Dallas-based risk management consulting and insuranceagency Dexter & Co. has announced thepromotion of Royce DeRouen to senior vicepresident, and David Rambie to vice president.DeRouen will oversee the risk management consulting division afterserving almost 20 years with the company. Rambie brings 10 years ofinsurance experience to his new position.

London-based Pioneer Underwriters hasappointed Jessica Huhn-Kenzik vicepresident, and Jessica Heflin assistant vicepresident in its new environmental liability unit. Theenvironmental liability team will report to Gary Dubois, presidentof Pioneer Special Risk. Both Huhn-Kenzik and Heflin join from XLCatlin.

Scott Wenclewicz, owner of Indianapolis-basedWenclewicz Insurance and founder of Powerful Agency Systems, haswritten a book, “16Secrets to Growing Your Independent Insurance Agency.”

New York City-based Liberty InternationalUnderwriters has appointed WilliamBell senior vice president of environmental,Mike Nukk senior vice president of marine,and Rick Niehaus senior vice president ofenergy and construction. All three will be based in New York Cityand report to Michael Finnegan, chief underwriting officer forLIU’s U.S. operations.

Morristown, N.J.-based property and casualty insurancecompany ProSight Specialty Insurance hasnamed Kevin Kenny senior executive ofstrategic initiatives. Kenny joins from Wells Fargo, where he wasexecutive vice president of growth and business development, andhead of insurance brokerage.

The San Diego, Calif.-based National Association ofHispanic Real Estate Professionals has appointedreal estate broker Leo Pareja as 2016 presidentelect. He is head of the Falls Church, Va.-based Leo Pareja Teamwith Keller Williams Realty.

Joe Nery, partner with Nery, Richardson LLC inChicago, will be installed as the 2016 president at theassociation’s March conference in Washington, D.C.

The association also announced four additions to itsboard: Luis Padilla of Re/Max OceansideRealty in Miami; Danny Hernandez of EVistaResources Realty in Kissimmee, Fla; David Acostaof David Acosta Group in El Paso, Texas; and PamelaValenciano of Solutions Real Estate in Carlsbad,Calif.

Departing from the board are: Jason Madiedo,J.J. Lopez, J.R.Martinez and Sergio Barajas.

New York City-based peer-to-peer insurancecarrier Lemonade announced that TySagalow, one of its founding team members, has beenappointed chief insurance officer. Sagalow previously served aschief underwriting officer and president of product development atAIG, as well as executive vice president and chief innovationofficer at Zurich North America.

Lemonade also appointed Robert Giurlando,chief underwriting officer; James Hageman,chief claims officer; and Ron Topping, chieffinancial officer.

Nashville-based third-party claims administration servicesprovider Alternative Service Concepts hasappointed Pam Finch chief operations officer.Finch has held various positions for nearly 14 years at AlternativeService Concepts, her most recent being vice president.

Dallas-based property and casualty managing generalagency Arcana Insurance Services LP hasappointed Ted Lamb president and chiefoperating officer. He previously served as COO at Overby-SeawellCo. and as president of United Bank in Chattanooga, Tenn

Atlanta-based claims management softwareprovider Crawford &Co. has named Richard Grgantonational general adjuster for Crawford GTS. He will be based inSchaumburg, Ill. Grganto previously worked for Crawford from 1991until 2004, when he was branch manager for the Crawford ChicagoProperty Center.

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