Mobile property inspection platform Spex has appointed JayContreras vice president of sales and businessdevelopment. His previous roles have included senior salespositions at Paul Davis Restoration, Contractor Connection andEnservio.

Laura Hauenstein has beenappointed vicepresident, broker and underwriter of motorsports forTake1Insurance. Hauenstein comes to Take1 Insurance fromSLE Insurance Brokerage LLC where she served as president of thefirm that she founded to provide general insurance placement andniche specialties in motorsports.

EagleView Technologies has promotedKenneth Cook to senior vice president of EagleViewOnSite Solutions. Previously vice president of client relations,Cook has managed functions supporting major EagleView clients whichinclude all major property and casualty insurancecarriers.

Scott R. Tajak has joined Navigators as an undewriter in thecompany's environmental division. Most recently, Tajak was withAllied World's environmental team where he served as an assistantvice president for the environmental division.

Michael O'Brien has been appointedexecutive vice president for JLT SpecialtyUSA and will be based in its Chicago office. Mostrecently, O'Brien served as managing director with Aon.

Neon has appointed CharlesBoorman head of financial lines. Charles brings 25 yearsof experience in the industry, most recently at Probitas Syndicate1492 as head of financial lines.

Paul J. Graf has joined VanguardClaims Adminstration Inc. as vice president ofoperations. Prior to joining Vanguard, Graf served as the seniorvice president of a regional claims management firm thatprovided third party adminstrator, subrogation recovery,independent field adjustment and litigation managementservices.

Specialist property insurance provider Beazley has appointedSantiago Jaramillo, who will be based in Miami, asengineering focus group leader for the U.S. and Latin America.Jaramillo has over 20 years' of experience in construction,engineering and heavy industry.

Guy Carpenter & CompanyLLC, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialistand a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies,announced the following appointments:

• Tony Gallagher - CEO of the Asia Pacificregion, effective immediately.
• Richard Jones - chairman of theregion.

Karen Jansky has been appointed directorof application development in information technology forArbellaInsurance Group. In 2016, Jansky was leadingArbella's CAM, personal lines and commercial linesportfolios.

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group hasannounced that Daniel J. Kaufman, a thirdgeneration, will assume a broader leadership role as senior vicepresident, corporate growth at their company headquarters inDetroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan. Kaufman returns to the companyafter spending ten years in Burns & Wilcox's Chicagooffice.

John Campbell has been appointed corporaterisk and broking market leader and construction leaderfor Willis Towers Watson in St.Louis. Campbell, a 32-year veteran, joins Willis Towers Watson fromUSI Insurance Services where he held a variety of leadership roles,including most recently National Construction practiceleader.

Allianz Global Corporate &Specialty announced that RichardSoja has been named inland marine global productleader, effective August 14. Soja joins Allianz from Tokio MarineManagement where he served as senior vice president, inland marineand was responsible for leading the global marine and energybusiness, including the establishment of its own inland marineunit.