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Heffernan Insurance Brokers has opened a retirement services location in Seattle, Wash., to be overseen by Blake Thibault, managing director of Heffernan’s financial services division.

Also located in the office are Dallas Otter, executive vice president, and Matthew Pearson, vice president.

Thibault has been with Heffernan since 2006. He was previously a wealth advisor with Morgan Stanley.

Otter has more than 35 years of experience in the retirement plan consulting industry, most recently working with a local insurance and financial services firm in the Seattle area.

Pearson has experience in both investment advisory and retirement plan consulting.

Woodruff Sawyer named Brian Cushard a senior vice president in its property/casualty practice in Southern California.

Cushard previously was with Beecher Carlson as senior vice president and West coast sales leader. He also served as district vice president for CorVel Corp.

San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates named Jasmin Divino Cortez an account administrator within the agency’s professional liability department.

Cortez was previously a commercial auto underwriter for Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., where she was employed for 12 years.

Cavignac & Associates is a risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm.

Lafayette, Calif- based Stone Creek has named Joe Bornstein a commercial producer in its Spokane, Wash., office.

Bornstein’s emphasis will be on small business on the West Coast.

Bornstein comes to Stone Creek by from Liberty Mutual. He worked as an agency services representative in personal lines before moving over to the commercial service center and then to commercial sales.

Stone Creek is an insurance brokerage that specializes in property/casualty coverage in the Western United States and in Florida.