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Cross Named Acting Deputy Commissioner, Supervision at Iowa Insurance Division

Kim Cross has been promoted to acting deputy commissioner for Supervision at the Iowa Insurance Division, as Jim Armstrong, longtime deputy commissioner for Supervision, has retired after more than 35 years at the division. Cross joined the Iowa Insurance Division …

Alliant Names Bubes to West Coast Benefits Team

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Steven Bubes vice president on its West Coast employee benefits team. Bubes is based in Orange County, Calif. Bubes was previously senior vice president with SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC. He also has experience in …

Worldwide Facilities Names Carrillo Assistant Vice President in California

Worldwide Facilities has named Juliet Carrillo assistant vice president and broker in the Los Angeles, Calif., property department. Carrillo has worked as both an underwriter and surplus lines broker in her 30-year insurance career, including 20 years working for surplus …

Kaufman Group’s Johanson Named as Industry Representative to SLTX Board

Kori Johanson JD has been named to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) board of directors as an industry representative with a term ending Dec. 31, 2022. She assumes the vacancy of previous board member Kyle Streetman, whose …

Sompo International Hires Allied World’s James to Run International Insurance Business

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty re/insurer, announced that Julian James will soon join the organization to lead the London market and international insurance platforms. Subject to regulatory approval and after a short period of transition, …

Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Brainard as EVP of Engineering, Marketplace

EverQuote Inc., a Cambridge, Mass-based online marketplace for insurance shopping in the U.S., has hired David Brainard as executive vice president of Engineering, Marketplace. In this role, Brainard will serve as the operational leader of marketplace-wide engineering teams and platforms …

BMS Group Appoints Kohonen as Senior Vice President in Atlanta

BMS Group, the independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Jani Kohonen as senior vice president and Atlanta branch manager, effective on Jan. 29, 2020. He will be based in Atlanta and reports to Pete Chandler, president & CEO of BMS …

Arkansas’ Kerr Named Chair of NAIC’s Market Regulation, Consumer Affairs Committee

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has been named chairman of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2020. This is the second time Kerr will serve as chair of the …

Mace Appointed Deputy Commissioner of Legal Services at Texas DWC

Kara Mace has been tapped as deputy commissioner for the newly created Legal Services program at the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. Legal Services will handle rule development, open records, litigation, contracts, subpoenas, and other legal issues …

Dean Promoted to Managing Director at Burns & Wilcox in Indianapolis

Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has promoted Andrew Dean to managing director from associate managing director in the company’s Indianapolis, Indiana, office. As managing director, Dean oversees and manages day-to-day operations of the Indianapolis team and …