Simokonis
Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Tim Simokonis as senior vice president within its Employee Benefits Group in the Southeast. The Florida-based consultant will serve a national client base, focusing on self-funded health plans, data transparency, and fiduciary optimization strategies.
Simokonis has more than 18 years of experience focused on self-funded health plans, including ASO (Administrative Services Only) and PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Management) contract review and negotiation, data-driven performance optimization and complex risk management. Before joining Alliant, Simokonis was vice president with Lockton Companies.
Sunstar Insurance Group, a retail brokerage platform serving the Southeast and Midwest, appointed Daniel Romero as chief acquisition officer.
Romero
Romero has more than 15 years’ experience in insurance company mergers and acquisitions and has led more than 130 transactions, Memphis-based Sunstar said in a news release. He was previously head of corporate development at Evertree Insurance and was vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Hub International. He will oversee Sunstar’s continued growth at a pivotal moment for the company, through finding, structuring and integrating new agency partnerships.
Sunstar was founded in 2012 by Casey Bowlin. It employs more than 800 and boasts an estimated $2 billion in written premium this year
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