Risk management services firm Hanover Stone Partners hasappointed Michael T. Scott and Philip J.Stevens senior risk advisors. Scott is an attorneywith more than two decades of leadership experience in riskmanagement and insurance; Stevens concurrently leads Rowayton RiskConsulting, a firm he founded in 2013 that provides a wide range ofcaptive advisory services.

Joe Norick, who specializes in equine andagricultural insurance, and his team have joined Aon. Norick will serve as director ofequine and agribusiness as part of Aon's private risk managementgroup.

Brit Ltd has appointed JayNichols to join the Boards of Sussex Capital and BritRe as non-executive director; he will also become chair of theAudit Committee of Brit Re and join the Brit Ltd Aud Committee.Most recently, he was CEO of the reinsurance operations of AxisCapital.

Theresa Del Priore has been appointedsales manager for Greene & Associates. DelPriore comes to Greene with over 30 years of experience in theinsurance industry, most recently working in the role of vicepresident of sales and business development withAmTrust.

Pioneer Underwriters hasappointed Kellie Reese underwriter inits recently launched E&S Property operation. Reese, aspecialist property underwriter with almost 30 years of experience,previously served with The Hartford.

Jay Lefkowitz has been promoted topresident of XL Catlin's Global Risk Managementbusiness in North America. Prior to his promotion, he was the headof XL Catlin's U.S. Risk Management team.

Allianz Group’s specialist corporateinsurer Allianz Global Corporate &Specialty (AGCS) has announcedthat Henning Haagen will take over asNorth American Regional Head of Specialty Lines,and Rich Soja will become the NorthAmerican Regional Head of Marine, effective December 31.Haagen joined Allianz in 2008 and was appointed Northeast ZoneExecutive in January of 2017; Soja joined Allianz in August of thisyear from Tokio Marine Management where he served as senior vicepresident, marine.

Angela Stokes hasjoined Brentwood Services AdministratorsInc. as a claims adjuster trainee in itsoccupational injury unit in the new Florence, Ala., office. Priorto Brentwood, Stokes served as an admitting clerk at Red BayHospital in Red Bay, Ala.

Chubb hasappointed Tracey Laws to the newlycreated position of senior vice president,general counsel, global government and industry affairs. Lawspreviously served as senior vice president and general counsel atthe Reinsurance Association of America.

Jeffrey (Jeff) S. Tagsold has been electedchairman & CEO by Auto-Owners Insurance's boardof directors, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He succeeds JeffHarrold, current chairman & CEO, who will retire Dec.31.

Additionally, Auto-Owners Insurance also announcedthat Daniel J. Thelen, executive vicepresident, will become president of Auto-Owners Company and itsaffiliates; Carolyn B. Muller, senior vicepresident, claims, will assume the role of executive vicepresident.

Clearsurance has announced thefollowing appointments:

• Tim Hey - promotedto vice president of product development and user experience
• Suzanne Poirier - appointedvice presiednt of engineering

Dionne Wallace Oakley has been promoted toexecutive vice president of human resources & strategyof Erie Insurance, effective Jan.1, 2018. Wallace Oakley came to Erie Insurance in 2011 asvice president, HR Business Partners, following a 22-year career atState Farm.

The Hartford has announcedthat Stephanie Bush, who has led SmallCommercial since July 2014, will expand her responsibilities toinclude oversight for Personal Lines. Bush returnedto The Hartford in 2013 as chief product and underwriting officerfor Small Commercial, and was promoted to head of the businessin 2014.

David R. Frediani has been named to assumethe role of president of U.S. Field Operations, StrategicRelations and Global Marketing, for IronshoreInc. Frediani, who has served as President ofIronshore International since 2012, succeeds Joseph L. Boren who isset to retire as of year-end 2017.