People & Places

Willis Re adds SVP: Willis Re, thereinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings, promoted WardHumphreys to senior vice president for life, accidentand health. He is now responsible for working with existing clientsand developing new ones. Humphreys is based in Philadelphia.

PMA appoints VP: PMA Cos. namedPatricia Brookey vice president of managed care. She is now in chargeof overseeing medical networks and vendor management, bill review,product quality and case management functions. Prior, Brookey wasthe national director of case management and operations in theworkers' compensation strategy division for CNAInsurance.

Burns & Wilcox opens office: Burns & WilcoxCanada opened an office in St. John's, Newfoundland. Thecompany is working to build a strong presence in AtlanticCanada. Steve McQueen, who has 17 yearsof experience in the Atlantic Canada brokercommunity, now heads the office. He is responsible for growingand building business in the Atlantic region.

Zurich announces environmental management team:Zurich namedRobert Newmarker, Greg Tiernan,Robert Hampel and DebraHausser to its new specialty productssite-specific environmental business management team.Newmarker is now head of business, Tiernan is zone leaderfor eastern states, Hampel is zone leader for non-eastern states,and Hausser is financial institutions leader.

Marsh appoints chairman: Marsh namedEdwin Charnaud as chairman of its global infrastructure practice.He will now be responsible for providing risk-based, analytical andtransactional support to infrastructure clients. Prior, Charnaudwas leader of Marsh's private equity and mergers & acquisitionspractice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also will retainhis position as non-executive director on the board of Kessler & Co. AGin Switzerland.