Everest Group, Ltd. appointed Charlie Higham as senior vice president and head of Everest Underwriting Partners. He served as head of financial and professional lines at Everest Group. Outsource Insurance Professionals promoted Mladen Subasic as chief product officer. He was one of the founders of the OIP's InsurTech startup. Burns & Wilcox announced the following appointments:

• Bob Quillman - regional lead
• Doug Legters - regional lead

Everest Insurance appointed Melissa McDermott as global chief actuary. She served as chief actuary for North America General Insurance at AIG. Fidelis MGU announced the following promotions:

• Richard Coulson - deputy group chief underwriting officer
• Michael Davern – U.K. CUO
• Matthew Bellamy - deputy U.K. CUO
• Jamie Cann - head of aviation and space
• Savannah Thompson - head of political risk
• Abigail Wilkins - head of airlines

Cover Genius appointed David Rudow as its new chief financial officer. He served as CFO of the cloud-based technology company at nCino. Independence Pet Group announced the following appointments:

• Sammi-Jo Nevin - chief commercial & administrative officer
• Chip Aubry - chief technology officer
• Samantha Watson - chief strategy officer

Gamma Iota Sigma announced the following appointments:

• Lindsay Spann - vice president of development and equity initiatives
• Jazmin Jones - manager of chapter operations and university programs

Markel appointed Andrew Umphress as the head of terrorism for North America. He served as vice president and senior public entity property underwriter at Munich Re Specialty. NFP announced that Amanda Wescott joined the company's Risk and Insurance Strategy Collective as vice president, director of U.S. captive management operations. She served as vice president and senior client team leader at Marsh. Starr Insurance announced the following appointments:

• Christopher Magee - vice president, international head of financial lines and professional liability
• Sean Chen - CEO, Singapore

Fred C. Church Insurance appointed Damual Greaves to its Education team as a client executive. He served at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as assistant director, office of insurance. Fusion Specialty promoted Samuel Shirley to the dual role of managing partner, M&A, Fusion Specialty U.K., and global chief underwriting officer, M&A. He previously served at Aviva. Related: People on the move in the P&C insurance industry: August 25, 2023