Southeast News

People Moves: NFP Appoints McSherry to Lead Atlantic Region P&C

NFP, a property-casualty insurance broker headquartered in New York, N.Y., hired Meg McSherry to lead the property and casualty business in its Atlantic region. McSherry will support new business and client acquisition and retention and will help manage the region’s …

People Moves: Stephens Insurance Names Green SVP, Cyber Risk

Stephens Insurance announced Mark Green as a senior vice president, focused on cyber risk. Green brings more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently with McGriff, Seibels & Williams. Prior to McGriff, Green was an executive …

People Moves: McGriff Names Ledford Strategic Growth Officer

The insurance broker McGriff, part of Carolina-based Truist Insurance Holdings, has hired Rodney Ledford as strategic growth officer for its small business and personal lines division. Ledford has 18 years of experience in the lines, most recently as vice president …

People Moves: Kerton Joins IOA’s P/C Division

Insurance Office of America has hired Kevin Kerton to its property and casualty division in Bonita Springs, Florida. As a commercial lines risk advisor, Kerton will focus primarily on construction and manufacturing. Kerton has more than 20 years of industry …

Global Claims Services Appoints Matthews as Chief Executive Officer

Global Claims Services, an insurance technology company, has appointed Brian Matthews as chief executive officer. Matthews will work out of the GCS headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. Matthews has spent more than two decades in the technology and data industries and …

Rains Insurance Acquires Sunbelt Agency in Tennessee

Rains Insurance Inc. has acquired the operating assets of Chattanooga-based Sunbelt Group, marking the first acquisition of an independent insurance agency by Rains. Rains, also an independent agency, is a subsidiary of Knoxville-based SmartBank, a commercial bank with operations in …

People Moves: Sayata, Willis Towers Name New SE Directors

The insurtech Sayata, which provides software for the quote-bind-issue process for brokers and carriers, announced Lisa Sanders will serve as business development manager for the company’s Southeastern U.S. territory. Sanders, based in Atlanta, was previously a senior vice president at …

People Moves: Brown & Riding, Columbia Name New Officers

Brown & Riding Focuses on Florida Brown & Riding, which calls itself one of the largest wholesale insurance brokerage firms in the United States, has named Justin Peterson and Brenda Roberson to its national casualty practice, focusing on Florida, the …

Atlas General Insurance Services Expands Workers’ Compensation Footprint in Southeast

San Diego, CA, December 15, 2016 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC (‘Atlas’), a national multi-line program administrator, announced the addition of four more states eligible for workers’ compensation coverage through their exclusive partnership with an A.M. Best ‘A’ rated …

Armed Robbers Nab $4.8M in Gold Bars off Armored Truck on North Carolina Highway

Shortly after dusk on Sunday along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night with 275 pounds of gold bars. The guards working for Transvalue Inc. …