People – West

Gary Petrosino joined Lockton as chief operating officer of the global insurance broker’s Pacific operations in the U.S.

Petrosino will be responsible for leading a team of more than 500 associates in the California offices of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Encino, Irvine and San Jose.

Petrosino succeeds Lenny Fodemski. Fodemski was promoted to a new role as an executive vice president in Lockton’s holding company. He will serve as a business advisor to Lockton operations across the U.S.

Petrosino previously spent 37 years at Chubb Group of Insurance Cos., most recently as executive vice president and Western U.S. field operations officer. He started as a marine underwriter, working in New York City, Sao Paolo, New Haven, and Long Island. He has led branch offices for Chubb and been the senior vice president for the Latin American Zone.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton is a privately held independent insurance broker.

Denver-based independent insurance broker IMA Inc. promoted three people to leadership posts.

Sandy Harvath was promoted to IMA of Colorado president, Brian Sandy is now president of IMA subsidiary Signature Select, and Erin Syring is now in the newly created position of executive vice president of operations for IMA.

Harvath as IMA of Colorado president and will be responsible for the region’s overall performance.

She has nearly 30 years of insurance experience. Harvath joined IMA in 2003. She was most recently senior vice president of commercial lines for IMA’s Colorado market.

Sandy, as president of Signature Select, will oversee six markets across the country and lead coverage responsibilities for high-net-worth individuals, property/casualty insurance for small businesses throughout the Midwest and the overall performance of the IMA subsidiary.

Sandy previously led the Special Risk division of IMA. In addition, he served as the director of executive risk solutions. Sandy began his insurance career with Aetna in 1989, and served as a branch manager of commercial executive liability for Travelers in the Denver regional office before joining IMA in 2003.

Syring is responsible for resources in Denver, Dallas, Kansas City and Wichita.

Syring joined IMA in 2012 and managed IMA commercial lines in Wichita and Kansas City. Syring previously worked for a large national insurance carrier as well as in private practice as an attorney.

Boston Insurance Brokerage named Zachary Hicks vice president in the Denver Colo. office will focus on environmental insurance.

Hicks previously was a senior environmental underwriter for Chubb Insurance Group.

Boston Insurance Brokerage is a wholesale commercial broker with offices in Boston, New York and Denver.

Real estate specialist Mark Dobbs has joined Alliant Insurance Services Inc. as vice president within the company’s real estate group.

Alliant also named Robert Schuhriemen senior vice president in its healthcare practice.

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Dobbs will focus on organizations with portfolios spanning various product types.

Dobbs’ background includes investment banking, real estate investment, insurance, risk management, and international business.

Dobbs was vice president within the construction and real estate group of a global insurance brokerage firm prior to joining Alliant. He also worked within the real estate industry as a senior investment consultant specializing in the multifamily market and within the investment banking sector in London.

Schuhriemen has 24 years of experience. He was a client executive with a global insurance brokerage firm before joining Alliant.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant provides property/casualty, workers’ compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services.

Ted Brown has been promoted to executive vice president at Lockton’s Mountain West operation in Denver, Colo.

Brown focuses on structuring solutions to optimize clients’ total cost of risk in the real estate, development, construction, and private equity industries.

Brown has been with Lockton for more than nine years.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton is a privately held independent insurance broker.

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has named Penny Miller vice president in the firm’s employee benefits consulting team. She will be based in San Francisco and report to David Wiesner, regional director of employee benefits.

Miller has 25 years of employee benefits experience. She was previously a principal at Mercer in San Francisco.

EPIC is a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm.