All the headlines from our Berkley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 23 2015 // Midwest Employers Casualty Company (MECC), which specializes in excess workers’ compensation, has hired Dr. Fernando S. Branco as medical director. Branco will lead a team of six medical management consultants who...
Jun 9 2015 // Berkley Corp. reported that Steven S. Zeitman has been named president of its excess and surplus lines carrier Admiral Insurance, succeeding James S. Carey. The appointment is effective immediately. Carey passed away in...
Apr 29 2015 // Dallas, TX, April 29, 2015 – Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. has been awarded the rare distinction “Exemplary Agent” by Nautilus Insurance Group (a W. R. Berkley Company). Nautilus gives this...
Apr 10 2015 // Scottsdale, AZ, April 10, 2015- Nautilus Insurance, which writes on behalf of Nautilus Insurance Company and Great Divide Insurance Company, member companies of W. R. Berkley Corporation, has announced the enhancement of...
Apr 6 2015 // Encino, Calif.-based Republic Indemnity Company of America has named Allen Goodwin president. He succeeds Dwayne Marioni, who retired earlier in early March.Goodwin joined the company in 2011 as senior vice president of...
Mar 30 2015 // W. R. Berkley Corp. said it has combined its U.S. broker market reinsurance units, Berkley Re America and Facultative ReSources, into a single operating unit that will trade under the Berkley Re America (BRAM) name.Berkley...
Mar 25 2015 // Nautilus Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. has announced two changes to the management team of the organization. Michael J. Kilgas, who has served as senior vice president of claims, will move to a new role as senior...
Mar 25 2015 // Nautilus Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. has announced two changes to the management team of the organization. Michael J. Kilgas, who has served as senior vice president of claims, will move to a new role as senior...
Mar 13 2015 // Scottsdale, AZ, March 13, 2015 – Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of Nautilus Insurance Company (“Nautilus”) and Great Divide Insurance Company (“Great Divide”), member companies of W. R....
Feb 27 2015 // Sunrise, FL, February 27, 2015 – MacNeill Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Team Focus Insurance Group (Team Focus), and a licensed managing general agent (MGA) specializing in commercial, personal, transportation and...
Feb 17 2015 // Berkley Life Sciences, a W. R. Berkley Co., has launched Corporate Lifeline, a new coverage for life science companies seeking to effectively address increased government scrutiny of company practices under the Foreign...
Dec 1 2014 // An insurance company is suing the owner of an 18th-century replica sailing ship that sank during Superstorm Sandy. Newsday reported on Nov. 14 that Acadia Insurance (a W.R. Berkley Co.) sued Robert Hansen earlier last...
Nov 17 2014 // An insurance company is suing the owner of an 18th-century replica sailing ship that sank during Superstorm Sandy.Newsday reported on Nov. 14 that Acadia Insurance Co. sued Robert Hansen this month. The suit seeks to...
Oct 20 2014 // Berkley FinSecure, a W .R. Berkley company based in Towson, Md., has launched Berkley Crime, an operating unit focused solely on offering crime-related insurance products.The crime underwriting team of Berkley FinSecure,...
Sep 16 2014 // Berkley FinSecure, a W. R. Berkley company based in Towson, Maryland, has promoted Jon Martin to vice president and director of sales. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for management of Berkley FinSecure’s...
Sep 16 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire and Marine Underwriters hired Chris Beckman as operations and risk management director. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beckman will be responsible for underwriter support in systems, risk...
Sep 8 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire and Marine Underwriters hired Jaymee Parker as a territory underwriting manager. She is based in Detroit, Mich.Parker will be responsible for agency relationships and underwriting growth...
Aug 18 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters hired Kiley O’Connell as territory underwriting manager for the states of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.O’Connell is...
Aug 15 2014 // Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley Co., has launched a new insurance policy for small businesses in Maine and New Hampshire called AcadiaAdvantage. The product is expected to be available in additional states this...
Jun 3 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against patent holders in two cases, rejecting a legal theory used to sue technology companies and requiring patents to be written with more specific language.The rulings come in a Supreme...