People & Places

Willis Re appoints CEO: Willis ReInternational, the reinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings,promoted Tony Melia to CEO, effective immediately.Melia has worked at Willis Re for 24 years. Based in London,Melia will lead the International BusinessUnit, covering Europe, Asia, Latin America and emergingbusiness markets.

Sterling hires new senior VPs: Sterling &Sterling hired both Brian Golick andCamille Mastronardi as senior vicepresidents. Both new hires will oversee relationshipmanagement and new business development, as well as the firm'semployee benefits practice. Golick will be based at the SaddleBrook, N.J., office and Mastronardi at the Anenel, N.J.,office.

Narragansett Bay appoints manager: Narragansett Bay InsuranceCo. promoted John Rafferty to Northern Massachusetts territory manager.Rafferty has worked with Narragansett Bay for 4 years on productdevelopment, pricing, business development and agencyrelations.

Fisher Brown joins LexisNexis Exchange:Fisher BrownBottrell Insurance joined the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange, a program of LexisNexis RiskSolutions. Both companies plan to work together to improvecollaboration with carriers on desired risks, reduce data entrytime and minimize submission errors.

Mergers & Acquisitions

TDECU acquires two agencies: Texas-basedTDECUInsurance Agency bought Assurance Insurance Agency and BurridgeInsurance Agency. Not long ago, TDECU also purchased AssociatedInsurance Agency.