Assurex Appoints New Board
NU Online News Service, Nov. 13, 12:06 p.m. EST?Columbus, Ohio-based Assurex Global, a privately held risk management and commercial insurance brokerage group, announced the appointment of new directors and officers to the international insurance brokerage group's board of directors for 2004.
The list of officers includes: Chairman, Gregory S. Belton of Hunter Keilty Muntz & Beatty Ltd., in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Chair-elect Kent Nelson of T.J. Adams Group, LLC, of Chicago; Secretary Paul Hering of Barney & Barney LLC, of San Diego; and Treasurer William Haack of Frank F. Haack & Associates Inc., of Milwaukee.
Gregory Collins of Parker, Smith & Feek, in Seattle, last year's chairman, will continue to serve for one year in an ex-officio capacity.
Assurex Global President and Chief Executive Officer James R. Hackbarth said in a statement that the naming of Mr. Belton as board chairman was the first time a Canadian partner has served in the position.
Elected to new three-year board terms are: Fred Tripp of Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., of Providence, R.I; Ronald Wanglin of Bolton & Company of Pasadena, Calif.; and Thomas Lorant of Lorant Martinez Salas y Cia, of Mexico City, Mexico.
Other board members include: Timothy Schilling of Early, Cassidy & Schilling Inc., of Washington, D.C.; Karen K. Farris of Roach Howard Smith & Hunter Inc., of Dallas; Daniel Koch of The Harry A. Koch Co., Omaha, Neb.; Robert Viau of Groupe Viau Inc., of Montreal; James Davis of John L. Wortham & Son, LLP, of Houston; and Michael Dixon of HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd., of London.
The appointments were announced at the shareholders meeting last month, which marked Assurex Global's 50th anniversary. The group generates more than $19 billion in annual premiums.
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