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Chubb Limited, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, named Steve Haney as president and chief underwriting officer (CUO) of global surety.

Haney previously served as vice president.

Chubb Group and division president of North America surety and chief underwriting officer of global surety. He previously served as executive vice president for ACE’s surety business worldwide (now Chubb). He joined the company in 1997 as a surety underwriter.

Teresa Black, executive vice president and chief operating officer of North America surety, was promoted to division president of North America surety. Black has 28 years of insurance industry experience, previously serving as senior vice president of distribution management, vice president and national segment leader for New York and assistant vice president of Chubb’s financial lines business.

Chubb also appointed Kim Hare as senior vice president, head of North America property claims. Hare has over 30 years of experience, joining Chubb from Farmers Insurance, where she most recently served as senior vice president, head of property claims.

Hare succeeds Tim Barziza, who retires in April 2026, after over 30 years in the industry, spending the last 22 years at Chubb.

WTW, headquartered in London, appointed leadership to its North America insurance consulting and technology (ICT) business.

Nicolas Carbo, based in Florida, joins as senior director, bringing extensive experience from Corebridge Financial and Oliver Wyman.

Poojan Shah, previously with PwC, was named director and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Erika Dochney, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, joins as associate director. She was previously with Lincoln Financial Group and Haven Technologies.

HDI Global Insurance Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Fellipe Aguiar as head of energy and power underwriting in the U.S. for its cross-division energy and power unit.

Aguiar joined the company in August 2024 and has over 26 years of experience in the insurance industry, with a focus on the energy and power sectors across Latin America and the United States.

American International Group Inc., headquartered in New York City, named Scott Hallworth as chief digital officer. Hallworth, based in New York City, joins AIG from Hewlett-Packard Inc. He has served as chief data officer at HP Inc. and Capital One and as senior vice president and chief actuary at Travelers.

CNA Financial Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed David Haas as president, global specialty, overseeing financial lines, healthcare, affinity and warranty. Haas most recently served as senior vice president, national accounts, casualty.

Michael Nardiello was appointed as the president of global property & casualty. He continues to lead global property and marine and casualty. Nardiello previously served as senior vice president, global property unit business head.

Song Kim was appointed president of global commercial industry segments, including construction, alongside middle market and small business. Kim now leads all global commercial industries.

Marsh, headquartered in New York City, appointed Brian Glod, based in New York, as global head of aviation and space and Tony Ambrose, based in London, as global chairman of aviation and space.

Glod joins Marsh’s global specialty executive committee with over 35 years of experience, joining Marsh in 1996.

Ambrose joined Marsh in 2020 and has over 30 years of experience working in the global aviation insurance sector.

Patton Kline succeeds Glod as regional aviation and space practice leader, U.S. He has over 21 years of experience in the aviation and space insurance sector.

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Alan Ferguson as CEO of US Assure.

Ferguson continues to serve as president of US Assure, a role he assumed in 2019. Ferguson joined Ryan Specialty in 1993 and previously served as chief underwriting officer.

He succeeds Ty Petway, who is retiring after over 30 years of service.

FM, headquartered in Johnston, Rhode Island, named Tara Long as senior vice president, chief information officer (CIO).

Long joins FM from MassMutual, most recently serving as chief technology officer and head of enterprise infrastructure services. She previously held roles at Gerber Scientific Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Long succeeds Srini Krishnamurthy, who was recently named senior vice president, FM India.

East

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, appointed Toni E. Mitchell president of its technology and life sciences business.

Mitchell previously served as regional executive for the company’s Pacific Region.

She joined The Hanover in 2010 as regional chief underwriting officer for middle market and previously held leadership roles at One Beacon and Atlantic Mutual.

The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, promoted Katrice Kelley to director of business analysis, underwriting. Kelley joined MEMIC in 2013. She will continue to lead MEMIC’s underwriting business analysts.

The Mechanic Group, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, headquartered in Pearl River, New York, appointed Candace Chieppo as practice leader. Chieppo has 27 years of insurance industry experience, joining the firm from Hudson Insurance Group, where she served as assistant director. Previous roles include vice president/senior underwriter at Victor Insurance and roles at Travelers Insurance, Marsh and Lockton.

Midwest

Coterie Insurance, headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, named Mike Albert and Allan Egbert to the company’s senior leadership team as chief technology officer and chief platform officer, respectively. Albert and Egbert, the co-founders of Ask Kodiak, have advised Coterie since early 2025.

Ask Kodiak was acquired by Applied Systems in 2021. Albert and Egbert’s also led product strategy at AgencyPort and co-founded Insurtech Boston. Albert will focus on advancing engineering excellence, technical architecture, and Coterie’s innovation roadmap. Egbert leads platform infrastructure, operations, devops, and performance.

NI Holdings Inc., headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, promoted Kevin Elfstrand to senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Elfstrand has over 20 years of P&C experience, including 17 years at Travelers Companies, Inc., most recently as assistant vice president of corporate audit.

Brandon Nicol was promoted to senior vice president of reinsurance and chief underwriting officer. He has 19 years of experience, including roles at AmericanAg, XL Catlin, COUNTRY Financial and State Farm.

Chris Oen was promoted to senior vice president and chief claims officer. Oen has over 30 years of experience and will continue to lead the claims department.

Dominic Weber was promoted to senior vice president and chief actuary. With over 42 years of experience, Weber previously served as vice president and chief actuary at Society Insurance.

Doug Duncan was hired in the newly created role of senior vice president and chief information officer. Duncan has over 25 years of technology leadership experience, previously serving as chief information officer at Columbia Insurance Group and senior vice president at Swiss Re.

Southeast

XPT Specialty, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, expanded operations into Atlanta, Georgia and North Carolina.

Will Pinson, senior underwriter and lead for the North Carolina region, is based in Wilmington, North Carolina. He has over 12 years of experience in specialty and surplus lines underwriting, specializing in placing hard-to-bind accounts.

Janet Christenberry, lead underwriter for the Atlanta region, has over 20 years of commercial underwriting experience, previously serving as underwriting supervisor at Jencap and at Genesee General for over 20 years.

Charles Bethishou, commercial lines underwriter for the Atlanta region, has over a decade of experience in underwriting, business development and client retention. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, he previously served at Jencap Insurance Services.

West

Trucordia, headquartered in Lindon, Utah, promoted Leslie Greve to senior vice president of marketing. Greve joined Trucordia in 2024 and previously served as vice president of marketing. Before joining Trucordia, she served as CMO at BGZ Brands.

Alliant Human Capital, headquartered in Irvine, California, appointed Mike Chalmers as senior vice president and director of total rewards consulting.

Chalmers most recently served as senior vice president, compensation and total rewards practice at Lockton and previously served as principal, career practice leader/Midwest region leader at Buck.

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, named Brittany Montoya as vice president and producer at Liberty Naranjo.

Based in Las Vegas, Montoya began her career managing HOAs, ascending from community manager to regional director and vice president. Before joining Liberty, she served as vice president, producer at USI Insurance Services. She previously served as regional vice president at Terra West Management Services.