People & Places

Mainstreet America promotes 4: The Main Street AmericaGroup elected fournew officers—Mark Friedlander, Kathy Killgore, MattMcColley and Lisa Murman. Friedlanderleads Main Street's corporate communications function, inJacksonville, Fla. Killgore is director of claims in Syracuse,N.Y. McColley is director of claims technical, also based out ofJacksonville. Murman is director of business technology inJacksonville.

EPIC adds principal: EPIC (EdgewoodPartners Insurance Center) hired Stan Sanchez asprincipal in its San Francisco office. Sancheznow manages the Historic Motor Sport Assn. Program and the riskmanagement needs of high net worth clients. Sanchez holds 10 yearsindustry experience.

Enservio appoints president/COO:Software-as-a-service-provider Enservio hired Chris Schoettleas the company's new president and chief operating officer.Schoettle has more than 25 years industry experience. He now isresponsible for sales, product managing and marketing, serviceoperations, and engineering.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Execs acquire Gill and Roeser: Seniorexecutives—Steven Bolland and Dale Myer—acquired Gill and Roeser andGill and Roeser Holdings from the estate of its lateco-founder, Kirk Roeser. The firm will remain independent.

Bollinger buys out Creative Agency: Bollingerannounced its acquisition of Creative AgencyGroup, based out of Holmdel, N.J. Bollinger is already thenation's 17th largest agency. In a press release, Bollinger executives said, “Theacquisition of Creative Agency is a natural fit with Bollinger'soverall strategic plan.”

New Programs

Glatfelter adds cyber liability program:Glatfelter Public Practice, a part of Glatfelter Program Managers, introduced anew cyber liability and privacy crisis management expensecoverage program for municipalities and water-related entitiesacross the nation. Coverage is triggered by dada breaches whereinpublic entities could be held legally accountable.

News

Applied Systems announces Epic 6 release date:The insurance software company Applied Systemsannounced April 27 as the general release date for Epic 6, its newest management software. New to Epic 6is a more streamlined agent-carrier communications feature,enhanced policy marketing workflows, expanded real-time options andnew methods of information exchange.