California Wholesalers Group Adds Associates

The California Wholesalers Association is adding four associate members to its ranks.

CIWA elected to revise its bylaws and allow for more associate members. The new associate members are: Arthur Davis; Beth Hannon; Colby Waltenburg; and Mark Kaufman.

Davis is senior vice president for binding authority underwriting at Colony Specialty. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, and has held a variety of positions in marketing, casualty underwriting and pollution liability underwriting.

Hannon is senior director of contract transportation underwriting for Scottsdale Insurance. Hannon leads the countrywide transportation division for Scottsdale’s contract binding division. She was formally the regional head for the pacific region handling all lines of business. Hannon has been with Scottsdale Insurance since 2004.

Waltenburg is vice president of the transportation division for Coastal Brokers Insurance Services Inc. Waltenburg started his career as an underwriter in Canada. At Coastal Brokers, Waltenburg has had various responsibilities in underwriting and marketing.

Kaufman is chief operating officer at Monarch E&S Insurance Services Inc., where he oversees their multiple divisions and offices throughout the western United States and continues to manage his own book of business. Kaufman has worked on the excess and surplus side of the industry since 1984, and has been with Monarch since 1994.

Topics California Underwriting