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Alliant Hires Bothwell in Massachusetts to Expand Its Energy and Marine Group

Dec 21 2016 // Newport Beach, Calif., headquartered insurance broker Alliant has hired Robert J. Bothwell as executive vice president based in Boston, Mass. In this role, Bothwell will provide targeted risk management and insurance...

Alliant Adds LaBour to Florida Practice

Dec 14 2016 // Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division, LaBour will deploy targeted risk management and...

Alliant Acquires the Hecht Group in Oregon

Oct 3 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired the Hecht Group in Portland, Ore. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Hecht Group will join Alliant employee benefits, the company’s national benefits consulting...

Alliant Americas Hires Pizzi to New Jersey Office

Sep 16 2016 // Alliant Americas, the regional subsidiary of the Newport Beach, Calif., headquartered insurance broker, Alliant Insurance Services, has hired Gregg Pizzi as vice president. In this role, Pizzi will be based in the...

Alliant in California Brings on Blankenship as Executive Vice President

Sep 14 2016 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Crys Blankenship an executive vice president in its healthcare practice. Blankenship will provide insurance and risk management solutions to a...

Alliant Acquires Farmin, Rothrock & Parrott in Washington

Sep 8 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Spokane, Wash.-based Farmin, Rothrock & Parrott. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This marks Alliant’s fifth acquisition in the Northwest since 2014. John...

People – West

Aug 22 2016 // Westlake Village, Calif.-based Aptus Risk Solutions Inc. has named Gary Evans vice president of sales and business development. Evans has 20 years of experience in sales and client service with various risk consulting and...

Alliant Names Beacock First Vice President in California

Aug 10 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Julie Beacock first vice president within its Newport Beach, Calif.office, Beacock will be part of Alliant’s West Coast employee benefits team and will work with a portfolio...

Business Moves

Aug 8 2016 // World Insurance Associates, AIV Group World Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, N.J., has acquired AIV Group, an insurance agency serving the Asian community. AIV Group, in...

Alliant Names Fyfe Vice President in Alliant Americas Division in California

Aug 3 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Doug Fyfe first vice president in its Alliant Americas division. Fyfe will work in the Thousand Oaks, Calif. Fyfe was regional vice president within the insurance division of a...

Alliant Names Peters Executive Vice President in Maryland

Jul 15 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Barry Peters executive vice president with the company’s Alliant Americas division. Peters will be based in the Bethesda, MD office of Alliant. He will design and deploy...

Mesirow Insurance Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Middle Market Unit

Jul 13 2016 // Chicago-based Mesirow Insurance Services (MIS), a division of Mesirow Financial, has joined Alliant Insurance Services’ middle market platform, Alliant Americas. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Founded in...

Alliant’s Mondshine Joins USI Insurance as Personal Risk Operations Director

Jun 24 2016 // Karen Mondshine has joined the national insurance broker USI Insurance Services as as the national director of personal risk operations. She will be responsible for partnering with USI’s regional and national teams...

Souissi Joins Alliant Brokerage Team in Bay Area

Jun 21 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc., headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., announced that veteran underwriter, Amy Souissi, has joined the company as vice president. She is based in the San Francisco Bay area, and will serve...

Business Moves

Jun 20 2016 // CMS, Diversified Professional Risk Managers CMS LLC, an insurance wholesaler based in Melville, N.Y., has acquired Diversified Professional Risk Managers in Rockville Centre, N.Y. Terms of the transaction were not...

Alliant Acquires Western Carwash Insurance Program

Jun 7 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired the Western Carwash Insurance Program in California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Western Carwash Insurance Program is the exclusive insurance program of the...

People – West

Jun 6 2016 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services has opened a second San Diego County, Calif., office, this one in San Marcos, and named new employees to work out of the office. The employees are: Michelle Mitchell, senior...

Stortzum Joins Alliant’s ProQuest Division in Chicago

May 26 2016 // Lawyers professional liability specialist Nate Stortzum has joined the ProQuest division of Alliant Insurance Services as vice president. Stortzum is based in Chicago Prior to joining ProQuest, Stortzum was Midwest...

People – South Central

May 23 2016 // New Orleans-based insurance and risk management firm, Gillis, Ellis & Baker (GEB), promoted Jeff Howard to shareholder and vice president. Howard joined GEB in 2011 as an insurance producer. He works with both...

Alliant Names Umbright Workers’ Comp Claims Advocate in California

May 18 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Jennifer Umbright to its Sacramento, Calif. office of as a workers’ compensation claims advocate within the company’s Alliant Americas division. Umbright will advise a...