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Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Aegis Specialty Insurance Services has named Brian Weaver vice president of sales.

Weaver has more than 34 years of insurance sales experience. Most recently, Weaver was vice president of sales for Pacific Specialty Insurance Co.

Aegis Specialty is a part of Aegis General Insurance Agency. Aegis provides homeowner, condominium, townhouse, renters, mobile home, earthquake and motorcycle insurance, along with specialized products sold by powersport dealerships.

Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has made several moves on its employment roster.

Tony Marini was mamed to the northern Nevada sales team beginning Sept. 1.

Marini will be joining LP Insurance as a sales executive. He will be responsible for developing new business relationships, and retaining and servicing existing clients.

Marini has more than 20 years of experience throughout northern Nevada.

Angela Atchley was named human resources manager after the recent promotion of Teri Wood to senior operations manager.

Atchley is responsible for human resource relations and compliance. Atchley, formerly a senior associate at the Human Resource Connection, has more than 20 years of human resource experience.

Christi Johnson was named a workers’ compensation consultant in the risk management services division. Johnson, formerly a workers’ comp consultant with Wells Fargo Insurance Services in Reno, has more than 11 years of experience.

Cathy Scheibelhut was made an account manager within the personal insurance division.

Scheibelhut, formerly a personal lines account executive with Wells Fargo Insurance Services in Reno, has more than 22 years of industry experience.

LP Insurance has offices in Elko and Las Vegas, as well as Sacramento and Truckee, Calif.

San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named four executives as partners:

Kim Armanasco and Michelle Droz from the San Francisco office, Jared Pelissier of the Southern California office, and Brad Wagenaar in the firm’s Hawaii office/Risk Solutions Partners.

Armanasco, senior vice president of insurance operations, is responsible for driving operational strategy and initiatives. She leads the crisis management team and is a member of the operating and executive committees.

Droz, senior vice president in employee benefits, is also president of the Woodruff-Sawyer CARE committee, the firm’s community service arm.

Droz has more than 20 years of experience in the industry.

Pelissier, senior vice president of directors and officers liability, specializes in management liability and cyber liability risks.

Wagenaar, principal in insurance and surety, has experience as an insurance and risk management advisor in the Hawaii construction industry.

Woodruff-Sawyer has offices in California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii and Washington.

Worldwide Facilities Inc. has hired Craig Day and Brian Donovan in its Seattle, Wash., office.

Day was named senior vice president, and casualty specialist. He will lead the growth for all lines of business in the Northwest.

Donovan was named assistant vice president. He is primarily focused on CAT driven risks, all risk, DICs, manufacturing and builders risk placements.

Day has worked as an underwriter, national retail broker and part owner of a wholesale brokerage firm. Recently he was with Brown & Riding’s Washington’s office.

Donovan comes from Worldwide’s St. Louis office to lead the property initiative for the Northwest.

Worldwide is a Los Angeles, Calif.-based wholesale insurance brokerage firm and managing general agent.

San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services LLC has named Charles Lasher senior vice president of commercial operations and has named Mark Williams executive vice president of underwriting.

Lasher will be responsible for development, implementation and distribution of small-to-medium sized niche managed programs for various commercial segments.

Lasher has more than 10 years of experience in commercial insurance program management.

Most recently, he was vice president of operations at SIS Wholesale Insurance Services Inc.

Williams will be responsible for driving profitable growth. He will also assist in the management of all underwriting personnel in the workers’ compensation division.

Williams was vice president of underwriting in the workers’ comp division. He has 10 years of experience.

Atlas is a full-service general insurance agency with experience in developing and underwriting programs with a variety of insurance carrier partners.

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