People & Places

National

CFC, a specialist insurance provider headquartered in London, appointed Kyle Laudadio as healthcare practice leader in the U.S. Laudadio has over 15 years of industry experience and joins CFC from the Great American Insurance Group, where he was divisional vice president. Before that, he worked as an underwriter at Beazley USA.

Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, promoted Jason Remsen to head of East, Americas.

Remsen, based in New York City, previously served as a corporate associate at Pepper Hamilton LLP and practiced at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

Amwins, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, appointed Bob Black as national property practice leader within its brokerage division.

Black has over 20 years of experience with Amwins as a member of the Georgia leadership team.

Adam Terry assumes the role of national real estate practice leader (property).

Resilience, headquartered in New York City, named James C. Riviezzo head of North American distribution and strategy. Riviezzo has over 25 years of industry experience, joining Resilience from At-Bay, where he was head of national broker relations. Before At-Bay, Riviezzo held leadership roles at Briza, American International Group (AIG), Safety National Casualty Corporation, and Marsh, USA.

East

Rosenberg & Parker (R&P), headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, named three new owner/partners.

New partner President Jack Rosenberg joined R&P as a producer in 2018 after beginning his career at Susquehanna International Group.

James DiSciullo, director of advisory and productions and energy practice leader, joined R&P as a producer in 2019 from Exelon.

Financial Sponsors Practice Leader Harry G. Rosenberg joined R&P as a producer in 2021 following five years at The Blackstone Group on the capital markets team for the private equity and energy groups.

Lawley, headquartered in Buffalo, New York, named Anto Almasian as a surety executive in the Buffalo office. He has expertise in managing a diverse portfolio of clients and an understanding of risk evaluation, operational strategy, and client management.

Andrew Edbauer, employee benefits consultant, also joins the Buffalo office.

Kevin Campbell, insurance advisor, joins the team in Darien, Connecticut.

Evonne Pomerantz, Medicare and individual health insurance consultant, joins the Lawley Medicare Solutions team in Rochester, New York.

Ames & Gough, headquartered in Washington, D.C., appointed equity partners Allison Barefoot and Marguerite Parent as senior vice presidents.

Barefoot, based in Washington, D.C., has nearly 25 years of insurance brokerage experience, joining Ames & Gough in 2013. Previously, she was a commercial lines account executive and team leader with USI Insurance Services.

Based in the Boston, Massachusetts, office, Parent has 25 years of experience in insurance brokerage and risk management consulting. She joined Ames & Gough in 2006, after having served with William Gallagher Associates in Boston, where she was creator and manager of the emerging client group.

Insurance Services of New England (ISNE), headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts, named Mike Chamberlain as manager of membership and sales.

With close to two decades of experience working with independent agents, Chamberlain has held positions at The Hanover and The Concord Group Insurance.

Chamberlain assumes the role following the retirement of Ed Ruhl, who served for over 40 years in the insurance industry.

Kingstone Companies Inc., headquartered in Kingston, New York, appointed Randy L. Patten as chief financial officer (CFO). Patten joins Kingstone Companies, Inc. from NEXT Insurance Inc., most recently serving as vice president, chief accounting officer and treasurer. He also held the position of CFO for the company’s U.S. insurance carrier subsidiary.

Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, hired Brooke Bass as chief operating officer (COO) and Dale Brooks as chief claims officer (CCO).

Bass has over 20 years of experience, most recently serving as senior vice president of auto physical damage claims for U.S. retail markets at Liberty Mutual.

Brooks has over 30 years of experience, previously serving in executive roles at Progressive Insurance, including leadership for claims operations in New York and Florida.

Midwest

DOXA, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired Sean Curry as executive vice president of its brokerage vertical. Curry has nearly 20 years of insurance experience in the brokerage market, previously serving as executive/head of brokerage and flood programs for Kraft Lake Insurance Agency.

AAA – The Auto Club Group (ACG), headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, added three senior leaders.

Vincent Fusco joined ACG as executive vice president, chief distribution officer.

Brian Savage joined ACG as senior vice president, chief financial officer (CFO). Savage leads ACG’s treasury, accounting, investments, real estate, and financial planning teams. Savage has over 25 years of industry experience, previously serving as CFO of personal lines at Kemper and product vice president at Allstate.

Georgina Flores joined ACG as senior vice president, chief marketing officer. She will oversee all aspects of ACG’s marketing, branding, customer engagement, and growth strategies. Flores previously served as chief marketing officer at Encore, vice president of marketing at Aetna, and vice president of consumer marketing at Allstate.

South Central

Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, hired Pete Sayer as a senior vice president in its national property practice.

Based in South Florida, Sayer has over two decades of industry experience, most recently serving as an executive vice president at RT Specialty.

Brown & Riding also named Lauren Root as vice president of its national property practice. Based in the firm’s Houston, Texas, office, Root most recently served as Houston branch manager at Southwest Risk, L.P.

Southeast

Amwins, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, hired Ben Tasse to the newly created role of head of distribution and growth for Amwins’ Underwriting division.

Tasse has nearly two decades of experience, joining Amwins from Sompo North America, where he most recently served as SVP of wholesale business development. He has also served in leadership and underwriting roles at Axis Insurance.

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, named Guillermo “Guillo” Luis as vice president, producer.

Based in Miami, Florida, Luis has over 30 years of insurance experience, specializing in surety and construction.

He previously served as head of bonding for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and most recently, as an advisor at the Baldwin Group.

The Liberty Company also named Michael Spirakis as national sales training and development leader.With more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, Spirakis most recently served as president of Producer Activity LLC.

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named Steven Money as an assistant vice president within its employee benefits group. With over 20 years of industry experience, Money, based in Atlanta, Georgia, most recently served as a senior account executive at Marsh McLennan Agency.

Scott McCleary joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its employee benefits group, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before joining Alliant, McCleary served as senior vice president at NFP and previously served as vice president, national accounts at HFCB.

West

Aon, with U.S. headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, named Shelley Yim as Northern California market leader.

Yim has over 15 years of experience at Aon, currently serving as chief client officer for the West region. Yim is the Northern California executive director for the Asian American Insurance Network (AAIN).

Crest Insurance Group, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, hired Easton Gibbs as a commercial lines broker.

Gibbs previously played professional football with the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He most recently served as a screening solutions specialist at Exact Sciences.

Crest also named Matt Muehlebach as general counsel. Based in Crest’s Tucson, Arizona, headquarters, Muehlebach most recently served as general counsel and senior vice president of 5Lights LLC and Genius Avenue. Muehlebach has 17 years of experience, with 13 years as a partner at Hecker and Muehlebach, PLLC. He also served as a college basketball analyst for Fox Sports, FS1, ESPN and Pac-12 Networks.

Jennifer Gibbs joined Crest in its San Diego, California, headquarters as relationship development manager for Crest’s personal lines division. Gibbs has over 20 years of leadership experience. Before joining Crest, she held senior roles with 3 Peaks Energy, Hellenic Petroleum, and Kiva Energy.