Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced that it has hired 17 employees to form a new division named Heffernan Professional Practices Insurance Brokers, specializing in architects and engineers and lawyers professional liability. Heffernan Professional Practices will be based out of Heffernan’s Palo Alto and Orange, Calif. offices.
The Palo Alto, California group will be led by Lou Moreno, senior vice president, and includes John Feeney, vice president, Marcia Kawabata, Brandie Kirby Leier, Marie Benjamin, Annel Cortes-Zargarian, Elizabeth Lee and Carol Arshakuni.
The Orange, Calif., group will be led by George DeWalt, senior vice president, and includes Young Suk, vice president, Gayle Pace, vice president, Sandi Moreno, Robert Lazaro, Marsha Bastian, Debbie Mackey, Jackie Riola and Diana Chau.
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