People & Places

WAHVE names sales and marketing officer: Workat Home Vintage Employees LLC (WAHVE), announced that BillHunt joined the company as chief sales and marketingofficer. Hunt previously served as a consultant for the LexisNexisInsurance Exchange.

IICF hires Chicago executive director: TheInsurance IndustryCharitable Foundation named Kimberly BourneSaccaro executive director of the Chicago/MidwesternDivision. Saccaro will work with the Chicago Board of Directors andthe foundation to grow and strengthen the region. S

Aon appoints CEO of Client Network: ChristopherBaudouin has been promoted to chief executive officer ofthe Aon Global Client Network. He most recentlyserved in a dual capacity as president and CEO of Aon RiskSolutions Mexico and COO of Aon Risk Solutions in Latin America. Inhis new role, he assumes responsibility for the international AonGlobal Client Network team.

Hylant promotes two in Environmental PracticeGroup: Hylant Group has promoted two insurance professionalsin its Environmental Practice Group. Don Bryant,vice president, has been promoted to practice leader of theEnvironmental Practice Group. Bruce Kranz, who ledthe expanding practice group for 11 years, was named senior vicepresident. They will both operate out of Hylant's Clevelandoffice.

Grange names president/CEO and CFO: GrangeInsurance announced that Thomas Welch has beenappointd president and CEO of the Columbus, Ohio-based insuranceprovider. Welch has been serving as interim president and CEO sinceJanuary. Welch joined Grange Insurance in 2001 as president of theGrange Life Insurance Company. He was appointed chief financialofficer in 2008. Succeeding Welch as chief financial officer isJ. Paul McCaffrey. Prior to his promotion,McCaffrey served as Grange's vice president, finance and chief riskofficer.

New policies

NFIB moves workers' comp into Ind., N.C., Va.,Mo.: The National Federation of Independent Business(NFIB) extended discountedworkers' compensation coverage benefits tgo its members inIndiana, North Carolina, Virginia and MIssouri through Employers. Employerscurrently offers NFIB members workers' compensation coverage in 10states. Depending on the state, qualifying NFIB members areeligible to receive either a 5 percent discount or a 5 percent flatdividend on workers' compensation insurance policies withEmployers.

5 Star gains general agency appointment withCanal: 5 Star Specialty Programs, a division of CrumpInsurance Services Inc., and part of Crump Group Inc., todayannounced it has secured a general agency appointment with Canal InsuranceCo. for several specific transportation segments. Under theagreement, 5 Star will now represent Canal to write designatedclasses of public auto risks, waste operations, as well astrucking. Coverage offered includes auto liability, physicaldamage, general liability and other statutory requirements such asuninsured/underinsured motorist. Canal is rated A (“Excellent”) byA.M. Best.

Markel partners with Burns & Wilcox, offers new realestate E&O: Markel Programs has partnered with Burns & Wilcox tooffer a real estate errors & omissions program to a broad rangeof residential and commercdial real estate industry accounts. Theproduct offers coverages including open house liability, networkinformation and security offense to real estate agents, brokers andproperty managers. Additional target classes include leasingagents, broker price options, escrow agents, auctioneers,consultants, referral agents and business brokering. The program isnon-admitted and available in most states.

News

IIABA New York offers education center: TheIndependent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York launched anonline New Hire Training Center and partnershipwith CEU.com. TheNew Hire Training Center offers a curriculum package that includes:personal lines, commercial lines, commercial and personal lines andmanagers. The courses provide AV exercises and knowledge checks.Information about all of IIABNY's educational offerings isavailable under the Education link at the top of the homepage atwww.iiabny.org.

Vertafore launches new products: Vertafore showcasedmultiple products at the 2011 Network of Vertafore Users (NetVU)Conference. Vertafore unveiled a corporate-wide userexperience initiative, which includes the management system Sagitta8.0, with initial availability in June. Also featured is AMS3606.0, which will be available in late 2011. Users can connect withthe system in many ways, including via mobile devices. The companyalso showcased WorkSmart Engage, Vertafore Identity Management andMyVertafore.