Dallas Exec Named Chairman of Assurex Global

Assurex Global appointed Dallas Partner Karen Farris as chairman of the international insurance brokerage group’s 2002 Board of Directors. Farris, president and CEO of Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Hunter, will serve as Assurex chairman through October 2002.

Joining Farris as 2002 officers are chair-elect Greg Collins of Bellevue, Washington’s Parker, Smith & Feek, Inc., and treasurer Dan Koch of The Harry A. Koch Co., Omaha, Neb.