People Moves: QBE North America Appoints Cunningham Environmental Underwriting Leader; Gramling Joins Alliant as SVP, Employee Benefits

QBE North America Appoints Cunningham as SVP and Environmental Underwriting Leader

QBE North America, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jayne Cunningham as senior vice president and environmental underwriting leader, reporting to Dan Fortin, president of specialty insurance.

Based in North Carolina, Cunningham has over 30 years of insurance industry experience, including more than 20 years of leadership experience in the environmental space. She has a wealth of knowledge in building and scaling specialty business segments with a significant understanding of environmental market dynamics and regulatory frameworks.

Before joining QBE, Cunningham previously held roles at Beazley, XL Capital, Zurich and AIG.

Gramling Joins Alliant as SVP, Employee Benefits

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Alex Gramling as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gramling will serve a national client base, drawing from a background that spans a spectrum of employee benefits, including actuarial, consulting and corporate leadership roles.

Gramling has spent more than a decade as an employee benefits consultant, partnering with multi-state employers across industries such as financial services, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and retail. Before joining Alliant, Gramling was senior director, total rewards at Tyson Foods. He previously served at Alliant as first vice president and lead consultant. He also served as an account executive at McGriff Insurance Services.

Topics Underwriting Leadership Pollution Alliant Employee Benefits