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People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps Marsh’s Smithson to Head Global Financial Lines and Cyber Division; UIB Names Burns and Wilcox’s Webb as Divisional Director – Binders
Jun 8th, 2026 • 5 min • View Source
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and United Insurance Brokers (UIB). A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps Marsh’s Smithson to Head Global Financial Lines and Cyber Division Specialty MGA, a …
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