PPIB in California Names Etter President

Petaluma, Calif.-based Professional Program Insurance Brokerage has promoted Susan Etter to president.

Etter will oversee and manage all daily operations of PPIB. The move coincides with the promotion of PPIB founder and current President Susan Preston to vice president of program development for Specialty Program Group, PPIB’s parent company.

Etter has been with PPIB for 11 years, most recently as vice president of underwriting.

PPIB is a managing general underwriter specializing in solutions for emerging risks including cannabis, medi spas, e-cigarettes, tattoo shops, beauty salons, carnivals, pyrotechnics, smoke shops and permanent cosmetics. Summit, N.J.-based Specialty Program Group is a holding company established to acquire insurance underwriting facilities and specialty businesses throughout North America.