Brad Beshore has joined Moore & Williams Insurance as vicepresident. A marketing and insurance veteran, Beshore has providedfinancial and insurance services to individuals and companiesthroughout Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties for morethan12 years.

Jim Paul, a veteran insurance underwriter and account manager,joined the staff of Swett & Crawford in Clearwater, thenation's largest wholesaler, as a casualty broker.

Ted G. Bogusz has been named president of Beacon-NationalInsur-ance Associates. Beacon-National is a Florida-approvedmanaging general agency for personal and commercial lines ofinsurance.

Janet Moore, CPCU, CIC, of Oswald Trippe and Company, has beenelected president of the Lee County Association of IndependentInsurance Agents for 2005-2006. Christopher Tritt, InsuranceManagement Corp., is the organization's new vice president; TiffanyQurollo, Olin Hill & Associates Inc., was named secretary, andKevin Martin-Vegue, Rosier Insurance, a division of Keys Insurance,is treasurer. Stephen Dannenhauer, Five County Insurance AgencyInc., assumes the role of immediate past president.

Thomas J. Hawkinson has been named as director of insuranceproducts at GunnAllen Financial, an independent brokerage firmlocated in Tampa.

Orville Lewis recently joined Beazley Group to establish a newunderwriting practice focusing on U.S. transportation risks.

Rick Stein has joined Lakeland-based Lanier Upshaw as co-CEO andco-managing director to help spearhead Lanier Upshaw's Jacksonvilleand Tampa expansions.