People Moves: Smith Joins Alliant as Specialty Lending Practice EVP; Braniff, Jr. Named EVP, Alliant Americas

Smith Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Specialty Lending Practice EVP

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named Michael R. Smith as executive vice president, Alliant Specialty, in the firm’s Financial Institutions industry vertical. Smith is based in Dallas.

Smith is a former mortgage banker with over years of lending experience and more than 15 years focused in the insurance industry. He most recently served as senior vice president at Lockton Companies and previously served as a senior loan consultant at Bank of America. Smith delivers comprehensive risk management strategies for lender and loan portfolio coverages that consider enterprise-wide risk tolerance.

Braniff, Jr. Joins Alliant Insurance Services as EVP, Alliant Americas

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired John R. “Johnny” Braniff, Jr. as an executive vice president within its Alliant Americas division. Braniff is based in Houston.

Braniff has more than three decades of comprehensive broking experience, including in the public and private sectors. He most recently served as executive vice president at Stephens Insurance, LLC. He previously served as senior vice president at USI Insurance Services and managing director and senior vice president, commercial risk management, at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

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