Prime Risk Partners Hires McKenna as Senior VP in New York

Prime Risk Partners, a recently established national insurance distribution firm in Atlanta, hired Matthew McKenna as senior vice president. He is based in Buffalo, New York.

McKenna previously served as senior vice president, director at First Niagara Risk Management (FNRM) Specialty Markets. He has also worked at Macquarie Capital and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Prime Risk Partners was formed in May 2014 by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners and two former Beecher Carlson executives Bret Quigley and Adam Meyerowitz. Thomas H. Lee Partners has said it plans to invest up to $200 million of equity capital to support the initiative. Prime Risk Partners will partner with property/casualty and employee benefits agencies that want to become part of a national insurance distribution firm, according to the firm’s announcement.