West Des Moines disaster insurance startup Recoop announces key hires

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Recoop Disaster Insurance, a West Des Moines-based specialty insurance company launched earlier this year, announced the addition of two longtime insurance industry experts. Jeffrey Marshall has been named chief operating officer, and Kelly Anonson has been named executive chief of sales. Before joining Recoop, Marshall was most recently with Guy Carpenter, and his more than 20 years of insurance experience includes a variety of capacities including corporate accounting, catastrophe modeling, and most recently as a broker. Anonson, previously with Principal Financial Group, was most recently responsible for the national expansion of Principal’s life, disability and group benefit sales through strategic partnerships. She also spent nine years at Marsh providing brokerage and consulting services to Fortune 1000 clients in the employee benefit space. “We are thrilled to have Jeff and Kelly join our talented team working hard to build Recoop as a valuable safety net to help homeowners and renters bridge the gaps left by traditional insurance policies, said Recoop founder Darren Wood. Insider:An article about Recoop can be found in this week’s Business Record.