Cooper Gay & Cashman and Cooper Gay have appointed James Brost as executive vice president of the newly formed Cooper Gay & Cashman unit based in Minneapolis.
Brost was previously vice chairman of Collins, Minneapolis, a company that he co-founded in 1987. Before then he was at EW Blanch Holdings, the Minneapolis-based risk management and global reinsurance broker.
Cooper Gay & Cashman chief executive Michael Cashman said of Brost: “He is a tremendous addition to our company as a leader and reinsurance professional.”