Brown & Brown Empire State has hired Diane Nichols as a marketing specialist for its employee-benefits team. She brings several years of customer service, office, and account management experience to the firm. Marilyn Kelley joins the employee-benefits team as an account manager. She previously worked in account management and sales and has five years experience […]
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Brown & Brown Empire State has hired Diane Nichols as a marketing specialist for its employee-benefits team. She brings several years of customer service, office, and account management experience to the firm. Marilyn Kelley joins the employee-benefits team as an account manager. She previously worked in account management and sales and has five years experience as a benefit advisor at Guardian Insurance. Elenore Arquette joined the Brown & Brown personal lines team as a producer. With her husband, John, Elenore Arquette is co-owner of John Arquette Properties, which they launched six years ago. Most recently, she worked at Ellis, Moreland & Ellis Insurance as a personal lines producer. Arquette holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Rochester and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Washington. Rob Ransier and Michael Chapman also joined the personal lines team as producers. Ransier was previously employed as an itinerant special-education teacher for eight years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology as well as a master’s degree in early childhood education. Chapman most recently worked as vice president of operations for the Greater Baldwinsville Ice Arena. He holds an associate degree in liberal arts from Onondaga Community College. David Lee and Mike Lane joined the Brown & Brown commercial lines team as producers. Lee entered the insurance industry in 2011 where he was a P&C Agent for the Paychex Insurance Agency and earned a Rookie of the Year award for 2013 and the #2 Top P&C Producer within the agency. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and specialized in classical flute performance. Lane has a background as a workers’-compensation claims adjuster. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from SUNY Oswego and an MBA from Le Moyne College.