People & Places

Allied Insurance Brokers appointed JeffMcGeary, executive vice president, as secretary on theFlorida CraneOwner's Council. In this role, Mr. McGeary is responsible fortaking minutes at the council's quarterly meetings and will serveas webmaster for the council's website.

Mara Majeeda was named an account manager forNewDay Underwriting Managers' construction practice.

ProviderGroup added Christine Beaudin, EricaBlanchard and Jeannie Spiro as accountmanagers. Ms. Beaudin joins Provider as an account manager in thePrivate Client Group, while Ms. Blanchard will take on the role ofaccount manager in commercial lines, working with small businesses.Ms. Spiro will assume the role in the employee benefits group.

Duff Wallace, president and CEO of Southern Farm BureauCasualty Insurance Co. was elected to the Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America's Board ofGovernors.

The InsuranceIndustry Charitable Foundation named Gary C.Petrosino, executive vice president and Western U.S.territory field operations officer of Chubb & Son, chairman ofits National Board of Governors.

New Programs

Ironsure's U.S. Specialty Casualty Unit is nowoffering Ironshore International Connect, which providesexcess quality coverage for U.S. companies' overseas operations ona locally-admitted basis. The new program is compliant with marketregulations and will help simplify the process for obtainingrequired liability coverage for international risks in globalmarkets.

Continental Risk Insurance Servicesis offering an E&O product specifically targeted at thetechnology industry to protect professional, multimedia, privacyand network needs.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Brown & Brown agreed to acquire Wright InsuranceGroup for $602.5 million.