People Moves: Jencap Names Edge Binding Team Manager; Alliant Hires Givens

Jencap, one of the largest wholesale brokerages in the U.S., announced that John Michael “JM” Edge, formerly of Amwins, is the new property and casualty binding team manager for Atlanta, Charlotte and Denver teams.

Edge spent more than 10 years at Amwins, building the Florida Access office, and was with Jupiter Re on its large property team.

Jenncap is based in New York and works with some 20,000 independent insurance agencies.

Alliant Insurance Services named B.J. Givens senior vice president within its employee benefits group, based in Nashville.

Givens will serve a national client base, working with organizations to design benefits programs, the company said in a announcement. He was previously senior VP and national growth leader with a global insurance brokerage. Givens holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, from Belmont University.

Alliant, based in California, said it is one of the largest specialty brokers in the U.S.