AIG has appointed ChrisTownsend CEO, International General Insurance. Hepreviously served as president of MetLife's Asia region, withresponsibility for all businesses and operations across 11 marketsin Asia, and as a member of the company's ExecutiveGroup.

Kimberly Vincent has been promoted tosenior account manager at New DayUnderwriting Managers LLC. Prior to New Day,Vincent worked with BCG Advisors, Westrope Insurance Managers andothers.

JLTSpecialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine LloydThompson Group plc, has appointed Dan Phebussenior vice president, and head of mining for the Americas. Phebusjoins JLT from Newmont Mining where he served as senior director ofglobal risk management.

JLT Specialty USA alsoappointed James Vendetti director. Basedin New York, Vendetti brings over 11 years of experience inconstruction risk management to JLT's Constructionpractice and most recently served as SVP for StarrCompanies.

John Degnan has been appointed theAmericanInsurance Association's new president and CEO. Degnan,a former New Jersey Attorney General, most recently served as thechairman of the Port Authority of New York and NewJersey.

AIG announced the followingappointments:

• Lex Baugh - CEO, North America GeneralInsurance
• George Stratts - CEO of LexingtonInsurance Company

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker hasappointed Gary D. Anderson toCommissioner of the Division of Insurance, a regulatory agencyunder the Office of Consumer Affairs and BusinessRegulation. Anderson joined the Division in 2014 asFirst Deputy Commissioner and has served as the Acting Commissionersince Feb. 2017.

Qatar Reinsurance Company Limited hasappointed Manik Sethi chief executive ofits Singapore branch, effective Nov. 13. Sethi joined Qatar Re inMay 2016, initially as regional head of facultative marine andlater ats the team's global head.

Glenn R. Landau, senior vice president and CFOof International Paper (IP), has been elected to the board ofdirectors of FM Global. He joined IP in 1991 andhas since served in a variety of leadership positions.

Liberty Specialty Markets, part ofLiberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Bruce J.Love director of assumed reinsurance in its CasualtyTreaty department. Joining from Munich Re, where he held the roleof vice president for two years, Love began his insurance career in1989 with National Re.

Kevin Brown hasjoined NFP as a managing director working outof NFP's national distribution resources platform in Austin, Texas.Prior to joining NFP, Brown was most recently a market presidentand statewide employee benefits practice leader at FrostInsurance.

EMC Insurance Group Inc. hasannounced the following appointments:

• Mick A. Lovell - executive vice presidentof operations, effective Jan. 2, 2018
• Scott R. Jean - executive vice presidentof finance and strategy, effective Jan. 2, 2018

Goji, a technology-enabled personallines insurance distribution platform, hasnamed Peter Breitstone CEO. Breitstonewas a former senior executive at Insureon, Aon andZurich.

David Putz has been appointed to leadZurichNorth America's Alternative Markets, effective Jan. 1,2018. Putz is head of direct markets & programs for ZurichNorth America and will assume the role currently held by KathleenSavio, who will transition to Zurich North America CEO at that sametime.

Aon has appointed JimGloriod CEO of its U.S. Construction Services Group.Over the course of 20 years with Aon, he has held variousleadership roles, including his promotion to president of the U.S.Construction Services Group last September.

Maryalice Nazaretian has been namedpresident of the employee benefits group at SterlingRisk Insurance. Nazaretian,who joined SterlingRisk in 1996, most recently served as managingdirector of employee benefits.

Stephens Insurance LLC, an affiliateof Stephens Inc., has hired LeighEllis and WillOgilvie. Ellis joins Stephens as a senior vicepresident in the commercial property & casualty practice, andOgilvie will serve as vice president of the life & healthbenefits practices of Stephens Insurance in Houston.

Carol Blair hasjoined CRC Group as a professional linesbroker for the New York office, effective Oct. 19, 2017. Blairbrings over 16 years of experience in brokerage to CRC inprofessional risks in surplus lines.