vice president, Broker Management & Sales Operations. He is based in Chicago. Woosley most recently served as vice president, strategic advisor, Specialty & Commercial, at QBE North America. He has 15 …

Poms & Associates in California Names Schirtz Vice President

Poms & Associates has named Jennifer M. Schirtz vice president of insurance placement. Schirtz is responsible for managing relationships with insurance carriers. Schirtz joins Poms & Associates from HUB International Insurance Services Inc., where she worked as an account executive …

QBE North America Promotes Gransbury to Head New Specialty Unit; Krauss to A&H

QBE North America has promoted Steve Gransbury to head of Specialty Insurance, a new group of existing QBE businesses, and promoted Tara Krauss to head of Accident & Health. The Specialty Insurance unit Gransbury now leads consists of QBE’s Accident …

SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers Hires Gentile as Underwriter

SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers, a managing general underwriter for full-service hotels, premier hotels, boutique hotels, condo-hotels, resorts and hotel management companies, has hired Zach Gentile as an underwriter. SUITELIFE is a Series of RSG Underwriting Managers LLC (RSGUM). As underwriter, Gentile …

Lloyd’s Canada Appoints Former AIG Executive Lipman as President

Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Marc Lipman as president, Lloyd’s Canada, and attorney-in-fact (AIF) for Lloyd’s Underwriters. Lipman assumes the role of AIF from Lisa Duval, who took the position last year on an interim basis and now returns to …

Aon Appoints Rieth as U.S. Practice Leader for E&O/Cyber Broking Team

Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. Practice Leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for multi-national clients. In December 2018, …

UK Broker SSL Endeavour Rebrands as Oneglobal Broking

The UK broker SSL Endeavour has rebranded as Oneglobal Broking. The business is led by Chairman Jonathan Palmer-Brown and Chief Executive Officer Mike Reynolds. The new business will bring local expertise and knowledge direct to the client or retail broker …

Price Forbes’ Gilmore Appointed Chairman of Worldwide Broker Network

The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed Price Forbes Executive Director Alex Gilmore as chairman. Gilmore previously served as WBN’s Treasurer. He takes over the voluntary position of chairman from Jim Watt of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, who will continue …

WSS Hires Easley as Sr. Broker/Underwriter in Texas

WSS, a member of XPT Group, a specialty insurance distribution company, has added Meghan Easley as senior broker/underwriter in its Plano, Texas, office. Easley brings 15 years of industry experience, most recently in underwriting and brokerage business. She has extensive …