The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation has named three new Leadership Council members: Darcy Kerr―vice president of human resources, Accident Fund Insurance Company John Meder―regional managing director, Wells Fargo Michael C. Strakhov, CPCU―vice president, Ohio Branch, CNA Property and Casualty Insurance …
Ron Wright, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Texas Mutual Insurance Co. since 2009, has announced that he will retire. The company’s board of directors announced that his successor will be Richard J. Gergasko, an insurance …
Joseph L. Petrelli, president and founder of Demotech, Inc. has been named an alternate on the American Society of Workers Comp Professionals Board of Directors (AMCOMP). The board of directors acts as an insurance information resource for issues that arise …
Sedgwick Claims Management Services promoted Robert A. Johnson to executive vice president of specialty operations. In that role, Johnson will have management responsibility for the company’s professional liability, consumer claims, Medicare compliance, structured settlements, Ohio state fund and unemployment insurance …
Crum & Forster (C&F) named George Burr vice president, California Workers’ Compensation Claims. Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County, Calif. Burr brings extensive workers’ compensation claims experience to Crum & Forster, most …
Nevada-based Employers, a nationwide small business insurance specialist, has named Dwight L. Robertson, M.D. medical director. In this role, Dr. Robertson will provide strategic physician oversight for the clinical direction of medical services for Employers, as well as medical expertise …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has promoted a staff attorney to director of the office’s Consumer Assistance Division. Praeger notes that Jennifer Sourk began working for the Insurance Department in 2007 as a consumer representative in the same division she’ll …
Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe has reappointed Philip Alan Hood to the state Worker’s Compensation Commission. Beebe on Friday returned Hood to the panel for a six-year term as the labor representative. The three-member commission administers the state’s workers’ compensation laws …
On November 6, 2012, in2vate, a risk management company, named Roger Duffield CPCU, ARM, president. Prior to joining the company, Duffield was the director of claims and risk services at Christian Brothers Services, a long-time in2vate client that has administered …
The Bituminous Insurance Companies (“Bitco”), wholly-owned general insurance subsidiaries of Old Republic International Corporation, announced that Vincent C. Lamb, president, has been appointed to the additional position of chief executive officer. He succeeds R. Greg Ator who has retired following …