The Cairnstone Marketing Corporation team will be fully dedicated to marketing and expanding the company's employer stop-loss and managed care products, as well as group long-term disability and voluntary life insurance programs, the company said.

"Gene and Kathleen are uniquely qualified to lead this new organization," said Tillett. "Together, they have nearly 40 years of experience in the insurance and employee benefits industries and have played vital roles in helping to make Cairnstone Re the industry leader that it is today."

In addition to serving as president of Cairnstone Marketing Corporation, Mr. Stevens will oversee the Chicago regional office, one of five regional sales offices. Ms. English will manage the Pittsburgh office. The other three regional sales offices are located in Costa Mesa, Dallas and Denver, and will be managed by regional sales directors Holgate Dean, Walt McElroy and Rob Henderson, respectively.

Cairnstone Inc., doing business as Cairnstone Re, manages employer stop-loss insurance and provides catastrophic claims management assistance to self-funded employer groups.

The firm has agreements with several insurance carriers to market, underwrite and manage excess loss coverage, as well as underwrite provider reinsurance.