{"id":3351,"date":"2026-08-03T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:40:04","slug":"bridge-specialty-group-appoints-dave-lewison-as-svp-professional-executive-specialty-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/news\/bridge-specialty-group-appoints-dave-lewison-as-svp-professional-executive-specialty-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Specialty Group appoints Dave Lewison as\u00a0SVP &#8211; Professional, Executive &amp; Specialty Lines\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Strategic leadership hire strengthens&nbsp;Professional, Executive &amp; Specialty&nbsp;Lines and advances&nbsp;the organization\u2019s vision to become the wholesaler of choice<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridge Specialty Group, a leading global insurance wholesale broker,&nbsp;today announced the appointment of\u202fDave Lewison as senior vice president of profession, executive and specialty lines for national brokerage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment reflects Bridge Specialty Group\u2019s continued investment in&nbsp;strengthening&nbsp;its specialty platform&nbsp;and accelerating profitable organic growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this new&nbsp;leadership role, Lewison will partner across the organization to help drive strategic growth initiatives, strengthen&nbsp;retail&nbsp;and carrier relationships, and support the continued advancement of the division\u2019s&nbsp;executive lines practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDave&nbsp;brings an&nbsp;exceptional track record of building high-performing specialty businesses, developing talent and delivering sustainable growth,\u201d said\u202fAnurag Batta, president of Bridge Specialty Group. \u201cWe are intentionally investing in&nbsp;the talent, capabilities and relationships that differentiate&nbsp;us in the marketplace. Dave\u2019s&nbsp;experience and relationships&nbsp;will strengthen our&nbsp;professional,&nbsp;executive&nbsp;and&nbsp;specialty&nbsp;lines&nbsp;platform&nbsp;and help us continue delivering&nbsp;the specialization, service&nbsp;and market access that distinguish Bridge as the wholesale partner of choice.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewison brings nearly three decades of specialty insurance and brokerage leadership experience. Most recently, he served as&nbsp;executive&nbsp;vice&nbsp;president and&nbsp;national&nbsp;practice&nbsp;leader at Amwins, where he&nbsp;led the significant&nbsp;expansion of the firm\u2019s&nbsp;professional&nbsp;lines&nbsp;practice while fostering a highly collaborative culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout his career, Lewison has developed significant experience across management liability, professional liability, executive risk, cyber liability, transactional risk and other complex specialty lines. Beyond his leadership roles at Amwins and Commerce Insurance Services, he was a broker with Stewart Smith East &amp; West and Colemont, after beginning his insurance career as a directors and officers liability underwriter with Great American Insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBridge Specialty Group has built an impressive platform with outstanding people, deep market relationships and a clear vision for the future,\u201d said Lewison. \u201cI\u2019m excited to join the team and help continue building differentiated specialty capabilities that deliver exceptional value for our&nbsp;teammates,&nbsp;customers&nbsp;and&nbsp;carrier partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategic leadership hire strengthens&nbsp;Professional, Executive &amp; Specialty&nbsp;Lines and advances&nbsp;the organization\u2019s vision to become the wholesaler of choice&nbsp; Bridge Specialty Group, a leading global insurance wholesale broker,&nbsp;today announced the appointment of\u202fDave Lewison as senior vice president of profession, executive and specialty lines for national brokerage. The appointment reflects Bridge Specialty Group\u2019s continued investment in&nbsp;strengthening&nbsp;its specialty platform&nbsp;and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/news\/bridge-specialty-group-appoints-dave-lewison-as-svp-professional-executive-specialty-lines\/\">Read&nbsp;More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bridge-news","category-bridge-specialty-news","category-leadership","entry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/david-lewison-blog-image-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/david-lewison-blog-image-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Eileen Fisher","author_link":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/news\/author\/efisher\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3399,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgespecialtygroup.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}