People Moves: AAdvantage Insurance Group Hires Berg; Alive Risk Adds Rutkin

March 21, 2023

AAdvantage Insurance Group Hires Berg as Personal Lines Account Executive

AAdvantage Insurance Group, headquartered in Glen Carbon, Illinois, recently hired Sondra Berg as its personal lines account executive. Berg will focus on maintaining, expanding, and servicing the agency’s clients. Berg has worked in the insurance industry for nearly ten years. Before joining AAdvantage Insurance Group, she worked in various capacities at a local insurance agency. Founded in 2009, AAdvantage Insurance Group serves clients in 19 states, with the majority in Illinois and Missouri.

Alive Risk Hires Rutkin as Relationship & Marketing Executive

Alive Risk, an amusement, sports and entertainment-focused managing general underwriter of Ryan Specialty, has hired Richard Rutkin as a relationship and marketing executive. Alive Risk is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Rutkin joins Alive Risk with more than 30 years of experience in the development and management of property, casualty and specialty contingency insurance. In 2018, Rutkin sold his 25-year-old wholesale brokerage firm, focused on the entertainment and sports industries, to a national E&S broker. Rutkin also served as senior vice president, development, at U.S. Risk, LLC.