People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: April 16, 2021

Mark Smelzer joined the leadership team of Jewelers Mutual Group, as chief content executive. He served as publisher at JCK magazine and JCKonline. Ushur appointed Ron Gupta as senior vice president of sales. He served at contract lifecycle management platform Conga. Munich Re America appointed Richard Alleyne as chief legal officer, Munich Re U.S. P&C Companies. He served as deputy general counsel and head of the business law group for an insurance and financial services organization. BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC appointed Drew Bisping as its company president. He previously served as chief corporate development and strategy officer at BluSky. Ryan Specialty Group, LLC announced the following appointments:

• Doug Hathaway: Head, national transportation practice
• Dennis Beecher: President

Canopius Group appointed Pat Milner head of Renewable Energy. He served as head of technical risks and managing director at The Hartford prior to his new role. Burns & Wilcox announced the following appointments:

• Cheryl Fortier: manager
• Murray Houck: senior underwriter

Aon plc appointed Jon Wiegand as head of power in the U.K. Global Broking Centre. He served at Swiss Re as head of engineering and construction. Dale Underwriting Partners appointed Tony Forder as head of property reinsurance. He served at Apollo Syndicate Management as head of U.S. treaty for their SPA. MS Amlin Underwriting Limited appointed Sam Geddes as head of property and Allied Lines Division. Previously, he served at Everest Global Markets as deputy active underwriter. Mosaic Insurance appointed Mark Wheeler as co-chief executive officer. He served as CEO at Ironshore International. Chubb appointed Lyndsey Christofer as executive vice president, construction industry practice leader. She previously was senior vice president, underwriting at Chubb. Apollo Syndicate Management announced the following appointments:

• Matt Newman: group chief strategy and innovation officer
• Luke Sanders: head of strategic projects

Buckle announced the following appointments:

• Adam Landau: chief information officer
• Paul Lautenshlager: head of operations & distribution

Hippo announced the following appointments:

• Susan Linder: deputy general counsel
• Laura Hoensch: general counsel
• Moya McKenna: insurance compliance counsel
• Anna Berces: assistant general counsel

AF Group appointed Nina Burnett as director of Investigative Services. she served as director of health care investigations at Blue Cross Blue Shield. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: April 9, 2021