South Central News

People Moves: IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits; Marsh McLennan Agency Appoints Stadler President, Jeatran VP and Bridges to Lead Southwest Region

IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits IMA Financial Group, headquartered in Denver, named Teniqua Davenport as Texas market leader, employee benefits on its Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston leadership team. With more than 15 years of leadership …

People Moves: Lockton Names Young SVP

Lockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, hired benefits consultant Chad Young as senior vice president based in its Houston office. Young previously served as an account executive at Aetna and held senior account executive roles at Assurant and The Hartford. …

People Moves: Lovett Joins Fideles Advisors as Chief Systems and Distribution Advisor

Lovett Joins Fideles Advisors as Chief Systems and Distribution Advisor Fideles Advisors, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, appointed Tim Lovett chief systems and distribution advisor. Lovett’s expertise spans technology orientation and implementation, operational strategy, and business model development within the …

People Moves: Stephens Insurance Adds Scott Miller to Arkansas Office

Stephens Insurance, LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., announced Scott Miller will join the firm as a senior vice president within the Property & Casualty practice. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, serving clients …

People Moves: Cooley Joins Graham Rogers Insurance as Transportation New Business Underwriter

Paula Cooley joined Graham-Rogers Insurance, headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, as a transportation new business underwriter. Cooley will focus on garage and transportation commercial auto. She has over 40 years of property and casualty experience, most recently serving as senior transportation/garage …

People Moves: Alliant Appoints Aguirre to Lead New Commercial Surety Practice

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named Alliant Specialty Senior Vice President Orlando Aguirre as the leader of its newly launched Alliant Commercial Surety. Based in Houston, Aguirre joined Alliant as senior vice president in 2021 and has experience …

People Moves: Skyward Specialty Hires Four Regional VPs and Two Underwriters

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., headquartered in Houston, named four new regional vice presidents and two new underwriters. Skyward Specialty named Gregg Callahan regional vice president in its northeast region in New England. Callahan spent the last 27 years at …

People Moves: FTI Consulting Names Thompson Senior Managing Director

FTI Consulting, Inc., headquartered in Washington, appointed Thomas Thompson as a senior managing director in Houston Thompson has more than three decades of experience in the construction and engineering industries. Before joining FTI, he was a managing director at Ankura. …

People Moves: Benefield Joins B&R as SVP and Broker

Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, named Wes Benefield to its national management and professional liability practice as senior vice president and broker, D&O, E&O and cyber. Based in Fort Worth, Benefield has over 11 years of combined retailer, carrier …

People Moves: BevCap Management Names Vehovic VP of Dealer Risk Services; Skyward Specialty Adds Miglin and Smith

BevCap Management, LLC, headquartered in McKinney, Texas, hired Danny Vehovic as vice president of dealer risk services. Vehovic will be focusing on risk consulting and business development for Dealer Management Group, a homogeneous group captive for franchise auto dealers and …