People – West

Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Karman Chan chief financial officer in the firm’s San Francisco, Calif., headquarters.

EPIC’s current CFO, Michael Gonthier, will transition to a new position as chief administrative officer, assuming corporate responsibility nationally for agency operations, human resources, information technology, and project management.

As CFO, Chan will be responsible for all finance and accounting functions across the organization.

Chan has more than 20 years of experience in operations, finance and accounting and administration. Prior to EPIC, Chan was most recently chief financial officer and turnaround officer at Pacific Pulmonary Services in Novato, Calif.

Chan was chief financial officer of the large groups business unit at Blue Shield of California. She also spent six years with Charles Schwab and Co. Inc. in positions including vice president of corporate planning and analysis.

EPIC’s strategic partners include private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Stone Point Capital.

Monarch E&S has named Deb Neville a senior commercial lines underwriter in its San Diego, Calif., branch office.

Neville has extensive commercial lines experience and has been working in the excess and surplus lines industry for 35 years.

Most recently Neville had her own shop, Neville – St. Clair Ins. Services.

Monarch E&S is a wholesale brokerage firm with offices in La Crescenta, Rancho Mirage, Simi Valley, Novato, Fresno, Arizona and Hawaii.

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Jacob Decker vice president and director of financial institutions.

Decker will focus on shaping the firm’s financial institutions strategy across all offices. He is based out of Seattle, Wash.

Decker has more than 12 years of experience in the insurance industry both in underwriting and brokering. His expertise includes director and officer liability, errors and omissions, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability. He specializes in the financial services and technology industries.

His prior posts include vice president at Wells Fargo Insurance, vice president in financial services and practice leader at Lockton Cos. and underwriter for financial institutions at Chubb.

San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer has offices throughout California, in Portland, Ore. and in Denver, Colo.

Steve George has been named administrator of Nevada’s Division of Industrial Relations.

George was appointed to fill the vacancy in October after previous administrator Don Soderberg was named director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

George has 16 years’ experience in state government working for four constitutional officers: Attorney General; Governor; Secretary of State; and State Treasurer. Most recently, he served five years as the chief of staff at the treasurer’s office.

The division is a department of Business and Industry agency. The division promotes and enforces safety in the workplace and encompasses five units to address worker safety: Workers’ Compensation; Nevada OSHA; Mechanical Section; Mine Safety and Training; and Safety Consultation and Training.

Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has named Kate Bauer as vice president in its casualty practice.

Bauer will be based in Portland, Ore., and she will work with Integro clients to develop and deliver customized risk strategies and execute risk management solutions.

Bauer has 17 years of experience in global risk management working with clients in industries, including manufacturing, steel, power and utilities, forestry/wood products and higher education. She previously worked for Marsh USA, where she served as a vice president and associate client executive.

New York, N.Y.-based Integro and its family of specialty insurance and reinsurance companies operate from offices in the U.S., Canada, Bermuda and the United Kingdom.

Gerry Kosko has joined Suhr Risk Services in San Jose, Calif., as an account executive in employee benefits.

Kosko is a health insurance funding strategist. He specializes in working with business owners and human resources managers to streamline the delivery and administration of their group health benefits, payroll services, and retirement plans.

Kosko has seven years of benefits consulting and service experience, having previously worked at Archway Insurance and ExpertQuote Insurance.

Prior to that Kosko served as business development manager for REMAX.

Suhr Risk Services is a full service risk management and insurance broker.