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Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Three Senior Vice President Appointments

Sheryl Rucker has accepted the position of senior vice president of Strategic & Integrated Services, a division of Information Technology at Erie Insurance. In this role, Rucker will have responsibility over a new area – IT Business Enablement – as …

RT Specialty Promotes May to President, National Personal Lines Practice in Houston

R-T Specialty LLC has promoted Claudia May, based in Houston, to co-president of the company’s national personal lines practice. May has concentrated on personal lines since the start of her career over 25 years ago. She comes to RT via …

AXA XL Appoints Benet as Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Cyber

To help manage its cyber risk portfolio worldwide, AXA XL has named Elizabeth Benet to the newly-created role of global chief underwriting officer for Cyber. Benet will help the insurer monitor its cyber risk portfolio and exposure from an aggregated …

New Jersey’s J.A. Montgomery Consulting Hires Vallen to Forensic Services Practice

J.A. Montgomery Consulting, a New Jersey-based affiliate of Conner Strong & Buckelew that focuses on risk control, safety and claims services, has hired Colleen Vallen to its team. Vallen, a forensic services expert with more than two decades of industry …

J.M. Wilson Adds Knibloe as Assistant Transportation Underwriter in Michigan

J.M. Wilson has hired Andy Knibloe, as an assistant transportation underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office. Knibloe is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of transportation risks, quoting new and renewal business, corresponding with carrier underwriters, and assisting …

Wesson Named President of Texas’ Swingle Collins & Associates

Swingle Collins & Associates, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas, has appointed Mac Wesson president of the agency. Wesson comes to Swingle Collins with more 40 years of insurance industry experience, including over 28 years with US …

R-T Specialty Names Adcock, May President of National Personal Lines Practice

R-T Specialty LLC has named Dave Adcock and Claudia May as President of RT Specialty’s National Personal Lines Practice. Adcock began his insurance career as a personal lines underwriter in 2000 and joined RT Specialty through the acquisition of Atlantic …

Alliant Hires New York’s Hessel as Senior Vice President

Alliant has hired New York’s CJ Hessel as senior vice president. In this role, Hessel will provide customized risk and insurance solutions engineered to address industry-specific risks for clients across the region. Hessel joins Alliant with a background that includes …

Nelson Joins RHSB in Texas as Vice President

Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), an independent insurance brokerage firm based in North Texas, has added Lucas Nelson as vice president in the agency’s Commercial Property/Casualty sales practice. Nelson has more than four years’ experience in insurance sales for …

Csik to Take Over as COO of Safety National Casualty as Luebbert Retires

St. Louis, Missouri-based specialty insurance and reinsurance provider, Safety National Casualty Corp., is changing its executive management structure, effective April 1, 2020. Steve Luebbert, chief operating officer, will retire after a successful 44-year career in the insurance industry. Luebbert has …