Neon hasappointed Catherine Sethi seniorunderwriter in London. Sethi previously served at SiriusInternational Insurance where she helped to establish a newproperty direct and facultative book of open market and delegatedbusiness.

D. Michael Sherman has been appointedpresident for Acrisure LLC after joining in January asa strategic advisor. Sherman served as CEO of Dawson InsuranceInc. following its sale to AssuredPartners in 2012.

Surplus lines wholesale brokerage tKg hasappointed Mark Walker vice president andbroker in the company's P&C Eastern division. Walker joins fromPeachtree Special Risk Brokers where he served as executive vicepresident.

John Plummer has been appointed chairmanof property & casualty for global reinsurance, wholesale andspecialty broker Ed. Plummer previously served asmanaging director for Howden's North American property and casualtydivision.

Miami-based auto insurance carrier WindhavenInsurance has appointed Daniel L.Maloney senior vice president of sales. Maloneypreviously served as vice president of sales and marketing atEncompass.

Arbitration Resolution ServicesInc. announced the followingappointments:

• David Berkowitz - advisoryboard
• Kevin Pike - advisory board

Molly Nolan has been appointed senior vicepresident for JLT Specialty USA. Prior tojoining JLT, Nolan was senior managing director, Northeast propertypractice leader at Beecher Carlson.

Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc., a memberof the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, haspromoted Kendall Jones to president andCEO, effective June 30. Jones previously served as executive vicepresident and COO. He replaces Michael Connealy, who willtransition to chairman of the board, effective June 30, until hisretirement in the second quarter of 2018.

Cindy Powell has been appointed CFO atRootInsurance. Powell joins from State Auto InsuranceCompanies where she served in various roles ranging from treasurerto chief audit executive.

Hogan Lovells hasappointed Robert Fettman as counsel inits New York office. Fettman previously served as special counselin Sullivan & Cromwell's Insurance group and remains an activemember of the Committee on Insurance Law of the New York City BarAssociation.

Jonah Paransky has been appointedexecutive vice president and general manager of the ELM Solutionsbusiness at Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk &Compliance. Paranksy was most recently the CEO ofSkyTouch Technology.

Arthur J.Gallagher & Co. has appointedChristopher E. Mead chief marketingofficer. Mead comes to Gallagher from the CMEGroup where he served as marketing's managing director.

Julie Shumer has been appointed seniorvice president at The Signature B&BCompanies. Shumer was senior vice presidentof the healthcare division of Professional Medical InsuranceServices prior to joining SBB.

RICInsurance General Agency hasappointed Jim Watson transportationunderwriting manager in an effort to expand the Transportation andBusiness Auto Division. Watson previously served as a commercialauto product manager at Capital Insurance Group.

Susanne Waite has been appointed vicepresident, senior broker at Burns & WilcoxBrokerage. Prior to joining Burns & WilcoxBrokerage, Waite served as vice president, broker at PartnersSpecialty Group.

Ames& Gough has appointed Wayne T.Marshall vice president and client executive, inaddition to leading the firm's New York operations upon expansion.Marshall previously served as Berkley Design Professional's seniorvice president and professional liability claims manager.

Deanna Cordea has been appointed vicepresident within Integro Insurance Broker's specialtydivision. Cordea most recently held a senior leadership role withMercer Consumer.

Custom House Risk Advisors announced thefollowing appointments:

• Kathleen Nickerson - vice president
• Susan M. Scanlon - risk managementconsultant
• Janine Stewart - associate riskconsultant

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance BrokerageInc. has appointed TimHillberg commercial lines sales producer. Hillbergjoins from Eastern Insurance Group LLC where he served ascommercial lines sales executive.

Jeff Sadler has been appointed director ofcarrier relations at AnswerFinancial. Prior to Answer, Sadler served as asenior marketing manager for Allstate where he was responsible forthe company's specialty lines.

Erie Insurance haspromoted CodyCook to senior vice president,personal products. Cook first joined in 2003 in the actuarialdivision and was promoted to supervisor of the pricing and modelingsection in 2009.