People – East

Specialty underwriter and program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP), headquartered in Windsor, Conn., has added two members to its Professional Liability (E&O) and Operations team.

Jennifer Stein was named professional liability underwriter for the firm’s insurance agents and brokers facility, serving admitted and non-admitted markets. Previously, Stein spent several years serving as a professional liability underwriter for Utica National Insurance Company and JLT Facilities Inc. for insurance agents and brokers and lawyers, respectively.

With 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, Stein also spent many years working for the Professional Insurance Agents Association in sales, where she was responsible for meeting annual membership goals, insurance agents professional liability, cyber security liability, umbrella, group health, life, long term disability and dental coverage.

Anusha Rathore was also hired as a data analyst in operations. Rathore has six years of IT experience helping businesses leverage the power of advanced predictive analytics to make smarter decisions. She previously worked in business intelligence and enterprise data solutions for American Express, as well as a telecom service provider in Belgium.

Founded in 2000, BRP is a specialty insurance underwriter and program administrator.

Partnering with global carriers and using proprietary technology, BRP offers a variety of professional liability, management liability, data breach/privacy and hybridized specialty coverages to agents and brokers serving middle market customers nationwide.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that its Executive Committee has selected Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Al Redmer Jr., as a board member for its non-profit affiliate, the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR).

The NAIC is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories. The NIPR is the organization that manages the Producer Database and Gateway, an electronic system that links state insurance regulators with the producer entities that they regulate.

NIPR is governed by a board of directors that includes seven members representing the NAIC and six industry members representing a cross-section of the insurance industry. Commissioner Redmer’s board term began this year.

Capacity Group of NY LLC (CGNY), a division of Mahwah, N.J.-headquartered The Capacity Group – an EPIC Company, has hired Jeanne Braun as president of CGNY’s newly established Health Care Strategy Group.

Braun will be responsible for new business development, program design and management and coverage placement. She will oversee CGNY’s delivery of products, services and solutions to clients in the healthcare industry, in collaboration with EPIC teams serving healthcare professionals across the nation. Braun will report to Rob Salem, president of CGNY.

With a career spanning more than 25 years working in the medical professional liability sector, Braun has a background in healthcare, both as a hospital administrator and an executive vice president of a medical professional liability insurance company where she developed specialty programs for hospitals, medical facilities and large doctor groups.

The Capacity Group offers a range of standard and customized insurance and financial products while providing customer service for all types of businesses, industries and individuals. It has a diversified insurance distribution and product platform in retail, wholesale and specialty program business, as well as all types of personal, commercial, specialty and benefits lines of business.

Concord Specialty Risk (Concord) has hired James A. Grayer, Esq. as executive vice president, Reps & Warranty Insurance, after resigning as a partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Grayer is based in New York, N.Y.

Grayer has more than 25 years of experience as a mergers and acquisitions attorney. During this time, he has developed an expertise in representations & warranties insurance. In joining Concord, Grayer will have a leading role in the future of the firm’s Reps & Warranty Insurance practice.

Concord Specialty Risk specializes in transactional risk insurance and loss mitigation evaluation services that address the risk of loss arising from mergers and acquisitions, uncertain tax positions, litigation and more.

It is a series of RSG Underwriting Managers LLC (RSGUM), a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, specializing in underwriting management and other services for insurance products distributed through brokers and agents.