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People Moves: CIWA Names New Executive Board and Incoming Members

The California Insurance Wholesalers Association made transitions within its executive board and named new additions to its board of directors. The changes to the CIWA board are: Yana Connors of Ck Specialty was appointed president, transitioning from her previous role …

People Moves: Washington Insurance Commissioner Kuderer Adds to Executive Staff

Washington State Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer made six additions to her executive team. Kuderer was sworn in as the state’s ninth insurance commissioner on January 15. She replaces Washington Commissioner of Insurance Mike Kreidler, the nation’s longest serving insurance commissioner. …

People Moves: Film Broker Baratta Joins Front Row Insurance in Los Angeles

Front Row Insurance Brokers LLC hired film insurance broker Anthony Baratta to its Los Angeles office. Baratta joins Front Row after a 16-year career at Gallagher Entertainment, where he served as area senior vice president. Baratta began his career at …

People Moves: EPIC Names Rosson Northern California Growth Leader; Lara Makes Reappointments to CIGA Board

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Appoints Rosson as Northern California Growth Leader EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants hired Charlie Rosson as Northern California growth leader. Rosson spent nearly nine years as Woodruff Sawyer’s CEO and most recently served as the …

People Moves: Petruziello Joins Alliant Employee Benefits Group

Mark Petruziello joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in California, he will work with clients across the West region. Petruziello has more than a decade of experience in strategic consulting, focusing on HR …

People Moves: Symphony Risk Names Tobin Director of Dedicated Cannabis Business, Symphony Grow

Symphony Risk Solutions named Corey Tobin director of Symphony Grow, its specialty business focused on the cannabis industry. Tobin has more than 15 years of experience in the cannabis and insurance industries. He most recently served as senior vice president …

People Moves: LP Insurance Services in Nevada Names Drach IT Director

LP Insurance Services LLC named David Drach director of information technology. His role includes overseeing the IT team and interacting with external IT partners, as well as advising leadership in the development and execution of technology strategies. Drach has more …

People Moves: Hendrickson Appointed Head of Reinsurance for Delos

Delos Insurance Solutions named Gloria Hendrickson as its new head of reinsurance. Hendrickson has a catastrophe modeling and risk background and was most recently chief operating officer and chief underwriting officer at NormanMax Insurance Holdings and New Paradigm Underwriters. Her …

People Moves: CompScience Names Silver SVP of Client Service and Success

CompScience hired Jeremy Silver as senior vice president of client service and success. Silver has decades of experience scaling customer success, services and support teams. He is currently a founding limited partner at Success Venture Partners, and previously served as …

People Moves: LP Insurance Services Names Reed to Commercial Team in Nevada

LP Insurance Services LLC named Travis Reed to its commercial lines team in northern Nevada. Reed has more than 10 years of industry experience, most recently as a sales executive with Alpine Insurance Associates. He previously worked as vice president …