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Brown, Szary Join Great American’s Fidelity/Crime Division in Ohio

Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has hired Matthew (Matt) Brown and Joseph (Joe) Szary as divisional directors within its Fidelity /Crime Division. Brown has 16 years of industry experience with the majority focused on fidelity and crime. …

Insurance Broker Virtus Expands Private Equity Practice in Chicago

Insurance brokerage and consulting firm, Virtus, has expanded its Private Equity Practice with the addition of Mike Kesner, John Eichmann, Eric Banduch, Joey Eichmann and Angela Aiello in Chicago. Prior to joining Virtus, this team founded and led one of …

Insurance Office of America Adds Moser to Southwest Florida Team

Insurance Office of America (IOA) is has added Charity A. Moser to its growing team in Southwest Florida. She joins the new Bonita Springs branch location as a risk management consultant. Moser is a licensed Florida property and casualty and …

Price Forbes Launches U.S. Healthcare Practice Headed by JLT Hires

London-based specialty broker Price Forbes has launched a U.S. healthcare practice headed by market veterans Paul Voller and David Fairbank, who are joining from JLT Group. Based out of London the practice will focus on the U.S. healthcare sector arranging …

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Names Rugare VP of Customer Service Operations

Erie Insurance has named Karen Rugare to the position of vice president of customer service operations and strategy, effective October 17, 2019. Rugare began her career at Erie 20 years ago as a media and government relations specialist. She was …

Trident Marine Managers Adds Ramos, Opens California Office

Trident Marine Managers has named Jeana Ramos director of underwriting. Trident establishes a new office in Lodi, Calif., with the hire of Ramos. Her primary focus will be on commercial marine and excess and surplus lines. Ramos has experience in …

Godsey Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Dallas as VP

Geoff Godsey has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president in Dallas. He will provide a full range of risk and insurance products and services to a growing regional client base as Alliant continues to strengthen its position in the …

AF Group Appoints Cooper, Travis to New Executive Roles

National specialty insurance carrier AF Group in Lansing, Michigan, has named Steve Cooper president of Third Coast Underwriters and Abel Travis vice president of Fundamental Underwriters. Cooper currently is president of another AF Group member, United Heartland, a role he …

Michigan’s J.M. Wilson Promotes Bartolacci to Personal Lines Underwriter

Portage, Michigan-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Ryan Bartolacci to personal lines underwriter. Bartolacci is responsible for quoting new and renewal personal lines risks and serving independent insurance agents in all states that J.M. …

Bonaccorso to Retire as PartnerRe’s CFO, Succeeded by Burnet from Zurich Insurance

PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Mario Bonaccorso, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company on March 31, 2020 to pursue a new entrepreneurial venture with financial support from Partner Re’s parent company, EXOR. He will be …