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People Moves: Davis Joins MEMIC as Senior Underwriter; Davis Joins Alliant as Senior VP; Monte Joins Alliant M&A Team

The MEMIC Group, based in Portland, Maine, hired Scott Davis as a senior production underwriter overseeing the Virginia and District of Columbia territory. Davis, based in Virginia, joins MEMIC with over two decades of experience in multiline insurance and underwriting. …

People Moves: Rhodes Named Berkley Mid-Atlantic President; Korzon Succeeds Ryan at Lockton Northeast; Acrisure Appoints Farber for Mid-Atlantic

R. Berkley Names Rhodes President of Berkley Mid-Atlantic Insurance Group R. Berkley Corp., headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, appointed Antonio Q. L. Rhodes as president of Berkley Mid-Atlantic Insurance Group, a Berkley company. Rhodes has nearly 20 years of experience in …

People Moves: DiPhilippo Joins Alliant Employee Benefits; Cormier Joins Alliant Americas in Boston

DiPhilippo Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Anthony DiPhilippo as vice president, employee benefits, health and welfare consultant within its employee benefits group. DiPhilippo will grow and retain employee benefits and …

People Moves: Lawley Adds Scaffidi and Moran, Promotes Belizaire

Lawley, headquartered in Buffalo, New York, named Phil Scaffidi as employee benefits consultant in Buffalo, Joe Moran as an insurance advisor in Florham Park, New Jersey, and Carl Belizaire as insurance advisor in Buffalo. Before Lawley, Scaffidi served as senior …

People Moves: Risk Strategies Appoints Leung as SVP

Risk Strategies, headquartered in Boston, appointed Bradford Leung as senior vice president in its private equity practice. Leung brings over two decades of private equity and mergers and acquisitions expertise, ranging from property and casualty to employee benefits. He previously …

People Moves: XPT Specialty Appoints Myers Transportation Underwriter; Falvey Founder Will Transition to Executive Chairman

XPT Specialty, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, appointed Tyler Myers as transportation underwriter. Myers has over 10 years of experience as a broker specializing in underwriting commercial automobile risks. He began his career as an associate underwriter at Burns & …

People Moves: Wrigley to Lead DeCotis Commercial Lines Team

DeCotis Specialty Insurance, headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, named Jessica Wrigley as director of commercial lines. Wrigley’s responsibilities include overseeing the commercial lines division, managing key customer and carrier relationships, developing new business opportunities and supervising high-value renewals. Wrigley’s insurance …

People Moves: IMA Financial Adds Jacobs as Employee Benefits Executive in New York

IMA Financial Group, Inc. has expanded its team in New York City, hiring Shawn A. Jacobs for the newly created role of employee benefits new business client executive. Jacobs serves as an insurance and employee benefits advisor and liaison between …

People Moves: Donegal Promotes Landis; MEMIC Promotes Foote

Donegal Insurance Group, headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania, promoted Caleb Landis to assistant vice president of commercial lines systems development. Landis will be based out of Donegal’s home office in Marietta. Landis succeeds Barb Doyle, who will retire in September as …

People Moves: Venbrook’s Student Insurance Adds MacDonald; Conner Strong & Buckelew Names Leung

Student Insurance, a Venbrook subsidiary and part of Venbrook Benefits, headquartered in Los Angeles, named Jessica MacDonald vice president of sales. Based in Boston, MacDonald has over 20 years of experience specifically in student health. She most recently served as …