XS Brokers (XSB), an independent insurance underwriting and wholesale brokerage group, has announced a series of promotions.
Misty Quail has been promoted to EVP, Business Development Manager. Under her leadership, she will ensure XS Brokers’ family-owned company values extend to supporting clients and advance the company’s efforts of attracting Top 100 retailers nationwide.
At the same time, Sean McVicker has been promoted to EVP/National P&C Brokerage Leader, where he will continue to focus on scaling the Brokerage division’s Casualty business as well as guide an alignment of Brokerage Property.
XSB has also promoted Brendan Nohelty, to SVP/Division Leader Brokerage Property, where he will lead all Brokerage Property initiatives, including Middle Market placements.
In addition, Steven Finkelstein has been promoted to SVP/Professional & Mgmt. Liability, and Ryan Darby has been promoted to VP/Mid-West Region.
Within Binding Authority, Brian Radell has been promoted to SVP/Binding Authority Markets taking a lead role on engagement with binding carriers and relationship management.
Lastly, to support the growth and diversification of carriers within the Binding Authority market segment, Chris Kiely has been promoted to SVP/Technical Underwriting.
“Over the past three years, XS Specialty Brokerage has become a significantly larger portion of XSB’s overall premiums. As a result, our Brokerage offerings have grown considerably all the while enhancing our depth of product solutions and service performance to our retail insurance agent clients,” said Eric Wirkus, President of XS Brokers.
He continued: “These Brokerage promotions demonstrate the leadership quality that resides in our company. These are the associates, individually and collectively, that have helped drive the division’s growth from 21% of the company’s total premium in 2020 to over 35% in 2021. If that isn’t impressive enough, through August of this year, our Brokerage run rate exceeds 47%.”
“We believe in the value of promoting from within individuals who demonstrate leadership and an understanding of the needs of the client,” said Adam Devine, CEO of XS Brokers.
“In this case, we have been fortunate to have several very talented associates in our Brokerage division who have played a central role in enabling XS Specialty Brokerage to achieve phenomenal growth performance.”
