Marsh McLennan Agency, the small and mid-sized brokerage unit of Marsh, named Kansas City, Missouri-based Adam Balentine president of national business insurance. He succeeds Denise Perlman, who left the company to join Aon earlier this year. Previously, Mr. Balentine was national director of commercial lines growth and strategy at Risk Strategies.

Based in New York, Stephen Freeman is a Senior Editor at Trending Insurance News. Previously he has worked for Forbes and The Huffington Post. Steven is a graduate of Risk Management at the University of New York.

