People & Places

American International Group (AIG) named Tom Bolt executive vice president and chief risk officer, succeeding Sabra Purtill, who was appointed executive vice president and chief investment officer for AIG’s Life & Retirement business. Bolt previously served as chief underwriting officer, general insurance.

Kean Driscoll was named chief underwriting officer, general insurance. Since 2019, Driscoll served as global chief underwriting officer, property/agriculture, as well as global head of reinsurance strategy, general insurance, since 2020.

Tokio Marine HCC – Cyber & Professional Lines Group, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, appointed Jacob Ingerslev as senior vice president of cyber and tech in the United States.

Ingerslev has over 20 years’ experience in a wide range of underwriting disciplines across the U.S., European and Lloyd’s insurance markets.

CAC Specialty welcomed Stephanie Snyder Frenier as senior vice president, business development leader of professional and cyber solutions.

Frenier has over 18 years of experience in the insurance industry, focusing on cyber insurance and technology errors and omissions.

Boston-based specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies announced two hires in its Private Client Services practice. Tim deRosa joined as chief operating officer, Private Client Services, and Eric Massi as senior vice president, West region leader, Private Client Services.

DeRosa comes to Risk Strategies with over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, primarily serving the private client market. Prior to joining Risk Strategies, deRosa worked on both the carrier and wholesale sides of the business, first at Chubb and later founding Platinum Partners Insurance Services.

Massi joins Risk Strategies with more than 18 years of experience developing and managing risk management programs for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

Sharon Price, an employee of over 25 years for Frederick Mutual, has been promoted to vice president of Underwriting. Over the course of her 25 years at Frederick Mutual, Price has served in various roles including commercial lines underwriter and assistant vice president of Commercial Lines.

Erica Cox White was promoted to assistant vice president, Human Resources and Operations director. White joined Frederick Mutual in 2018 as communications coordinator and executive assistant.

Frederick Mutual serves policyholders in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, D.C., North Carolina, and South Carolina.

The MEMIC Group hired three regional underwriters.

Heidi L. Carter has been added as senior production underwriter in eastern and downstate New York, responsible for renewals and new business.

Bryant O. Turner is now senior production underwriter in the Southeast region.

Matthew Raynard is an express production underwriter in the New England marketplace, targeting new business accounts under $50,000 in premium.

Carter has spent a majority of her career specializing in workers’ compensation, and comes to MEMIC with nearly three decades of experience handling multi-lines, including claims and risk management.

Turner comes to MEMIC with nearly two decades of experience in financial and underwriting roles.

Raynard began his career at Travelers Insurance as a subrogation specialist. After five years at Travelers, he transitioned to underwriting at First Comp Markel.

United Fire Group Inc. named Eric J. Martin as chief financial officer.

Martin brings more than 29 years of experience to UFG, including the last 21 years at Transamerica/AEGON Americas. He was most recently head of enterprise transformation at Transamerica.

Based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, UFG, through its subsidiaries, is licensed as a property/casualty insurer in 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

Schaumburg, Illinois-based AmericanAg named Michael A. Conlon general counsel. He succeeds Andrew Boris, who transitioned to the role of executive vice president and CEO.

Conlon comes to AmericanAg from QBE North America, where he served as vice president – product development.

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants added Kathleen Ponter to its Houston Property & Casualty team as a producer.

Porter brings more than 25 years of commercial P&C experience to EPIC. She previously served as an account executive at Wortham Insurance & Risk Management (now Marsh Wortham), where she managed a large portfolio of P/C accounts.

CAC Specialty expanded its Houston-based Oil & Gas team with the hiring of Mike Dunbar, who recently joined CAC Natural Resources as vice president.

Dunbar has a 15-plus year risk management and insurance career. Most recently, Dunbar worked at ConocoPhillips where he served more than 10 years as a senior analyst on the risk management team.

He will work alongside Lisa Harris and the Houston team to further build CAC Specialty’s Natural Resources practice.

Alliant Insurance Services hired Jeremy Mahoney as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Dallas, Mahoney joins Alliant amid continued growth in Texas and across its national employee benefits platform.

Mahoney is a seasoned veteran in the field of employee benefits. Prior to joining Alliant, he was vice president, employee benefits, with a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management advisor.

Iroquois named Lucas Howard as regional manager of Oklahoma and Arkansas. He will partner with strong independent insurance agencies and select carriers to drive profitable growth.

Howard most recently served as territory sales consultant for Encompass Insurance, where he worked with hundreds of independent agents in multiple states.

Iroquois Midwest is part of The Iroquois Group.

Dallas, Texas-based CoVerica named Rhonda Cox as president and CEO.

Cox was formerly vice president of operations at CoVerica and 2019-2020 president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas (IIAD).

Former president John Sutter assumes the position of senior vice president – risk management and will continue to serve as a commercial producer/account executive to key agency clients.

Mike Sterlacci continues to oversee operations as chairperson.

Rick Hawks joined Palomar Insurance Corp., based in Montgomery, Alabama, as vice president of the Palomar Hart Group. Hawks has 17 years of experience in commercial risk management and transportation.

Palomar also named Jill Nicholson-Houston account executive for the transportation industry.

The Alabama Department of Insurance appointed Sheila Travis chief examiner.

Travis, a 22-year veteran of the department’s examination division, succeeds Richard Ford, who recently retired from the role of chief examiner.

The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, a guiding force for workers’ compensation regulators and the industry, named Heather Lore executive director.

Lore has been with IAIABC since 2007 and has served as interim director since January 2022.

Former Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie McPeak has been named senior vice president and general counsel for insurance at San Antonio-based USAA.

McPeak also once served as director of Kentucky’s department of insurance and was president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Lockton, the global insurance brokerage firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, appointed Sou Ford as cyber practice leader for the Southeast.

Ford has almost 25 years of experience in cyber insurance, most recently with Willis Towers Watson.

She is based in Atlanta.

FBB Insurance, a subsidiary of Mississippi-based Trustmark National Bank, named Jennifer Bone as business insurance consultant in Pensacola, Florida.

FBB Insurance started out as Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance. It was acquired in 2004 by Trustmark, a subsidiary of Jackson, Mississippi-based Trustmark Corp.

Lockton promoted Ted Brown to president of property/casualty for the Mountain West region. Brown will focus on client experience and growing Mountain West’s P/C business.

He joined Lockton in 2007.

Lockton also named Jennifer Franze senior vice president in its Mountain West group. Franze has 15 years of experience. Most recently, she was with Aon.

McGriff added Justin Anderson as producer and senior vice president for its mining practice based in Denver. He previously was a principal at Resource Capital Funds, a mining-focused private equity fund.

Insurance broker McGriff is a subsidiary of Truist Insurance Holdings.

Island Holdings Inc. named Robert Bruhl chief investment officer and executive vice president. He most recently was president of DR Horton Hawai’i, the local subsidiary of the national homebuilder. Bruhl spent 18 years at DR Horton.

Island Holdings companies include: Island Insurance; Atlas Insurance Agency; Pyramid Insurance Centre; Pacxa and Tradewind Capital.

Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc. in California named Cole Bogue vice president of surety. Before joining BTIS, Cole was president for CA Contractors Insurance Services in Sacramento.

BTIS is a managing general agency focused on serving small businesses with insurance services and is part of the Amynta Group.

Gorst & Compass Insurance named Atley Peterson as senior underwriter for garage lines. He will assist with the expansion of garage business in the Pacific Northwest.

Peterson has more than 10 years of industry experience and previously was with Hull & Co.