People Moves: Iroquois Adds Gonzalez in Texas; Lucas to Lead Platinum Construction; Distinguished Programs Hires Fulton

October 20, 2022

Iroquois adds Regional Manager Gonzalez in Texas

Jo Gonzalez joins Iroquois as a regional manager for Texas, where she will further expand Iroquois’ presence by partnering with independent insurance agencies and select carriers. Iroquois Texas is part of Allegany, New York-based Iroquois Group, which serves more than 2,400 member agencies across the United States.

Gonzalez most recently served as a director of sales for an independent adjusting firm building relationships with commercial carriers across the south-central US. She has also held sales leadership roles at Encompass and Kemper where she established a virtual sales team and partnered with agents across Texas and the United States.

Lucas Leads Successful Platinum Construction Program

Platinum Specialty Underwriters, based in Connecticut, promoted Jeri Lucas to managing director for Platinum Construction, a program Lucas created. This exclusive program focuses on small to mid-size artisan contractors and local contractors working with select individual wholesale producers.

Lucas, based in Texas, has led multiple MGAs, managing profitable books of business for construction and general P&C.

She and her team have extensive knowledge of writing difficult classes. Their success is grounded by specialist underwriting expertise, broad product knowledge and long-time close relationships with her partner wholesale producers.

Distinguished Programs Hires Fulton as South-Central Regional Sales Executive

Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has named Beth Fulton as regional sales executive covering the South-Central states, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Joining Distinguished Programs from her recent position as the director of marketing for Zenith Insurance Company’s Central Region, Fulton brings over 18 years of insurance experience. She has held positions in underwriting, business development, and compliance as well as brokering both retail and reinsurance placements. She is based out of Austin, Texas.

Topics Texas Construction

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