Stewart Information Services Corp. unit Stewart Title made several appointments in commercial services in California and Washington.
Warren Samek was named senior vice president and commercial services regional manager for the northwestern region, Marion Aaron joined as a vice president and commercial services manager for San Francisco and Shawn Elpel was hired as senior vice president and western regional senior underwriting counsel.
Rich Blumenthal, who previously was commercial services manager and senior underwriting counsel for San Francisco, will now focus exclusively on underwriting to support clients for San Francisco. Peter Johndrow will continue to serve as vice president and commercial services manager for Seattle.
