Valencia, Calif.-based Petersen International Underwriters has named John J. Russo as legal director.
Russo will assist in monitoring compliance and current legislation in various states, maintaining surplus lines conformity and directing industry relations with the departments of insurance in the United States as well as the District of Columbia and Canada.
Russo has been practicing law for 32 years and was a senior partner with a law firm in Los Angeles.
Petersen International Underwriters is a 30-year Lloyd’s Coverholder and underwriting facility of international disability, life, medical and contingency insurance products.
Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based insurance investigator APEX Investigation has named Halsey Fischer as president.
Fischer is responsible for building relationships, overseeing day-to-day operations and managing corporate strategy.
Fischer has held the positions of senior vice president, chief operating officer, president and chief executive officer of four different companies.
APEX conducts insurance, workers compensation, liability and human resource investigations.
Tammy Magliola and Ferris M. Boulos have joined Networked Insurance Agents as territory sales vice presidents in northern and central California.
Their responsibilities include business growth and development.
John Dacquisto was named commercial lines manager, working in Networked’s Grass Valley, Calif. office.
Networked provides independent agencies a variety of services including access to more than 50 carriers.
Encino, Calif.-based lawfirm Michelman & Robinson LLP has added Robert Barbarowicz as of counsel in their regulatory and administrative group.
Prior to joining Michelman & Robinson, Barbarowicz was a business executive and chief insurance regulation executive for Balboa Insurance Group.
Kevin Hoskinson has joined Lockton as its technology practice leader focused on property and casualty insurance for technology companies. Hoskinson will work in Kansas City, Mo. Lockton’s San Jose, Calif. office. Hoskinson’s most recent post was at Sun Microsystems Inc. as the senior director of global risk management and treasury.
Duane Caldwell was added to Lockton’s technology-focused team in San Jose, Calif. as a property risk control consultant.
Caldwell will take a lead in expanding Kansas City, Mo. based-Lockton’s presence in the San Francisco Bay area and throughout the western region.
Caldwell was most recently a vice president and senior property risk consultant with Marsh. He also served as Marsh’s risk consulting practice leader. Before that Caldwell worked as corporate safety program manager for Seagate Technology.
Caldwell will report to Kevin Hoskinson, who recently joined Lockton as the technology practice leader in the San Jose office.
David J. Gorin has been named president of Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, a Simi Valley, Calif.- based managing general underwriter and wholesaler.
Gorin’s immediate responsibility will be to establish and to staff an office in Orange County to handle the underwriting/brokering of small- to medium-size excess and surplus lines accounts for various in-house binding facilities.
Most recently, he was vice president with Partners Specialty Group’s Orange County office overseeing the underwriting responsibilities of its binding facility.
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