Sedgwick hired David Stills as a global risk management executive, focusing on global carrier relations, global insurance markets, risk management, and litigation strategy and practices for clients' businesses. Stills most recently served as vice president of global risk management at Walmart Inc. National Insurance Crime Bureau appointed Olivia Troye as vice president of strategy, policy & plans. She served at the Office of the Vice President of the United States as the homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. Lockton Companies appointed Pradip Ghosh as president of Lockton Capital Markets. He served as a senior advisor at LCM. USAA appointed Jeff Wallace as its chief financial officer. He severed at Bank of America as the chief financial officer. Blank Rome, LLP announced the following appointments:

• Robert P. Jacobs - partner
• Linda A. Powell - of counsel
• Allison Zamani - associate
• Lakisha Foster- paralegal

Skuld appointed Åse Naaman Jensen as senior vice president, head of Skuld New York. She joined Skuld Copenhagen as a claims handler. Freeborn & Peters, LLP announced that Ian J. Dankelman joined as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Team. He previously served as counsel at a nationwide law firm. BMS Group appointed Conrad Lagasca as a branch manager in the San Francisco office. He served as senior vice president at Willis Tower Watson. Erie Insurance announced that Jamie Neumaier joined as chief information security officer. He served at GE Transportation as a technical analyst. Woodruff-Sawyer announced that Mary Dent joined its board of directors. She also serves as CEO of Green Dot Bank and a former director of Green Dot Corp. Topa Insurance Group announced that Tracy Tillinghast joined as vice president & chief information officer. He joined as director of IT product management. Ed appointed Michael Lock as divisional director in its professional and executive risk team. He previously worked for private equity funds or as part of buy-and-build programs for their portfolio companies. Ascot appointed Anthony Lyons as executive vice president and leader of a new Portfolio Solutions underwriting division of Ascot U.S. He served at AIG as executive vice president and global head of analytics & technical services. THB appointed Paul Baker as associate director for its North America Special Risks division. He served at Tysers in insurance broking. Beach & Associates appointed Warren Berkstresser as senior vice president of its U.S. reinsurance division, Beach Re. He served within Guy Carpenter's Instrat Global Analytics. Jupiter announced that Dr. Jesse M. Keenan joined the company as an advisor. He served as a special government employee advisor to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. POWERS Insurance & Risk Management appointed Linsey Morris as a commercial lines account manager. She previously worked at POWERS in the personal lines department. Hearsay Systems announced the following appointments:

• Mike Boese – CEO
• Clara Shih - executive chairperson

Openly announced the following appointments:

• Joanne Han - agent experience team manager
• Andrew Wisenberg - agent relationship specialist
• Sarah Betts - agent relationship specialist
• Natalie Gibson - agent relationship specialist
• Courtney Kaner - agent relationship specialist
• Stephen Sime - property underwriter

Ames & Gough announced the following appointments:

• Allison Buytenhuys - senior vice president
• Brian Lynch - assistant vice president
• Cady Sinks - assistant vice president
• Rachelle Tucker - assistant vice president

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. appointed Thomas Bongi as senior vice president underwriting, head of architects & engineers and miscellaneous professional liability. He served at Brit Global Specialty USA as executive vice president. Clyde & Co appointed Marc Voses as a partner in New York to further enhance its U.S. and global insurance practices. He served at Goldberg Segalla as chair of the cybersecurity and data privacy group. AmTrust Title Insurance announced the following appointments:

• Lou Canaras - SVP and underwriter
• Mellissa Atle - vice president
• Rob Concepcion - vice president

Tower MSA Partners appointed Craig Deneau as senior vice president of business development. He served as national practice leader of injury triage services at Medcor. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: September 4, 2020