Personnel Changes: Assurant, Lincoln, Others

Roth has a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from the University of Dayton.

- American Specialty Health Inc., San Diego, has hired Jerry Nosewicz to be vice president of national health plan sales.

Nosewicz previously was vice president of national account sales at EyeMed Vision Care L.L.C., Mason, Ohio.

Nosewicz has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of South Florida. He holds the Registered Health Underwriter and Certified Benefit Consultant professional designations.

- First Western Financial Inc., Denver, has hired John Shope to be executive vice president, sales and marketing, and Melissa Montgomery-Fitzsimmons to be director of wealth planning.

Shope previously was executive vice president of worldwide sales at Exclusive Resorts L.L.C., Denver.

Montgomery-Fitzsimmons was vice president, wealth advisors, in the Denver office of JPMorgan Chase & Company, New York.

- Cowles & Thompson P.C., Dallas, a law firm, has brought in Drew Bagot, an insurance law specialist, to be a shareholder.

Bagot has a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from Southern Methodist University.

- The American Academy of Actuaries, Washington, has hired Nancy Bennett to be a senior life fellow and legislative and regulatory affairs liaison.

Bennett has been a vice president and head of enterprise risk management at Ameriprise Financial Inc., Minneapolis.

Bennett has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from the University of Northern Iowa. She holds the Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst professional designations.