A number of insurance and financial services organizations announced leadership changes this week, spanning property and casualty brokerage, employee benefits consulting, individual retirement solutions and corporate governance.
NFP added a senior vice president to its upstate New York risk capital team, Starkweather & Shepley named a new employee benefits practice leader following a long-serving executive's retirement, Guardian appointed a head of distribution for its individual markets business, Corgi Insurance brought on a head of compliance and regulatory affairs, and Centene Corporation confirmed a board retirement alongside a new board appointment.
NFP, an Aon company and P&C broker and benefits consultant, has named Fran Chamberlain (pictured, left) senior vice president, Risk Capital - the division within NFP that manages client relationships and carrier placements for property and casualty business.
Based in Albany, New York, Chamberlain will manage client relationships and lead operational and strategic initiatives for upstate New York, reporting to Paul Costantino, regional managing director, P&C.
Chamberlain most recently served as senior manager of training and development at Acrisure, overseeing employee development and regional operations. She previously spent nearly 20 years with CLG Insurance in the Albany area in several roles, and holds the Certified Insurance Service Representative and Certified Insurance Counselor designations from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research.
Costantino said Chamberlain's P&C background and experience leading client-facing teams would strengthen NFP's presence in upstate New York.
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage has appointed Chris Nadeau (pictured, center) as employee benefits practice leader, succeeding Joan Greenwell, who is retiring after more than 15 years in the role.
Nadeau brings more than 35 years of employee benefits consulting experience and will oversee the practice's growth and strategic direction, including expanding consulting capabilities and strengthening carrier and client relationships.
Andrew Fotopulos, chairman and CEO of Starkweather & Shepley, credited Greenwell with building the practice's foundation over her tenure and said Nadeau's experience positions him to lead its next phase as clients navigate an increasingly complex healthcare and benefits environment.
Centene Corporation has announced that Kenneth Burdick (pictured, right) has retired from the company's board of directors, effective July 28, 2026, and that Paul J. Diaz has been appointed to the board, also effective July 28, 2026.
Burdick joined Centene's board in January 2022 following a career that included serving as the company's executive vice president of Products and Markets and, before that, CEO of WellCare Health Plans.
Diaz is a managing partner at Cressey & Company, a private investment firm focused on healthcare, and previously served as president and CEO of Myriad Genetics and, before that, of Kindred Healthcare. He has also served on the boards of DaVita and PharMerica.
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has named Kevin Luebbers head of distribution, responsible for the sales and distribution strategy across its individual markets businesses.
Luebbers will report to Mike Perry, Head of Client Solutions and Wealth Management, and will help expand Guardian's protection, wealth management, and retirement solutions offerings.
Luebbers joins Guardian from Jackson National Life, where he most recently served as head of sales. Over a 25-year career, he has led distribution and growth strategies across wirehouse, bank, independent, agency, hybrid, and registered investment advisor channels.
Corgi Insurance, a licensed carrier that underwrites, prices, issues and administers its own policies rather than distributing coverage through brokers or managing general agents, has appointed Andrew Hefty as head of compliance and regulatory affairs. Founded in 2024 and a graduate of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch, Corgi won regulatory approval as a licensed carrier in July 2025 and offers startups coverage including D&O, E&O, cyber, commercial general liability, hired and non-owned auto and fiduciary liability, using AI systems to run underwriting, policy administration and claims in-house.
Hefty will lead the company's compliance and regulatory strategy, oversee its compliance programs, manage relationships with regulators and outside counsel, and advise Corgi's executive team and board on regulatory matters as the company expands into new products and markets.
Hefty joins Corgi after more than a decade with the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, where he served as an investigative and senior trial attorney handling securities fraud, deceptive offerings, and insider trading cases. He previously spent nearly 15 years in private practice, most recently as a partner at an international law firm, and began his legal career in the US Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps.
"I've spent my career on both sides of the regulatory relationship: 15 years in private practice helping organizations navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges, and a decade at the SEC on the enforcement side, seeing firsthand what regulators expect and what happens when individuals and companies get it wrong," Hefty said.
