IFG Cos. announced that Dennis Doyle has joined as managing director in its property department. Doyle will be based in the Los Angeles area and will help to open the company's new office in that region.

He will help to lead the company's commercial property initiatives nationally and oversee a team of property underwriters, manage the development of forms and oversee property accumulation control. Doyle most recently worked for Colony Specialty Insurance Co., where he was responsible for overseeing its special property unit at the national level.