People & Places

WRM America Holding Co. promotedWilliam Malloy (email) to president. Malloy will manage WRM America and itssubsidiary companies. William Fishlinger (email),founder of WRM America, will continue as chairman and will guidethe company's strategic initiatives. Malloy has served as a WRMboard member since 2008.

NationsBuilders Insurance Services(NBIS) named Bill Tepe (LinkedIn) president. He also serves as thechief financial officer for ProBuilders Specialty Insurance Co. andNationsBuilders Insurance Co. Tepe will manage NBIS and itssubsidiaries. He has 35 years finance management experience, with25 years in the insurance industry. Prior to joining NBIS, he waschief financial officer of AmericanSafety Insurance Co.

Torus named TimHarris (LinkedIn) its group chief financial officer, its board of directors andits executive committee. He will oversee the group's financefunction as well as Torus's global delivery services team. Prior,Harris was deputy group chief financial officer and chief capitalofficer at Aviva.

New Day Underwriting Managerspromoted Jeff Slivka (email) tochief operating officer. He will continue to perform his duties asexecutive vice president as well. Slivka will handle the day-to-daymanagement of New Day's underwriting and broking operations,including the company's overall strategic direction.

Crum &Forster hired Steve Fomchenko assenior vice president of property. He will oversee the nationwideexpansion of C&F's property operations. Prior, Fomchenko wasglobal head of general property at Torus Insurance.

Aon Risk Solutions hiredMichael Barbarita as managing directorand executive vice president of the company's Pittsburghoffice. Barbarita will provide risk management consulting and risktransfer support to Aon clients. He will also work closely with AonRisk Solutions' industrial and materials practice. Prior, he ledthe Pittsburgh office for Marsh USA.

Read on for more hires and promotions at Zurich andGolden Eagle, and Brown & Brown's acquisition of Richard W.Endlar Insurance Agency

Work AtHome Vintage Employees appointed Cynthia HardyYoung (LinkedIn) to its advisory board. Young is theformer president of Encompass Insurance, a division of Allstate that sellspersonal lines products countrywide through 2 brands.

Zurich promoted ToddCunningham (email) to head of strategic risk solutions for its globalcorporate in North America business. He will oversee the strategicdirection and execution of the company's overall objectives. Prior,Cunningham was senior vice president and client leader for Zurich,where he led the company's integrated and structured solutionspractice.

Golden Eagle Insurance, aLibertyMutual Agency Corp. regional company, appointed PeterWallick (LinkedIn) to regional vice president for the company'sMid-California region. Wallick will manage the growth of GoldenEagle's commercial lines and oversee underwriting, agencyspecialists, territory managers, customer service representativesand operational services. Prior, he worked for The Hartford for 25 years, most recently asregional vice president for its Denver office.

Mergers & Acquisitions

BlackWhite & Assocs. of Louisville merged with StoermerInsurance Services in Dayton, Ohio. Al Stoermer(email) and Ed Stoermer (email) are nowowners of the agency. Troy Metts (email) andHeidi Elston (email) will remain throughan indefinite extended transition period. Stoermer will take overall accounts in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts, asubsidiary of Brown & Brown, acquired certain assets ofRichard W.Endlar Insurance Agency. Following the transaction,Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency will continue to operate fromits current location in Dedham, Mass., under the leadership ofHoward Savitt (email), the company's sole shareholder. Savitt willalso remain in charge of the operations of the Richard W.Endlar Insurance Agency division of Brown & Brown ofMassachusetts.

Agencyport Software partnered withPilotFish Technology to provideintegrated workflow solutions to the insuranceindustry. Under this value added reseller agreement, Agencyportwill distribute PilotFish's integration products, including itsXCS eiPlatform, to its P&C carriercustomers. Agencyport also will bundle PilotFish's integrationsoftware with its products to simplify and expedite theirimplementation and integration with customers' systems at lowercosts.

Read on for new programs by Beazley, Admiral InsuranceCo. and CSI

New Programs

Beazley launched Beazley Breach Response, a newversion of its current solution, tailored to meet the needs andbudgets of smaller firms with revenues less than $10 million.BRR Select offers a combination of forensic,legal, notification, credit monitoring and call center services. Italso provides for notification and credit monitoring for affectedindividuals (normally in the range of 25,000 to 250,000, thoughhigher numbers can be covered). For more information contact JamieOrye at 215-446-8450.

Admiral Insurance Co. introduced anupdated policy for miscellaneous professional exposures. Itincludes 11 enhancements designed to meet the unique needs of theexcess and surplus lines customers that Admiral serves.

Consumer Specialties Insurance Co.announced increased pollution liability protection as apart of its general liability insurance program. CSI raised thepollution liability sub-limit to $250,000 per occurrence, up fromthe previous $100,000. For more information contact TomMarchetti (email) or Christine Payne (email).

News

Brownyard Group won the ”BestMarketing Campaign” award from the Target Markets ProgramAdministrator Assn. (TMPAA). Brownyard was recognized for their“Insurance When You Know Better” tagline and campaign. This winmakes Brownyard TMPAA's first 2-time winner.

ACORD announced the launch of anew educational initiative called ACORD Knowledge Center. The goal is to provideindustry participants with a knowledgebase of webinars, documentsand classes. The current plan is to launch the webinar seriesin June 2012 and focus on unique implementations as well asspecific topics including employee benefits, exposure reporting,telematics and eSignatures.

Crawford & Co. namedBrandon Hylton (LinkedIn), a sophomore majoring in businessadministration at Morehead State University, as the 6th recipient of itsGreg Threet Memorial Scholarship. Hylton willreceive a $2,500 award. The Greg Threet Memorial Scholarship wasestablished to honor the memory of Greg Threet, an assistant branchmanager in Crawford's P&C office in Lexington, Ky.