People – West
Lloyd’s of London named Richard Magrath regional director for its Western U.S. region.
Magrath will be based in Los Angeles, Calif., with responsibility for market development activities in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii.
Magrath spent more than 30 years in the global property/casualty sector. Prior to Lloyd’s, he was founder and CEO of Global Legal, a technology company providing analytics services to large companies and the U.S. and London insurance markets.
The Western region is one of four established by Lloyd’s in the U.S. in 2010.
The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in California has named Dave Gibson vice president of claims.
Gibson has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance claims industry, and has held management positions for most of that time with Universal Underwriters Insurance Co., Zurich Direct Markets and Philadelphia Insurance Cos.
Gibson joined The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance in 2013 as the director of claims.
The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance is comprised of the Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance, Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California, National Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance and Alliance Member Services.
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers has given Jim Armitage the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I” legislative conference.
Armitage is vice president of Arroyo Insurance in Arcadia, Calif.
The award recognizes the meritorious and outstanding contributions of an independent agent or broker to the national association, to his or her Big “I” colleagues and to the insurance industry. The award was established in 1925 in memory of C.H. Woodworth of Buffalo, N.Y., the second president of the association.
IFG Cos. has named Andrew P. Kempen senior vice president and chief pricing actuary.
Kempen joins IFG’s corporate actuarial department and will be based in Denver, Colo.
He has more than 14 years of insurance-related actuarial experience in pricing, modeling and reserving. Kempen began his actuarial career at Milliman as an actuarial analyst. After Milliman he worked for ING Group. Others he has worked for include USAA, with General Electric’s warranty services business and Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. in its excess and surplus lines segment.
IFG Cos. provides property/casualty insurance on both a non-admitted basis and an admitted basis.
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has opened a Scottsdale, Ariz., office. and assigned Managing Director Marc Adler to oversee operations, as well as providing expert brokerage services.
Adler has more than 25 years of experience, most recently in construction and environmental brokerage at AmWINS in Phoenix. Adler will report to Denis Brady, president of Burns & Wilcox, and direct the development of the broader Scottsdale team.
Jennifer Hixson, broker, and Kaylin Williams, broker assistant, have also joined the Scottsdale team. Hixson has more than 15 years of experience in retail and wholesale brokerage, most recently as a broker at U.S. Risk.
Burns & Wilcox, which has locations in New York City, San Francisco, North Dallas, Atlanta, Tampa and Scottsdale.
RENO, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has named Lori A. Brown senior vice president and deputy general counsel.
Brown is based out of the company’s San Francisco and Walnut Creek, Calif., offices.
She is the company’s primary attorney for employment and executive compensation law, is assistant corporate secretary to the holding company and corporate secretary to the company’s subsidiaries.
Brown has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney in California. She previously was vice president and deputy general counsel with Employers.
Employers is a holding company with subsidiaries that are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance and services.
All Risks Ltd. has named Robert Campbell a senior underwriter in California.
As a part of the national specialty programs unit, Campbell will be responsible for underwriting large workers’ compensation accounts for the healthcare industry.
Campbell has 20 years of experience on the wholesale side of the insurance industry. Most recently, he was vice president of underwriting at Phoenix Risk Management Insurance Services Inc.
Hunt Valley, Md.-based All Risks is a national independent wholesale brokerage firm with offices in more than a dozen states.