New Hires and Promotions at Aon Risk, Provider, PMA, CPCU Society, GTCR, Western Security and MOC - Around the Industry

New Hires and Promotions at Aon Risk, Provider, PMA, CPCU Society, GTCR, Western Security and MOC - Around the Industry

 

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Cafferelli joins Aon Risk Solutions as managing director: Aon Risk Solutions announced that Joe Cafferelli joined the firm as managing director in the Phoenix office. In his new role, Cafferelli is responsible for business development and managing client services to answer the increased demand for risk counsel and insurance solutions in Arizona. Cafferelli is a proven business producer and will deliver distinctive value to Aon Risk Solutions’ book of business by accessing the firm’s global network of content and capabilities. Prior to joining Aon, Cafferelli was a senior vice president for 9 years with Willis.

Cubano joins Provider as personal lines account manager: Lynn Cubano has joined Provider Insurance as a new personal lines account manager. In this role, Cubano will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division which includes managing auto, home and umbrella policies. Cubano brings more than 16 years of insurance experience to Provider specializing in customer service, quality control and the sale and underwriting of all property and casualty insurance to current, new and prospective clients.

Erickson joins PMA as account executive: PMA Management Corp. announced that Krystal Erickson has joined the organization as account executive for Florida. Erickson will be responsible for growing PMA Management Corp.’s workers’ compensation, commercial auto and general liability Third Party Claims Administration (TPA) business, as well as its unbundled risk control services, in Florida.

CPCU Society names Wilson 2010 George M. Gottheimer Memorial Award recipient: The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has announced that Bill Wilson, associate vice president of education and research and IIABA Virtual University director, is the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society’s 2010 George M. Gottheimer Memorial Award recipient. The award was presented by the CPCU Society Consulting, Litigation & Expert Witness Interest Group and is bestowed annually to a CPCU Society member who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of insurance education, risk management or insurance consulting. Wilson is the former director of education and technical affairs for the Insurers of Tennessee and was a licensed insurance and surplus lines agent.

GTCR forms Assured Agencies: GTCR, a leading private equity firm, has entered into a partnership with Jim Henderson and Tom Riley to form Assured Agencies (Assured). The new company, headquartered in Lake Mary, Fla., will focus on building a leading middle market insurance brokerage firm. GTCR, the firm that pioneered the Leaders Strategy of partnering with proven executives in growing industries to create market-leading companies, plans to invest up to $250 million of equity capital to support the strategy. Henderson, a 35-year insurance industry veteran, was formerly vice chairman and COO of Brown & Brown, where he executed numerous acquisitions and had operating responsibilities over various business segments. Henderson will serve as CEO, and Riley will join Assured as COO and president. Riley spent 21 years at Brown & Brown, where he was most recently regional president and CAO.

WSS promotes four regional presidents and territory managers: Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. and West-Pro Insurance Services has promoted four employees to regional president/territorial manager, and will oversee one of the four newly designated regional offices. The headquarters will remain in Pasadena, with the MGA division – West-Pro Insurance Services – in Plano, Texas. An additional California location in Orange County will soon follow the current WSS offices in Pasadena/Los Angeles, Roseville/Sacramento and Plano/Dallas, Texas; with additional offices planned for South Texas and the South East region. Andrea Zenner has been with WSS since 1988 and is currently the Pasadena branch manager. Her territory will be Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties. Wendy Clinton started with WSS in 1996 with the Pasadena office and has also worked in the Orange County office for several years. Her territory will include Orange, San Diego, Riverside, Imperial and San Bernardino counties. Barbara Carey began her career with WSS in 2003, and has more than 20 years experience serving the retailers in Northern California. Her territory will include all counties north of Inyo, Tulare, Kings and Monterey counties. Ron Klimek, vice president of marketing and business development, will oversee the territory in Texas and be directly involved in the expansion into the southern part of the state.

MOC promotes Angka and Perlite: MOC Insurance Services has promoted Carmina Angka to senior vice president and Paul Perlite to vice president. Angka joined MOC in 1995, previously worked as an underwriter for Zenith Insurance Co. and as a policy analyst for Industrial Indemnity. She oversees all services provided by the workers’ compensation team at MOC and is a leader on MOC’s executive group. Perlite joined MOC’s real estate team in 2004 and was elevated to manager of this group in 2007. Prior to joining MOC, he was a claims manager at Nationwide Insurance.