Western Growers Insurance Services appointed Nate Flandro as its sales executive for commercial insurance. He served at Independent Insurance Brokers and Agents of Fresno County's Board of Directors as president. Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced that Jeff Jacobs joined as senior vice president, head of errors and omissions professional liability. He previously served at Tokio Marine HCC. Rivkin Radler LLP announced that Hannah R. McCuiston joined as an associate. She served as principal law clerk at the District Administrative Judge in Central Islip, New York. Applied Underwriters announced the following appointments:

• Ronald Fiamma — president of applied fine art & collectibles
• Rand Silver — senior vice president of risk management
• Christopher Walsh — senior vice president of underwriting

BMS Group appointed Trevor Kirsh as director, BMS Canada Private Equity, M&A division. He served as an associate senior legal counsel at Intact Financial Corporation. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: December 25, 2020