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The Iroquois Group named Patrick Zerarka as the Southwest team as a regional manager in Arizona.

Zerarka has 15 years of experience in the insurance industry with a background in agency operation, marketing and sales. Prior to Iroquois, he worked as a marketing representative for Travelers, MetLife and Nationwide Insurance. He also owned and operated an Allstate Agency in Arizona.

Zerarka will split the Arizona member base with Iroquois regional manager John Maurer. Maurer will continue to service the Las Vegas and Utah areas.

Headquartered in Allegany, N.Y., The Iroquois Group is a network of independent insurance agencies with more than 2,100 members in 39 states.

Leavitt Group hired Ryan Krauser in the agency’s Reno, Nev., office as a business insurance agent.

Krauser’s responsibilities include risk management, customer service, policy administration and general new business development.

Prior to Leavitt Group, Krauser worked with a startup agency in Reno. He started his insurance career as a sales representative for Liberty Mutual Insurance.

Leavitt Group’s Bay Area, Sacramento and San Jose offices in California, as well as its Reno office, are part of Jenkins Insurance Services.

Hull & Company Inc. has hired Rob Flynn as a property/casualty broker in its Irvine, Calif., office.

Flynn will focus his efforts in the commercial lines marketplace.

Flynn began his insurance career with a retail agency in Rocklin, Calif., and progressed through the industry as account executive, producer and broker with both local and national firms.

Hull & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc. and has offices throughout the United States

Atlas General Insurances Services LLC has named has named Rod Taylor president of its commercial division.

Taylor will be responsible for growing Atlas’ commercial lines business across the nation as well as the workers’ compensation business outside of the California marketplace.

He was formerly a consultant with Distinguished Programs.

San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas is a general insurance agency that offers a range of insurance services.

Reno, Nev.-based Employers named Larry Rogers senior vice president and chief underwriting officer and Frank Buonomo vice president of IT infrastructure and operations.

Rogers and Buonomo will be based out of Employers’ headquarters in Reno.

Rogers has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, in particular with small business markets. Most recently, he was west zone executive for the Tower Group Cos. Prior to that, he held positions with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., Reliance Insurance Co. and ITT Hartford Insurance Group.

Buonomo has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology field. He comes from Aon Service Corp., where he was responsible for global insurance consulting and risk management services.

Employers Holdings Inc. is a holding company with subsidiaries that are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance and services.

PartnerOne Environmental named Vonnie Nuce as senior underwriter.

Nuce will be based in the Denver, Colo., office and will be responsible for underwriting new and renewal business for all PartnerOne products.

Nuce has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, working in a variety of capacities, including underwriting, account management and program development.

PartnerOne provides coverage for a variety of small- to middle-market contractors, consultants, and property owners and managers.

Lynn Finch has joined Lockton’s energy practice in Denver, Colo.

Finch is an account executive with the energy practice. She will operate from Lockton’s Denver office.

Finch has more than 15 years of experience as an insurance professional specializing in energy, utilities, natural gas, and refined product pipelines, and she’s familiar with the public entity sector. Her background includes claims management in property/casualty, environmental liability, directors and officers, and employment practice liability.

Previously, Finch served as a client executive and energy practice leader for Marsh. Prior to that, she worked as a claims manager and human resources coordinator.

More than 4,950 professionals at Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton provide 35,000 clients around the world with risk management, insurance and employee benefits consulting services that improve their businesses.

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