HUB International of California, awholly owned subsidiary of Hub International Limited, hasappointed Jason Del Grande VicePresident, Employee Benefits. He began his insurance careerwith internships at Gallagher & Marsh whileattending University of Southern California and wasmost recently recognized as a top performer at EPIC InsuranceBrokers in San Francisco.

Jacqueline Legrand has been appointed CEOof Brokerslink. Legrand is COO and boardmember of MDS Group where she oversees business developmentand operations in Portugal and Brazil.

Ed, the global reinsurance, wholesaleand specialty broker, has appointed MarcusTaylor Head of Reinsurance, Asia Pacific. Taylorjoins from IAG where he held the position of senior managerreinsurance, international.

V3Insurance Partners hasappointed Brian Janitschke COO. He mostrecently held roles focused on predictive analytics as the chiefactuary of Capital Insurance Group and the leader of BusinessIntelligence at Western National Insurance.

Christopher Ballantyne has joinedthe BritLtd claims team in the newly createdrole of vice president of delegated claim authority. Most recently,he served as vice president for Liability and Property Claims atCrum & Forster.

Brit also announced the followingappointments to the Marine business of Brit Global SpecialtyUSA:

• Marc Robinson - assistant vicepresident
• Yasuaki (Yasu) Saegusa - vice president –cargo

International specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed DavidMcLaughlin CFO in the U.S. He joins Hiscox fromFiserv where he most recently covered their digital banking,financial institutions, and enterprise technology groups.

Erica Davis has been appointed senior vicepresident and will lead the Cyber and E&O Practicefor JLT Re in NorthAmerica. Davis joins from Zurich where she was senior vicepresident and head of specialty E&O.

Integro Insurance Brokers hasappointed Jacquelyn Neal a principal inthe Marine practice. Most recently, she served as senior accountmanager at Woodruff Sawyer & Co.

Steven J. Bensinger has been appointedto Baldwin & Lyons Inc.'s board ofdirectors, effective immediately. Bensinger is currently a partner& senior advisor at TigerRisk Partners LLC.

BMSGroup Limited has announced the followingappointments to its newly formed energy division:

• James Chicken - managing director
• Charlies Bowring - chairman
• Sebastian Graham - director

XL GroupLtd has appointed Billie IdaWilliamson to the company's board of directors,effective immediately. Williamson currently serves on the boards ofCSRA Inc. and Pentair plc.

Sharon Headlee has beenappointed southeast director of operations and directorof premier client services for CBIZ Insurance Services Inc.Headlee's previous employment includes serving as director ofoperations for Celedinas Insurance Group, a Marsh McLennan Agencysubsidiary.

Tri-state professional trade organization Insurance Agents &Brokers (IA&B) hasappointed Megan Fioretta brandmanager. Before IA&B, she spent 11 years as retailmarketing manager and senior graphic designer for Goodwill KeystoneArea.

Brian L. Eighmy has beenappointed director of Claims for Innovative Coverage ConceptsLLC, a national wholesale broker andmanaging general agency. Previously, Eighmy was assistantvice president of the Major Case Unit for Arch Insurance Group.

Worldwide Facilities hasannounced George Vogle joined itsAtlanta office as senior vice president specializing inprofessional liability. He began his career in 1977 with generalReinsurance in Chicago as a casualty facultative reinsuranceunderwriter.

Darrin Huck has been appointed vicepresident of Fidelis Group Holdings LLC'smarine division. Huck comes to Fidelis with over 30 years ofexperience in the marine industry, most recently as vice president,Southwest regional manager of Starr Companies.

Distinguished Programs, anational insurance program manager, has expanded its Data &Actuarial Science department with the following appointments:

• Perry H. Beaumont - head of thedepartment
• Steven Hunke - actuary