Hub International Limited announced that Chet Rhoads joined as president and CEO of HUB International HDH, LLC. He previously served as chief sales officer at Hub International Limited. Spencer Educational Foundation appointed Robin S. (Joines) Roeder as the 2021 Board Chair. He served as SVP risk management at Sedgwick. ACORD announced the following appointments of board of directors:

• Stephen Barnham — board of directors
• Rebecca Bunyan — board of directors
• Julie Dillman — board of directors
• Steve Lundin — board of directors
• Vlad Yekelchik — board of directors

NFP announced that Daniel Beaudette joined as a senior vice president. He served at Clear Blue Insurance Group as chief underwriting officer. Distinguished Programs announced George Arrizabalaga joined Distinguished's sales team as regional sales executive for Southern California. He served as field sales manager at Nationwide in Southern California. Sedgwick announced that Michelle Hay joined the company as global chief people officer. She served as global chief human resource officer for international commercial real estate firm. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. announced that John Burkhart joined as president. He served at QBE North America and Chubb. Claim Genius appointed Mandy O'Brien as vice president & head of sales for North America. She served as vice president of marketing & sales at Property Damage Appraisers, Inc. Ryan Specialty Group, LLC announced that Tom Clark joined as executive vice president. He served as president at Nationwide E&S / Specialty. Apollo Syndicate Management appointed Rob Johnston as head of marine and energy liability at Apollo Syndicate 1969. He served at MS Amlin as marine and energy liability senior underwriter. Coverys announced the following appointments:

• Sarah Davies — non-executive director and chair of risk & capital committee
• David Hipkin — non-executive chair of the board

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. announced the following appointments:

• Jeffrey Batt — cyber insurance team
• Michelle Ingrassia — cyber insurance team

Sodoro + Mooney + Lenaghan announced that John McWilliams joined their team. He previously assisted with appeals at the state Supreme Court level. Crawford & Company appointed Baoling Wang as vice president, managing director and international executive general adjuster. She served as executive general adjuster at McLarens. MarshBerry appointed John Orsini as director within the financial advisory division. He served as associate vice president of business development & acquisitions at Nationwide Investment Management. Claimatic announced that Liz Simmons joined as vice president of customer success and operations. She served at Rackspace both in transformation management and in customer success. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: January 22, 2021