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Wells Publishing Inc. has named Young Ha as its new East editor for its flagship Insurance Journal online and print property/casualty insurance publications. Ha, based in New York, will cover the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region for Insurance Journal magazine and for the web site, InsuranceJournal.com, and its Daily Headlines e-mail newsletter.
Ha comes to Insurance Journal with a business journalism background, including working as an assistant editor and reporter for the National Underwriter. His resume also includes working at Bloomberg TV in New York as a news writer; editing business news for Thomson Financial print and online outlets; freelancing for Crain’s New York Business and writing TV news for the CNN financial network. Ha holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, both from Brown University.
The states in Insurance Journal‘s East his region include New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
Wells Publishing has also named a new West editor, Don Jergler, based in California, and a new advertising sales representative, Mindy Trammel, for its South Central/Texas territory.
In addition to publishing Insurance Journal, Wells Publishing, based in San Diego, Calif., publishes ClaimsJournal.com and MyNewMarkets.com. The Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance is also part of the Wells Publishing network.
Insurance broker Marsh appointed Liz Flynn to the role of president and CEO of its U.S. consumer business. Flynn will oversee all Marsh U.S. consumer operations consisting of four main business groups: association, employer benefits, sponsored program and franchise and private client services. Each group sells and administers customized insurance programs to their respective employer and affinity groups, membership organizations, and high net-worth individuals. She will be based in New York and report to Joe McSweeny, president of Marsh’s U.S. and Canada division.
Flynn comes to Marsh from Guy Carpenter where she has been serving as global chief operating officer responsible for strategy, marketing, transformational programs, client support services, technology, and risk and compliance. She spent most of her career at JPMorgan Chase serving in multiple leadership roles. Terry Bernier, who has served as interim president and CEO of Marsh U.S. consumer unit since Nov. 2010, will assume the role of chairman of the business unit.
William Gallagher Associates, a Boston-based broker, hired former Willis staffer Mary Broderick as senior vice president for the property/ casualty practice. Broderick will serve as the new property practice leader and will provide resources to the firm’s corporate clients on their complex property risks.
Prior to Willis, she worked at Wells Fargo for several years. Broderick began her career with Johnson & Higgins (now part of Marsh) and worked at a number of offices around the country before settling down in Boston 14 years ago.
TD Insurance appointed Karen Nash as assistant vice president and account administration manager in employee benefits in Portland, Maine. TD Insurance, a TD Bank unit, is one of the top 50 insurance agency and brokerage firms in the country.
Nash will manage a staff of customer service agents who service employer group clients located across the TD Bank footprint in 10 states from New England to Florida. She has 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, including 14 years in employee benefits. Prior to joining TD Insurance, she served in both supervisory and staff account management roles with insurance agencies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as well as a large national health insurer.