The ACE Group has appointed Bruce Kessler as president of Atlanta-based ACE Westchester.

Westfield Group has named James R. Clay as its next group leader and chief executive officer while its chairman, Robert J. Joyce, said he plans to retire.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said today that it has acquired the remaining 60 percent equity interest in Specialised Broking Associates Pty Ltd in Australia.

Three wildfires broke out yesterday afternoon in California, the worst of which has consumed 8,000 acres so far in Los Angeles County.