Wholesale broker Crump Group Inc. has named Dave Obenauer as thecompany's chief financial officer, replacing Brian Winikoff, whowas named president of its life insurance services division.

Both Mr. Winikoff and Mr. Obenauer will report to John Howard,president and chief executive officer of Roseland, N.J.-based CrumpGroup Inc.

Mr. Howard also served as interim president of the lifeinsurance services after the August acquisition of the retirement,commercial and life insurance divisions of BISYS wholesale servicesby Crump.

Mr. Winikoff joined the former BISYS Group in 2002 as a vicepresident of finance in its corporate office and then served assenior vice president and head of finance of its life insuranceservices division, prior to assuming the role of chief financialofficer of the Crump Group.

Mr. Obenauer joins Crump from the insurance brokerage firmMarsh, where he spent the past seven years in a number of roleswith increasing responsibility, serving most recently as chieffinancial officer of Marsh Americas.

Mr. Obenauer was also chief administrative officer for Marsh'swholesale brokerage and underwriting management operations, whichat the time included Crump.

Marsh, a subsidiary of New York-based professional services firmMarsh & McLennan, sold Crump to the private equity firm J.C.Flowers & Co. L.L.C. in 2005. Flowers still retains ownershipof Crump.