People & Places

John Greer, brokerage underwriter, willassist All Risks in launching its eighteenth office inMemphis, Tenn. The location will have a full line ofproperty-casualty products and plans to grow its employee base inthe upcoming months.

AonRisk Solutions added Christian Wise as seniorpresident and Karen Cangemi as vice president ofthe company's New England Property Practice.

Julian James announced plans to resign from hisposition as CEO of Lockton International effective January 31,2013. He has served since April 2008 and has helped developLockton's global capabilities.

Wells Fargo Insurance named Anne Dosshead of its personal and small business insurance division. Dosswill lead a team responsible for providing small business andconsumer insurance solutions such as auto, home, renters, life andmore. She will also continue to lead Wells Fargo's Life Insuranceand Disability Management business.

Craig Wenzel was appointed senior vicepresident of capital markets for XL Group'sreinsurance operations. He will manage and develop relationshipswith third party capital providers in support of XL's globalunderwriting activities.

Marsh welcomed Douglas Schwabback to the firm as its new East and Central zone mining leader. Hewill oversee consistent delivery of advisory and transactionalservices to the company's clients in those zones.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Caldwell and Partners Inc. announced the acquisitionof Midlands Holding Corp. from PMA Capital Corp. Midlands is amanaging general agent and excess and surplus lines broker thatalso operates as a third party administrator. Caldwell originallyfounded Midlands in 1990 but sold it to PMA in 2007.

New Programs

The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. expanded itsdefinition of fraudulent communications with an endorsement to itsForeFront Security. The new Cyber Fraud Endorsement allows a bankto authenticate commercial customer instructions through textmessaging, email and more. It will also help indemnifycommunity banks from defense costs and direct damages arising outof such a lawsuit.

News

Georgia Agency Partners Inc. (GAP) announced theaddition of four new partner agencies: HutchinsonTraylor, Founders Insurance Group, Brock InsuranceAgency and Brand & Britt Insurance. The partnership is theresult of GAP's extensive growth and expansion effort. GAP isa partnership of 16 independent agencies combining knowledge andresources to provide consumers with comprehensive coverage.

Willis NorthAmerica relocated its Cleveland, Ohio office as part ofits strategy to continue to elevate its presence in the state anddrive market growth. The company has a history in Ohio, beginningmore than 30 years ago. The new facility will support Willis'retail insurance brokerage operations.