XS Brokers Hires Prast as Assistant VP in Connecticut

XS Brokers, a wholesale brokerage and managing general agent based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has hired Gerard Prast as assistant vice president. Prast is based in the firm’s West Hartford, Connecticut, office.

Prast will be responsible for business development, continuing to grow the XS Brokers brand presence among retail agents throughout Connecticut and neighboring states.

Prast was most recently chief operating officer at the Continental Agency in Hamden, Connecticut. Prior to that, he worked with Nationwide and Crum & Forster in their commercial underwriting departments.