Ron Lockton has been named Vice Chairman of Lockton,Inc. and will take on broader global leadershipresponsibilities as part of the company's long-term successionplan. Lockton is the son of Jack Lockton, the late founder of thecompany, and nephew of David Lockton, the current chairman.

NAS Insurance has hired Jared Hopkins asAssistant Vice President for the Southeast region in Atlanta,Michael Karbassi as Assistant Vice President for the Northeastregion in Boston, and Claude Ronnel as Vice President for theMidwest region in Chicago. Genevieve Alexander has also been namedVice President for the Western region, based in Los Angeles.

The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher &Co. has named Walter P. Bryce, Sean P.Connelly, James J. Murray, Russell G.Parsons, Russell J. Pass and Jonathon M.Winsbury as Corporate Vice Presidents.

Glatfelter Public Practice, a division ofGlatfelter Insurance Group, has hired Martin Watkins as a salesexecutive for California water-related accounts, working in theStockton, California office. Watkins focuses on developing businesswith water entities – those who treat, store and distributewater.

Robbie Thompson has been named the new executive director of theProfessional Liability Underwriting Society(PLUS). Prior to the appointment, Thompson was mostrecently president & CEO of the Credit UnionAssociation of the Dakotas in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Deputy CEO of Willis Group Holdings, SteveHearn, is leaving the broker to join Cooper Gay Swett &Crawford, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialtybroker, as Group CEO, in London. Hearn is also chairman of theLondon & International Insurance Brokers' Association andchairman of the London Market Group.

The Austin Association of InsuranceProfessionals (AAIP) has elected Tiffany Way withAll Risks, Ltd. as President for the 2015-2016term.

ING announced the hire of Ernie Zayicek as aDirector, leading the coverage of North American insurancecompanies.