People on the Move

The Arbella Insurance Group promoted fourmembers of its executive team – Gayle O'Connell is now executivevice president and Chief Marketing Officer, Eileen Currie is nowsenior vice president of Commercial Lines, Jim Hyatt is now seniorvice president of Personal Lines and Beverly Tangvik is nowpresident of the Arbella Insurance Charitable Foundation.

Bryan C. Johnson, founder and president of BC JohnsonAssociates, a division of York Specialized LossAdjusting, is stepping down from his role at the company,to be replaced by Rodney Winkler as president.

Hub International Insurance Services, aninternational insurance broker, has promoted Gay Catherine Chung tosenior vice president and client director for the company'scommercial risk division, and Arturo Perez-Reyes to senior vicepresident and cyber group leader for its Executive Liabilitypractice. Both positions are part of Hub's San Francisco CommercialRisk Division.

Beverley Todd, executive vice president for JLTInsurance Management, has relocated to Miami to helpsupport the growth of the company's U.S.-based captive insurancebusiness. Todd will serve as a liaison to JLT Reand JLT Specialty.

Insurance wholesaler, All Risks, Ltd., hiredRobert Campbell as a senior underwriter in California, where hewill work as part of the National Specialty Programs unitunderwriting workers' compensation accounts for the healthcareindustry.

The American Insurance Association has namedDavid F. Pearce, Jr. vice president, director of taxpolicy.

Peter Evans has been elected president of the U.S.Travel Insurance Association (UStiA) for the 2015-2016term. Evans is the executive vice president of InsureMyTrip, anonline travel insurance comparison website.

Workers' compensation firm The MEMIC Grouppromoted Gregory Jamison to senior vice president of underwriting,Jeff Fund to president of the Northeast region and Tod Austin topresident of the Atlantic region.

Industry News

Georgia last week became the first state to passridesharing legislation based on a Marchcompromise between insurers and transportation companies toregulate the ridesharing businesses. The state also passed newlegislation intended to make it a more attractive destination forcaptive insurance companies.

Zurich American has launched a new GroupPersonal Accident (GPA) coverage product to enable largecorporations to help their employees better manage the cost ofaccidents. According to Zurich, the coverage “helps individualsminimize recovery expenses and prepare for unexpected long-termfinancial burdens associated with accidents.”

The Philadelphia CPCU Society Chapter awardedVincent T. Donnelly, president and Chief Executive Officer ofPMA Companies the 2015 Franklin Award. Presentedannually since 1983, the award recognizes “the individual ororganization that has made an outstanding contribution to theproperty/casualty industry in the Delaware Valley.” PMA Companiesis a Philadelphia-based insurance and risk management company.