People – West

September 6, 2016

Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Tina Perchetti vice president and shareholder.

Perchetti provides clients in northeastern Nevada with commercial insurance products and risk management services.

She worked in financial services before insurance.

LP Insurance is a risk management and insurance brokerage firm.

Restaurant Programs of America LLC named Peter M. Enos vice president of sales in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Enos has for 25 years provided risk management solutions to clients in a variety of specialties including restaurants, hospitality, health and fitness, construction, real estate and manufacturing.

Enos was a broker with B&B Premier Insurance Solutions Inc. in southern California prior to RPA. He was also an insurance agent with Automobile Club of Southern California and Prudential Insurance.

RPA is a national restaurant insurance agency focused on providing business insurance products and services to restaurants throughout the U.S.

Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has named Deanna Mallette director of personal Lines.

Mallette will continue to report to Scott Smith, vice president.

Mallette joined Networked in 1993, working her way up to manager of personal lines. She left for two years, then was rehired in 2006 to help support the service team. She was again promoted to manager of personal lines in 2014.

Newtorked has offices in Northern and Southern California.

Lockton Insurance Brokers opened a new commercial insurance operation in Portland, Ore. and named Andrew McClave producer the office.

He has been advising clients on risk management and property/casualty insurance issues for a decade, including for the past year with Lockton. He also has been a national accounts executive with Zurich. Early in his career, he coached as a graduate assistant for the Oregon State Beavers.

Lockton said it will start with temporary office space and expand to permanent offices in 2017. The Lockton Portland office is located at 5 Centerpointe Dr., Suite 400, Lake Oswego.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton is a privately held, independent insurance broker.

Hub International Ltd. has named Liliana Salazar chief compliance officer in its Hub West region. She is based in Los Angeles.

Salazar will be a part of HUB’s national compliance team, responsible for identifying and implementing national solutions, developing client advisories, and interacting with other members of its national practice to provide oversight and assistance on matters impacting the administration of employee benefit plans.

Salazar has more than 20 years of experience as a compliance officer. Most recently, she served as senior vice president of compliance, national practice leader employee benefits compliance with Wells Fargo Insurance, where she was responsible for addressing employers’ health and welfare responsibilities under federal, state and local laws.

The Navigators Group Inc. has restructured its leadership team for its global claims organization.

Glen Bronstein has been promoted to the newly created role of global chief claims officer.

Bronstein will now have oversight of the global claims organization, encompassing the claims operations of the company’s three global underwriting segments.

Bronstein joined Navigators to lead the U.S. claims organization in May 2013. Bronstein worked at American International Group prior to joining Navigators.

In the U.S. Insurance segment, Marina Barg has been promoted to chief claims officer for U.S. Insurance, succeeding Bronstein. Barg joined Navigators in January 2014 as the leader of the U.S. casualty claims unit, overseeing the claims of the largest U.S. underwriting division.

Within the international insurance segment, Ruth Roberts continues to be the chief claims officer for claims arising out of the company’s London market business. Roberts has been with Navigators since 2011.

Also in the international segment, Michael Phipps joined Navigators as claims manager for Navigators International Insurance Co., the company’s recently authorized U.K.-domiciled insurance company. Phipps previously worked at Chubb in a variety of claims management roles in the United Kingdom, Australia and Asia. He is based in London.

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