J.M. Wilson has promoted Shelly Tucker-Lorenz to surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. With this new role, she is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and contract bonds, corresponding with carrier underwriters, and assisting independent insurance agents on …
LevelFirst, the Dallas-based wholesale broker and MGA binding facility owned by IIAT Services Co., has promoted Kate Innocent to vice president. The promotion coincides with Innocent receiving a life/health insurance license. Innocent joined LevelFirst in 2014 as associate underwriter and …
Tracy Lovelace, lead personal lines relationship manager for Giddings, Texas-based The Nitsche Group, has been named a Five Star Home & Auto Insurance Professional for 2017. This is her second consecutive year to be awarded this honor. The Five Star …
Patrick Wraight has been named the director of the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance, a leading property/casualty insurance learning center that is part of the Wells Media Group. Wraight, an Army veteran, comes to the Academy with more than 12 …
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., a Worcester, Mass. based holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, has appointed Jeffrey M. Farber as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Farber succeeds Eugene M. Bullis, who has served as …
Coface, a French trade credit insurer, has appointed Fredrik Murer as CEO of its North America region, which is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey. In his new role, Murer will report to Group CEO Xavier Durand. Murer is replacing …
XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass., headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Jason Kent as a broker in the firm’s Connecticut office. His hiring comes as the firm has seen continued growth in its Connecticut, New York and New Jersey territories, …
Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY), a trade association representing professional, independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees throughout the state of New York, elected John C. Parsons II as president at a recent meeting of the …
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Jason M. Cohen was promoted to divisional president of Strategic Comp, succeeding Stephen Rosenthal who will retire at the end of 2016. Cohen joined Great American in 2006 as divisional vice president …
RiskMatch, a Greenwich, Conn., headquartered business intelligence and analytics firm that provides insurance portfolio management and placement support services to insurance brokers and insurers, has hired Michael Golden as chief market engagement officer. Golden has served in various leadership roles …
