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Houston-based Columbia Lloyds Allowance Co., a provider of homeowners and addressee abode allowance throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, appointed John R. Todd as admiral and arch controlling officer, and Shabbir “Sam” Bana as arch operating officer.

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Todd has been with Columbia Lloyds back 2010, accepting served as the arch acknowledged administrator and was amenable for the Action and Regulatory/Compliance acknowledged divisions. Additionally, added afresh he was a affiliate of and ultimately led Reinsurance and Operations.

Prior to abutting Columbia Lloyds, Todd specialized in allowance law, as a clandestine convenance attorney.

Bana is abutting Columbia Lloyds as the arch operating officer. He is a 22 year industry veteran, best afresh confined as arch accession administrator and carnality admiral of FarmAssure LLC.

Bana has all-encompassing acquaintance in developing allowance systems, developing and managing auto allowance programs, and accepted business management. He was the admiral and CEO of A Abana Allowance Casework Inc. for 14 years, above-mentioned to creating Bana Enterprises Inc., a business administration consulting company.

Dallas-based ANBTX Allowance Casework Inc. answer Jeri Payne to controlling carnality president, bureau operations and services.

Payne abutting ANBTX in 2010 as carnality president, bartering curve administration manager. Her new role as EVP, bureau operations and services, will accommodate added authoritative administration and oversight.

Mike Baker abutting ANBTX as carnality admiral in the bartering property/casualty allowance division.

Formerly with CIB (Commercial Allowance Brokers Inc.) in El Paso, Baker has over 12 years of industry acquaintance and carries the Certified Allowance Counselor designation.

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Baker has a advanced ambit of able acquaintance including ability in ample bartering acreage risks, automated accomplishment sectors, home builders, recyclers, restaurants and contractors.

ANBTX additionally added Tammy Mullins as bartering curve annual controlling and Shad Durham as chief affirmation administrator in its bartering property/casualty division.

Mullins comes to ANBTX from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and brings 18 years of acquaintance in bartering P/C annual management. In accession to managing a large, adapted book of business, she will advice administer bartering curve marketing, workflow processes and chump accident management.

As chief affirmation manager, Durham will be amenable for applicant claims advancement including ecology the allowance carrier affirmation administration process, assets setting, advantage assay and action strategy. Ahead a accident claims specialist with State Farm, Durham has 10 years of affirmation adjusting and counseling experience.

ANBTX Allowance Services, aforetime Sleeper Sewell Allowance Services, is a accessory of American Civic Bank of Texas.

Texas-based CPro Associates, a banker specializing workers’ advantage and activity abrasion allowance articles and services, assassin Jon Archer as civic business administrator for alternatives to workers’ comp.

Archer has added than 25 years of acquaintance in the workers’ atone nonsubscriber market. He will assignment with absolute agents in Texas and Oklahoma on workers’ atone alternatives, as able-bodied as means to advice audience to abate anatomic injuries and ascendancy costs.

A accustomed ascendancy on workers’ atone alternatives, Archer is a common apostle to groups beyond Texas and Oklahoma including TXANS (Texas Association of Amenable Nonsubscribers), Council on Education in Management, Houston Association of Health Underwriters and Absolute Allowance Agents of Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, El Paso and San Antonio.

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Prior to abutting CPro, Archer was chief business specialist for Great American.

Austin, Texas-based absolute allowance agency, Watkins Allowance Group, added Colin Williams as carnality admiral of Business Development.

Williams joins 15 primarily bartering lines-focused producers at Watkins’ Austin headquarters. He has added than 20 years of acquaintance in the allowance industry.

Founded in Austin in 1949, Watkins Allowance Group has added locations throughout Texas, including Holly Lake, Longview, Marble Falls, Mineola, Tyler and Waco.

Conroe, Texas-based absolute allowance wholesaler, Ashley Accepted Agency, added Adam Arnold to its underwriting team.

Arnold has all-encompassing acquaintance in the allowance industry that includes a accomplishments with a well-respected managing accepted bureau and a civic allowance carrier specializing in diplomacy business.

His career includes over 11 years of marketing, specialty diplomacy underwriting, territorial administration and retail bureau development. Arnold has underwriting ability in both accepted and non-admitted facilities.

The new lath assembly of the Texas Windstorm Allowance Association charge accommodate three assembly who alive in littoral counties, three assembly who alive at atomic 100 afar from the coast, and three allowance industry assembly who address and renew windstorm and barrage allowance forth the Gulf Coast, beneath the accoutrement of Senate Bill 900, which was anesthetized by the Legislature this year.

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The new members, whose agreement began on Oct. 1, are:

Stephens Allowance LLC assassin industry veterans and activity specialists, Stuart Wallace and Morgan Moore, in Houston.

Wallace will serve as admiral of the afresh opened Stephens Allowance Houston office. Previously, Wallace was with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for added than 15 years, area he was a advance ambassador and captivated several chief administration positions absolute with managing administrator of the Activity Convenance Group.

Moore joins as chief carnality president. She ahead formed with Wallace at Arthur J. Gallagher area she focused on energy-related primary blow programs and applicant relations. Her acquaintance spans affirmed cost, deductible, self-insured retentions and bound allowance programs.

Earlier, she was a civic accounts advocate for the All-around Abyssal & Energy, Primary Blow Assay at American International Group (AIG) in both the Houston and Manhattan offices.

Stephens Allowance is headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., and has added than 150 assembly in offices in Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Dallas, Austin, Jackson and best recently, Houston. It is a accessory of Stephens Inc., a abounding account advance cyberbanking close headquartered in Little Rock.

Joe O’Connor has abutting Texas-based Southwest Accident LP as chief carnality president, agent and advocate with a primary focus on developing new abyssal and activity products. He is based in Houston.

O’Connor has 23 years of all-around acquaintance with both calm entities and assorted Lloyd’s Syndicates as a delegated awning holder.

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He has served in chief administration capacities with ample carriers and has auspiciously congenital two abyssal and activity alpha up underwriting operations. He is currently a affiliate of the United States Maritime Law Association, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute and the Houston Mariners Club.

Southwest Accident is a specialty curve allowance agent for aerial hazard business exposures.

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