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CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has added Elian Boukhalil as an account manager.
Boukhalil will work within CAL’s affluent families division.
She was previously an intern with Publiscreen Online. Before that she was an intern for Booksmart Inc.
CAL Insurance is an independent insurance agency in San Francisco.
Bellevue, Wash.-based FIT Insurance has named Cynthia Morales a personal account manager.
Morales has more than five years of experience in the private client insurance industry.
She comes to FIT from Pacific Northwest Insurance.
FIT Insurance is a boutique insurance broker that specializes in designing insurance and represents CHUBB and Safeco Insurance portfolio products.
Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC has named Andrew Petersen regional president and executive vice president of reinsurance operations.
Petersen will be launching Paragon’s San Diego, Calif., presence
Petersen was previously chief corporate development officer of Atlas General Holdings LLC, a San Diego-based general agency. Earlier in his career, Petersen held senior positions at Guy Carpenter & Company LLC, and Collins.
Paragon is a national multi-line specialty managing general agent.
Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Joe Cafferelli executive vice president.
Cafferelli will be based in Phoenix, Ariz., and provide insurance and risk management solutions to clients throughout the region.
Prior to joining Alliant, Cafferelli was managing director with Aon. He was a senior vice president with Willis before that.
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant provides property/casualty, workers’ compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services.
Lockton has added David Ring to its Sacramento, Calif., office as a vice president.
Ring will be responsible for client consulting and business development for employee benefits and commercial insurance.
Ring has specialized in advising clients in the banking, financial services, manufacturing and agriculture sector.
He was previously with Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Before that he led his own golf industry business for 24 years and also worked for RJR Nabisco.
Lockton is a global professional services firm.
NFP has named Clint Wadsworth vice president for corporate benefits.
Wadsworth will oversee the corporate benefits strategy within NFP’s existing large employer segment. Wadsworth will also help support NFP’s relationships in the Utah market.
Prior to NFP, he was the director of sales for Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii. He also spent almost 14 years as a benefits consultant in the Utah market.
NFP is an insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property/casualty, retirement and individual private client solutions.
Pioneer Underwriters has named Dave Sarnoski senior underwriter in its miscellaneous, technology and cyber liability division.
Sarnoski will be responsible for errors and omissions liability business within the West Coast region.
Sarnoski has more than a decade of experience in the industry, most recently as an executive risk specialist and team lead for the professional liability division at Vela Insurance. He started his career as an underwriter at USLI.
Pioneer is focused upon specialty risk solutions including E&S property/casualty, financial products, diversified financial services, allied healthcare, environmental liability and specialty contractors.
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Philip Westphal to its commercial property/casualty team in Sacramento, Calif., as a risk advisor/broker in the healthcare practice.
Westphal will be responsible for new business development and the design and management of risk management and property/casualty insurance programs for clients in a range of industries.
Prior to joining EPIC, Westphal was director of employee safety for BETA Healthcare Group.
Westphal began his insurance career at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., where he held a number of positions providing loss control and marketing services to middle-market commercial insurance clients.
EPIC is a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm.