Stephens Adds Four to Payroll

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | 0

Stephens Insurance, an affiliate of Arkansas-based investment banking firm Stephens Inc., has hired Kevin Yandell, the longtime workers' compensation and property claims supervisor for the Texas Association of Counties.

Kevin Yandell

Yandell will be claims coordinator for Stephens' Texas operations and will be based in Austin, the company said in news release Monday. Yandell has 15 years of experience in multiline claims, loss analysis, and other aspects of administering workers’ compensation and commercial property claims, the bulletin said.

Stephens also hired Chris Hawkins as senior vice president, and Robert Mann and John Rhodes as vice presidents in Texas. 

“With these additions, we continue to build a team around expertise that truly meets the needs and interests of our clients," said Martin Rhodes, president of Stephens Insurance.

Hawkins will lead the firm’s automotive risk management services, a new offering under Stephens’ commercial property and casualty line. Previously, Hawkins was a senior vice president with Arthur J. Gallagher’s Automotive Practice. He will work from the Austin branch.

Mann joins Stephens after 16 years in management and business development in the construction industry. He will develop relationships among contractors and real estate companies in support of the firm’s commercial lines business. Recently, he served as Development Manager at Patrinely Group LLC. He will be in the Houston office.

Rhodes will support new business development in Texas. Previously, he spent six years with AmWins Group Inc., assisting in complex energy property risks. He will be based in Austin.