Grant Nichols has been appointed seniorvice president at JLT Specialty USA. Prior tojoining JLT, Nicholas practiced environmental law internationally,where he focused on managing environmental liabilities associatedwith corporate and real estate transactions.

Burns & Wilcox hasappointed Heather Posner associate vicepresident, director of High-Net-Worth. Posner previously served atPURE Group of Insurance Companies.

Angelo Galioto has beenappointed Lockton Companies senior vice presidentin its Minneapolis office. Galioto joins after more than 15 yearsas senior vice president at Wells Fargo Insurance.

CNA hasappointed Kevin Smith president and COOfor CNA Specialty, effective May 22. Smith most recentlyserved as executive vice president and North American fieldstrategic development officer forChubb.

Diane Baker has beenappointed Venture Programs regionalunderwriter for the U.S. south and central region. Beforejoining Venture, Baker was marketing underwriter for FCCI Insurancein Florida.

Michael Davis has been appointed toBrown &Riding's construction practice group. Davis isrejoining the firm after a brief stint with Aon where he was a vicepresident in their construction servicesgroup.

Workers' compensation specialty insurer The MEMICGroup has promoted Michael P.Bourque president and CEO to replace John T. Leonard,who is retiring later this year. Bourque has worked with MEMIC fornearly 22 years and most recently served under Leonard as seniorvice president, external affairs.

Allianz Global Corporate &Speciality announced the followingappointments:

• Jenny Soubra - head of Cyber andSpecialty PI (CPI) for the United States
• Tim Cook - head of engineering, NorthAmerica
• Tobel Thomas - West Zone programs teamleader

South Carolina Insurance Commissioner Raymond G.Farmer has been elected NAIC secretary-treasurer, effectiveimmediately. Farmer recently served as vice president of theAmerican Insurance Association and is a member of many programs,such as the State Bar of Georgia.

Nationwide hasappointed Linda Stueber vice presidentof construction for standard commercial. Stuber joins fromTravelers where she was the construction and operations leader inthe southern and midwest regions.

FMGlobal announced the following appointments:

• Michael C. Lebovitz - senior vicepresident, innovation
• James R. Galloway - senior vicepresident, manager of AFM
• Derry K. Johnson - senior vice president,manager of sales, with responsibility for new businessdevelopment

Maggie Seidel has been appointed vicepresident for public affairs for the American InsuranceAssociation. Prior to joining AIA, Seidel servedas a senior public relations and media strategist for the CharlesKoch Institute.

JLT Specialty USA has appointedGabe Levitt executive vice president. Levitthas spent the last 13 years in insurance brokerage and mostrecently worked with Krauter & Company.

FCCI Insurance Group hasannounced the following appointments:

• Tiffany Hawkins - regional vicepresident
• Trey Stone - assistant vice president inthe Gulf Coast regional office

Eric Micheals has been promoted to seniorvice president, head of emerging solutions for HiscoxUSA. Micheals has been with Hiscox USA for eightyears and most recently served as senior vice president, Hiscoxunderwriting center.

Chris Homewood has been promoted toTopaInsurance Group's chief underwriting officer.Homewood previously served as senior vice president of commercialauto underwriting.

Beazley has announced the followingappointments:

• Edwin Baez - underwriter
• Kirk Jordan - underwriter

Michael M. Wong has been named USI InsuranceServices's employee benefits practice leader for theToledo, Ohio office. Prior to joining USI, Wong was with Savage& Associates as an employee benefit consultant for 15years.