People & Places

Willis Re appoints SVP: Willis Re, thereinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings, promoted WardHumphreys to senior vice president of its Life,Accident, and Health (LAH) group. Humphreys isnow based in Philadelphia. Among other responsibilities, he willnow oversee development of new clients in the managedcare and health insurer sectors. Humphreys comes to the positionwith more than 20 years industry experience.

CGSC and Cooper Gay promote 2:Cooper Gay Swett& Crawford (CGSC) appointed Shaun Hooper tochief commercial officer and Sam Hovey to CEO ofCooperGay—CGSC's Lloyd's and London market broker—in succession toHooper. The former joined Cooper Gay in almost 3years ago and was most recently CEO of CooperGay. Prior to her promotion, the latter worked as CFO ofCooper Gay.

Zurich names environmental management team:Zurich announced 4 to its Site-Specific Environmentalbusiness. Robert Newmarker is nowthe head of business operations, Greg Tiernanis zone leader for Eastern states, RobertHampel is zone leader for Western and Midwesternstates, and Debra Hausser is financialinstitutions leader.

AmWINS hires COO: AmWINSGroup announced Scott Purviance as its COO.Purviance has been AmWINS CFO for 11 years. In his newposition, he will continue performing CFO duties alongwith overseeing company accounting and financial operations,mergers and acquisitions, IT and actuarial functions.

EPIC adds principal: RetailP&C firm, EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center),hired Stan Sanchez as principal in its San Francisco office. He isnow responsible for providing risk management and insurancesolutions to high asset base clients. Formerly, Sanchezworked as vice president at Arthur J. Gallagher for 5years.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Austin Mutual joins Main StreetAmerica: Minnesota-based P&C carrier Austin Mutual InsuranceCo. agreed to become an affiliate of The Main Street AmericaGroup. Both boards of directors approved the affiliation agreement, but it is stillsubject to regulatory approval from the State ofMinnesota Insurance Commissioner's Office and Austin Mutualpolicyholders. If all goes smoothly, closing should be by midyear2012.