Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced that Koorosh Talieh joined as a partner in Washington, D.C. He served at Perkins Coie LLP as a partner. Beazley appointed Chris Hill as an underwriter within the U.S. marine team. He served at Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers as vice president. Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC appointed Miles Shephard as managing director and head of GC Access, International. He served as executive chairman, global MGA & portfolio solutions, at Aon Reinsurance Solutions. Incline Insurance Group announced the following appointments:

• Kent Sullivan - member of the board of directors
• Patrick L. Brockett - member of the board of directors

Thorson Specialty promoted Stacey Schwenk to chief underwriting officer. She previously served as head of underwriting manager at Thorson Specialty. Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP announced that Brett A. Smith joined as an insurance coverage and liability partner. He served as a partner at Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet LLP. PointeNorth Alliance announced the following appointments:

• Dennis Staska - partner
• Martin Myrick - partner
• Glenda Smalley - partner

BMS Group announced the following appointments:

• Nick Hocking – director
• Tony Cuthbertson – director
• Josh Robertson – director

CLS Risk Solutions appointed David Sparrow as a non-executive director. He served as global director of business development at Arcadis. Everest Insurance announced that Robert Clark joined as senior vice president, head of Everest Specialty Underwriters. He previously served as vice president at Everest. Talage announced the following appointments:

• Catie Gaddam - senior account executive
• Jonny Parkman - account executive

CRC Group announced the following appointments:

• Garrett Koehn - co-president
• Brent Tredway - co-president

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