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Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton, an independent insurance brokerage firm, named David Roberts vice president. He joins the sales team in the Ft. Worth, Texas, office specializing in commercial insurance and risk management.

Roberts has 10 years of experience in property and casualty sales. He has expertise in the automotive and transportation, construction and hospitality industries.

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) named Paul Tetrault state and policy affairs counsel.

Tetrault has served as Northeast state affairs manager for NAMIC for more than six years. In his new position, his duties will include regulatory issue management, legal analysis, and public policy development in support of NAMIC’s State and Policy Affairs Department. He will be part of NAMIC’s team responsible for covering developments at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and also will serve as liaison to national legislative organizations on tort reform and civil-justice-related matters.

Tetrault will continue to be based in the Boston area and will cover legislative and regulatory issues in Massachusetts.

Woodbury, N.Y.-based broker Sterling & Sterling appointed Betsy Good to the newly created position of senior vice president, director of strategy. Her responsibilities include: identifying and developing new carrier relationships; new program development; marketing existing programs; and managing profitability of those programs.

Good worked for more than eight years as underwriting manager and director of new program development at Victor Schinnerer. She also worked at Kemper as national underwriting director of the multi-line technology segment.

Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Martin V. Flannery vice president in the property/casualty group.

Prior to joining Poms & Associates, Flannery was vice president of marketing and sales at ISU Bob Gabriel Company Insurance.

Susan Watson and Henry Eford joined workers’ compensation specialty insurer Employers as sales executives in Texas.

Watson is sales executive for the Dallas/Ft. Worth market. Based in Dallas, Watson brings 20 years of experience to Employers. She was most recently a sales manager at Nationwide Insurance.

Eford was named sales executive for the Austin and San Antonio markets. Based in Austin, Eford brings extensive sales and business development experience to Employers, with advanced knowledge of wholesale and retail insurance operations and business insurance coverage. Eford recently was an account executive at Travelers Insurance Co.

Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), an Omaha, Neb.-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, hired Patti Hiemer as accounting clerk, as well as made a number of staff changes.

James O. Walters was promoted from vice president, information systems to senior vice president and chief information officer. Walters has been with PPIC for 15 years.

Karen McIntosh, promoted from claims administrator to information support specialist, has been with PPIC for more than 12 years.

Dana Henderson, promoted from finance assistant to claims coordinator, has been with PPIC for 10-plus years.

Lisa Keane, promoted from senior claims attorney to director of claims, has been with PPIC for 12-plus years.

Anne Cornell, promoted from claims attorney to senior claims attorney, has been with PPIC for more than nine years.

Lisa Wendell, who has been with PPIC for four years, was promoted from agency account coordinator to business development and agency administrator.

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