People – East

Dominic Casserley will succeed Joe Plumeri as the next chief executive officer of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, effective Jan. 2013. Casserley, 54, has been a senior partner at management consulting giant McKinsey & Co., which he joined in 1983. He is currently based in London but will relocate to Willis’ New York office following a transition period in 2013.

Additionally, Steve Hearn, currently CEO of Willis Global, has been tapped to serve as deputy CEO. Hearn, 46, joined Willis in 2008 as CEO of Glencairn Ltd., a third-party wholesale brokerage that Willis acquired through its acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs.

Plumeri, who has served as chairman and CEO of Willis Group since 2000 and led the company back to public ownership and steered its global expansion during his 12-year tenure, will serve as non-executive chairman through July, 2013. Plumeri, 69, joined Willis as chairman and CEO in 2000, following a 32-year career with Citigroup Inc. and its predecessors.

Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro appointed Managing Principal Anne Anderson as head of the firm’s New York City office. At Integro, which she joined in 2005, she has focused on developing customized risk strategies for clients. Anderson succeeds Nicholas Conca, who recently accepted a position with Alterra Capital Holdings as chief claims officer, based in New York. Prior to joining Integro, Anderson was property and international practice leader at Palmer & Cay.

Holborn Corp., a reinsurance intermediary based in New York, recently announced that Executive Vice President Frank Pierson has assumed the additional title of chief production officer. In his expanded role, he will manage Holborn’s broker staff and analytics professionals in the firm’s New York, Minneapolis and Kansas City offices. Pierson has served as the head of Holborn’s analytic functions since joining the firm in 2005.

Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance intermediary division of Marsh & McLennan Cos., appointed Peter Barr as senior vice president. Barr is based in Portland, Maine. Previously, Barr spent 28 years at Mutual Reinsurance Bureau in Cherry Valley, Ill., most recently as senior vice president.

Markel Corp. announced two appointments within its product line leadership group. Michael Vought, managing director of excess & umbrella, has been named managing director of brokerage casualty and excess & umbrella. He is based in Red Bank, N.J.

Additionally, Markel hired Phil Freda as managing director of public entity. Freda comes to Markel after 19 years with Selective Insurance Co. of America where he held various management positions. He is based out of Markel’s headquarters in Glen Allen, Va.

Specialty P/C insurer Philadelphia Insurance Cos. named Scott Bayer as senior vice president of excess and surplus Lines. He is based in Bala Cynwyd, Penn. Bayer previously was senior vice president of casualty for Valiant Insurance, a Bermuda-based start-up.

TAPCO Underwriters Inc., a Burlington, N.C.-based managing general agent specializing in high-volume, middle-market excess and surplus insurance lines, recently hired Stuart Korn as a marketing representative for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York’s Hudson Valley. Previously, Korn worked for Preferred Mutual Insurance as a business development analyst.

Ames & Gough, an insurance broker specializing in serving design professionals and law firms, recently appointed Amy Hotaling as vice president. Hotaling will be based in the firm’s McLean, Va., office. Hotaling joins Ames & Gough from insurer RLI’s Professional Services Group, where she was national director of distribution.