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Hagerty in Michigan Adds Rabinowitz as VP, Insurance Partners Group

Hagerty, based in Traverse City, Mich., has hired Kevin Rabinowitz to lead its Insurance Partners Group. Working under Hagerty’s Senior Vice President of North American Markets Jack Butcher, Rabinowitz will be responsible for what he calls the “substantial growth opportunities” …

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Appoints Neumaier as Chief Information Security Officer

Erie Insurance has appointed Jamie Neumaier as chief information security officer (CISO), effective September 10. He will continue to work from Erie Insurance’s home office in Erie, Penn. Neumaier will report directly to Robert Ingram, executive vice president and chief …

GEICO Taps Shafner as General Counsel, O’Keefe as Info Chief; Larguet to Operations

Auto insurer GEICO recently named a new officer and promoted two others. Jonathan Shafner was promoted to vice president and general counsel, and John O’Keefe was promoted to vice president and chief information security officer with responsibility for data operations, …

MJ Insurance Adds Risk Transfer Specialist Oliger in Indiana

Indianapolis-based MJ Insurance has expanded its Commercial Insurance + Risk Management department with the addition of risk transfer specialist, David Oliger. Oliger comes to MJ from AssuredPartners of Indiana, where he served as a surety account manager. In this role, …

Johnson Joins Oklahoma’s First United Insurance as VP, Commercial Producer

First United Insurance in Durant, Oklahoma, has added Erick Johnson as vice president and insurance commercial lines producer. Johnson joins First United with over 17 years of experience in the insurance industry. He previously served as a marketing representative, district …

Bailey Named CEO of Zurich UK, Succeeding Naidu Who Becomes CEO of Asia-Pacific

Zurich UK announced that Tim Bailey, who is currently group chief operating officer for EMEA, will take on the role of UK CEO subject to board and regulatory approvals. He will succeed the current UK CEO Tulsi Naidu who will …

CRC’s Johnston Joins RT Specialty to Establish Alabama Office

R-T Specialty, LLC has hired senior property broker J. Mason Johnston to establish the wholesale broker’s Birmingham, Ala., office, where he will serve as president. Johnston is a property and builder’s risk specialist and joins RT Specialty from CRC Insurance …

Hudzik-Presson Named Chief Claims Officer at Wisconsin’s Church Mutual

Becky Hudzik-Presson has been named chief claims officer at Merrill, Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. S.I., reporting to Scott Names, senior vice president – Shared Services and chief information officer. Hudzik-Presson will lead the entire claims organization and all related …

Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Adds Skaggs, Boniol, Perkins

Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has hired Jeff Skaggs as senior vice president of Underwriting and Marketing; Dawn Boniol as manager of Compliance, Quality Control and Claims Support; and Richard Perkins as Loss Prevention Outreach coordinator. …

McPeak Joins Ohio’s Root as Sr. Deputy General Counsel

Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance, has added Julie Mix McPeak, who formerly served as insurance commissioner in both Kentucky and Tennesse, as its senior deputy general counsel, effective on Sept. 1. McPeak was first appointed …