MS/B Names Kost VP of Claims Products

Wisconsin-based Marshall and Swift / Boeckh (MS/B), a provider of building cost data and estimating technology to the property insurance industry, announced the promotion of Jonathan Kost to vice president of Claims.

Kost assumes executive responsibility for MS/B’s Claims Solutions Group, a growing segment of MS/B’s building cost data, technology and service offerings. Kost will continue to work from MS/B’s New Berlin, Wis. office.

As an employee of MS/B, Kost has held the positions of claims director, analytics manager, and claims manager. Prior to MS/B, Kost was product manager at Digital Documentations Solutions Inc. (DDS), a property claims estimating technology provider. DDS was purchased by MS/B in 2002.