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MMG Insurance Company Hires McPherson as Senior Vice President of Operations

MMG Insurance Company has hired David McPherson as senior vice president of operations, effective September 1, 2020. McPherson will work closely with Matt McHatten, current executive vice president and chief operating officer, to transition into his role. This new position …

Lockton Pacific Promotes Hostovich and Barnes in California

Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC, the Pacific region of global insurance broker Lockton Cos., has named Teena Hostovich vice chair of Lockton Pacific and Greg Barnes president of Greater Los Angeles. Barnes and Hostovich are based in Lockton’s Los Angeles office. …

Copperpoint in Arizona Names Pytel Vice President, Marketing Chief

CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Thomas Pytel vice president, chief marketing and corporate communications officer. Pytel ‘s responsibilities include leading the marketing and communications functions for the CopperPoint family of insurance companies. He was most recently vice president, marketing and …

Harris, King Named Execs at CAC Specialty’s Natural Resources Practice in Houston

CAC Specialty (CAC) has appointed Lisa Harris as executive vice president of Client Service and Gary King as executive chairman of its newly formed Natural Resources Practice, based in Houston. The Natural Resources Practice will warehouse CAC’s key resources focused …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Taps AIG’s Hamon, Batchili for Executive Team in France

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is entering the executive and professional insurance lines market in France and has appointed Olivier Hamon as head of Financial Institutions and Management Liabilities and Alice Batchili as Professional Indemnity manager. Hamon and Batchili, both …

Beazley Beefs Up Executive Risk Team in U.S. with 6 More Recruits

Specialty insurer Beazley has expanded its underwriting and claims presence in the U.S. with new hires for its Executive Risk team that focuses on board-level risks facing businesses and their executives. Elizabeth Cassarino joins Beazley’s Boston team as an underwriter. …

Connecticut Insurance Department Names Liu as Director of Captive Insurance Division

Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Andrew N. Mais has named Fenhua Liu as the new director of the department’s Captive Insurance Division. Liu has more than 25 years of global experience in insurance and risk management that will serve the department …

The Villages of Florida Adds 3 from State Farm to Personal Lines Team

The Villages Insurance Partners has added 3 former State Farm employees to its Personal Lines Insurance team. Specializing in home, auto and golf car insurance, Chelsea Allen, Julia Skillman and Lacey Maher collectively bring over 10 years’ experience in the …

KMRD Partners Hires Chaples as Sales, Relationship Manager in Pennsylvania

KMRD Partners has hired Greg Chaples to its team as a sales and relationship manager in its Warrington, Penn., office. KMRD Partners is a risk management and human capital consulting and insurance brokerage firm with offices located throughout Pennsylvania. Prior …

Beazley Restructures U.S. Executive Risk Leadership Team

Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration within the global executive risk teams and will focus on developing innovative insurance solutions that tackle the board-level risks …