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People Moves: Roberts Joins LP Insurance in California; AMERIND Names Sattler CFO

Roberts Joins LP Insurance Services Employee Benefits Brokerage Team Lynn Roberts joined the employee benefits group in the Gold River, California, office of LP Insurance Services LLC. Roberts has over 30 years of industry experience and most recently worked as …

People Moves: Brown Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Angie Brown as a First vice president and consultant for its employee benefits group, based in Alliant’s absence, disability and life insurance practice. Brown drives compliance with FMLA, ADAAA and continually emerging …

People Moves: BenefitMall Appoints Patton Benefits Sales Executive for Colorado

BenefitMall named Sam Patton to its team as the new benefits sales executive for Colorado. Patton specializes in ancillary benefits such as life, disability insurance, and executive supplemental disability. Patton most recently served as an executive disability benefits consultant with …

People Moves: Lara Makes Appointments to California Curriculum Board and Insurance Diversity Task Force

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several appointments to the state’s curriculum board and insurance diversity task force. Lara named Aretha Hartley as the newest member of the curriculum board. The curriculum board oversees the development of pre-licensing and continuing …

People Moves: Liberty Names Rubin Senior Vice President, Benefits

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Neal Rubin senior vice president, benefits. Rubin is based in Irvine, California. Rubin has more than 40 years of experience in the Southern California employee benefits sector. He spent seven years as vice president …

CRC Group in Hawaii and INSUREtrust Form Cyber Practice Group

CRC Group, headquartered in Honolulu, has integrated INSUREtrust, formerly housed in Starwind, into its wholesale brokerage division. This integration bolsters CRC Group’s cyber capabilities and expertise and broadens INSUREtrust’s network. INSUREtrust is a provider of specialized cyber insurance brokerage, products, …

People Moves: Risk Strategies Names Newman Private Client Services Leader for West Region

Risk Strategies named Bryan Newman private client services leader for the West region. He will manage the region’s sales and service teams and key carrier and third-party relationships. Newman has more than 15 years of experie nce. Most recently, he …

People Moves: Woodruff Sawyer Promotes Erickson to Employee Benefits Practice Leader

Woodruff Sawyer promoted Dave Erickson to employee benefits practice leader. Most recently, he led Woodruff Sawyer’s employee benefits operations. Erickson has more than 15 years of experience in the employee benefits industry. Before joining Woodruff Sawyer in 2018, he was …

kWh Analytics, Aspen Raise Capacity for Property Insurance, Renewable Projects

kWh Analytics Inc. secured an increase in its capacity agreement with Aspen Insurance to support its property insurance offering for renewable energy projects. With this increase, kWh Analytics can underwrite up to $75 million per renewable energy project location and …

People Moves: SLA of California Elects New Leadership

The Surplus Line Association of California (SLA), headquartered in San Ramon, California, elected Rich Gobler of Burns and Wilcox as chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Also elected to leadership were John Washington of Arch Insurance Group as vice …