National The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed Michigan’s Mike McBride, president of Mason-McBride in Troy, as the 2023-2024 chairman at the recent Big “I” Fall Leadership Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With over 35 years …
National Charles Symington is the new president and chief executive of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I), effective Sept. 1. In September 2022, Symington was promoted to executive vice president and recently was selected to …
National QBE Insurance Group appointed Julie Wood as Interim CEO North America upon the exit of former QBE NA CEO Todd Jones. Wood joined QBE in January 2023 as group head of Distribution. She was previously at Marsh as Southeast …
National DUAL North America, headquartered in San Diego, California appointed Peter Gosselink as executive vice president of its fine art program. Dual also has named Tricia Loney as head of specialty casualty. Gosselink trained as a marine underwriter specializing in …
National Miller, an independent specialist re/insurance broker, expanded its U.S. Casualty team, appointing Galen Brislane and Danielle Thorsteinson as account executives. Brislane is based in Bermuda and Thorsteinson is based in Miller’s London office. Both report to Mark West, head …
National Frank Romeo joined Axis Capital Holdings Limited to lead the company’s entry into the U.S. marine cargo insurance market. Based in New York, Romeo is responsible for building the program and identifying growth opportunities, with a targeted product launch …
National Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the expansion of its Cyber team with a series of appointments and promotions. Matthew McCabe has been appointed managing director of cyber broking. He is based in New York. McCabe …
National Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re appointed Linda Johnson vice chairperson for its North American team. Johnson will be responsible for producing new business for large casualty and structured reinsurance solutions across North America, with a focus on New York …
National John Kuhn is now senior vice president, management liability and head of large public at Ascot. Based in the New York office, Kuhn will lead the development and execution of Ascot’s large public directors and officers (D&O) strategy, with …
National Specialty insurance provider CFC appointed Michael Phillips as Cyber Practice leader. He is based in New York. In this newly created role based out of New York, Phillips will drive CFC’s cyber underwriting strategy and broker development in the …
