Risk Placement Services Inc. named Gus Kent an underwriter/broker in the firm’s northern California office.
Kent will be responsible for leading the commercial production efforts in the RPS Crawley Warren office in San Francisco.
Kent comes to RPS with 25 years of experience in wholesale insurance brokering and risk management.
Itasca, Ill.-based Risk Placement is a nationally known managing general agent/underwriting manager and is a specialty insurance wholesaler and standard lines aggregator.
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