Holmes Murphy has named John Hurley II to the newly created position of president of property casualty brokerage services, effective July 1. Hurley was formerly senior vice president of the brokerage’s property casualty operations. He has led the property casualty business for the past year, and was instrumental in developing and implementing an enterprise-wide property casualty sales process as well as building the leadership team, said Dan Keough, chairman and CEO. “His approach has allowed Property Casualty to grow, and we could not be more thrilled to see his innovation bring forth more positive outcomes,” Keough said. Hurley has nearly 30 years of insurance industry experience and has been with Holmes Murphy since he began as an intern in 1990. He currently resides in Waukee with his family.