What’s New: In Brief (January 14, 2009)

Sylvie Tremblay, Silvana Facciolo, Steven DelGreco and Anthony Tuson have joined Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. 
Tremblay has been named director of operations. She has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry and will be concentrating primarily on several special projects with Crawford’s regional claims centres in Mississauga and Montreal.
Facciolo, who has 25 years of experience, has joined Crawford as director of business development in the firm’s sales and marketing division. She will oversee several account management projects in addition to sales and marketing initiatives.
DelGreco has been appointed manager of Crawford’s Toronto West branch. With more than 22 years of experience, DelGreco will manage a group of multi-line adjusters and support staff in one of Crawford’s largest branches.
Tuson, national account executive, has moved to Crawford’s Toronto location from Vancouver.
He will continue to be responsible for commercial property and casualty accounts across Canada, in addition to enhancing Crawford’s initiatives with several of its key accounts.

David H. Atkins has been elected non-executive chairman of Kingsway Financial Services.
He assumed the role after F. Michael Walsh announced his resignation due to health reasons.
Walsh will continue as director of Kingsway.