Willis North America announced the appointment of FRANK CASTRO as Health Care Practice Leader. Castro has been serving as Senior Vice President of Willis North America National Health Care Practice since 2007.
Castro assumes the position previously held by MARY BOTKIN who retired in November 2011. In this role, Castro will lead a team of more than 150 healthcare insurance professionals to drive growth across the platform. He will work closely with Willis North America's regional retail offices to align resources and deliver industry leading solutions and service to more than 6,000 Willis healthcare clients.
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Eric Joost, Chief Executive, Willis North America Specialties said: "Frank's strong track record and outstanding client focus will ensure we continue to build on the success of the Willis Health Care Practice. Willis' health care practice professionals truly understand their clients' needs and industries and stand ready to deliver the best solutions and services to all of our clients."
EILEEN CONLON has been appointed Managing Director at Beecher Carlson. She will be primarily responsible for the development and management of healthcare accounts by leveraging her extensive knowledge base coupled with Beecher Carlson?s healthcare resources. She will also work with other complex property and casualty clients such as commercial real estate owners.
Eileen will operate from Beecher Carlson?s Miami office. She brings more than 20 years of insurance industry experience to her new role. Most recently, she served as Managing Director with Willis after its acquisition of HRH of Florida Inc. in 2008. Prior to Willis, she was the President of South Florida operations for HRH where she was responsible for leading business strategy, strategic marketing and sales management.
Frank McKenna, Executive Managing Director said: ?We could not be more pleased to be bringing talent like Eileen into the organization. She has a proven track record of advocating on behalf of her clients and exceeding their expectations. We are excited to have Eileen join our team.?
TODD E. CUSANO has joined Business Risk Partners?a managing general agency focused on specialty commercial insurance?as the Underwriting Manager for Professional Liability. From 2007 to 2011, Cusano served as an Assistant Vice President for Allied World Assurance Company/Darwin National Assurance Company where he built and managed a $50 million professional liability program for lawyers underwritten on admitted and surplus lines paper. Previous to that, he spent four years with The Hartford as an Executive Underwriter and Claims Consultant.
Cusano began his career practicing law with Hartford-based law firm Updike, Kelly and Spellacy. He returned briefly to the firm this year working in commercial litigation and professional liability before joining Business Risk Partners.
While in his early thirties, Cusano served as one of the youngest mayors in the state of Connecticut for the town of Rocky Hill.
January 10, 2012
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