Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) members elected Phillip McCrorie to serve as 2025-2026 WSIA Chair. McCrorie serves as CEO and chairman of RSUI. He joined the WSIA Board in 2021 and the executive committee in 2024.
Others elected for one-year terms as officers include:
- Vice Chair Patrick Albrecht, Associated Insurance Administrators, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama
- Secretary Wendy Houser, Markel Specialty, Dallas, Texas
- Treasurer Coryn Thalmann, Jimcor Agencies, Montvale, New Jersey
- Immediate Past Chair Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld, RT Specialty, Naples, Florida
Members elected to three-year terms as directors are:
- Steve Boyd, Bridge Specialty Group, San Diego, California
- Gerald Dupre, Core Specialty, Atlanta, Georgia
- Danny Kaufman, Burns & Wilcox, Farmington Hills, Michigan
- Neil Kessler, CRC Group, Dallas, Texas
- Lou Levinson, Lexington Insurance Company, New York, New York
- Danielle Wade, Jackson Sumner & Associates, Boone, North Carolina
Outgoing directors include Annie Dawson, XS Brokers, Louisville, Kentucky (2024-2025) and Dave Obenauer, CRC Group, Charlotte, North Carolina (2015-2025).
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