Beecher Carlson launches national private equity/mergers team

Beecher Carlson Insurance Services L.L.C. on Wednesday said it has established a national private equity/mergers and acquisitions team.

The team will be led by Kevin Maloy and Damian Smith, with John Green joining the team, the Atlanta-based brokerage said in a statement.

The practice will specialize in providing preclosing insurance, employee benefits solutions, aggregated insurance platforms, transactional risk solutions for large and middle market private equity firms, infrastructure funds, alternative asset managers and corporate clients, according to the statement.

Mr. Maloy joins Beecher Carlson from Crystal & Company, where he founded their mergers and acquisitions group, according to the statement.

Mr. Smith was previously head of the national property placement team on behalf of the mergers and acquisitions group at Crystal, the brokerage said.

Mr. Green also joins from Crystal, where he was in the national mergers and acquisitions group, supporting the due diligence and post-close procurement efforts, according to the statement.

Messrs. Maloy, Smith and Green are based in New York.