HUB International appointed Bradley Rutt as U.S. cannabis specialty leader. He served as vice president and partner at Elkins Jones Insurance Agency. Patra appointed Matt Hewitt as corporate development officer. He previously served in leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting and Accenture. PartnerRe Ltd. announced that António Horta-Osório joined as an independent director to its board of directors. He served as group chief executive at Lloyds Banking Group. Merchants Insurance announced that Tim Smith joined as regional underwriting manager. He served as a senior territory manager, focused on working with agents in New Jersey and Pennsylvania to write and retain middle–market accounts. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) appointed Scott Sayce as global head of cyber. He served as group head of cyber, and group head of financial lines and cyber at AXA. Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance announced the following appointments:

• Diane Mitchell: regional field executive
• Rich Meuret: regional field executive

CSAA Insurance Group appointed Julie Brown as executive vice president of commercial insurance. She served as senior vice president of distribution strategy at IAT Insurance Group. LineSlip Solutions announced the following appointments:

• Christine Smith: vice president and head of production
• Patrick McLaughlin: vice president

MarshBerry appointed Brian Refic as vice president. He served as assistant vice president of investor relations at The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Hippo announced the following appointments:

• Tim Bienek: chief insurance strategy officer
• Rich Primerano: chief risk officer
• Mike Stienstra: chief actuary
• Chris Donahue: chief underwriting officer

IAA, Inc. appointed Peg Burr as senior vice president of product management. She served as vice president and global product portfolio leader at Cognizant. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: May 28, 2021