All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” for Midwest Builders’ Casualty Mutual Insurance...
Oct 16 2015 // The Main Street America Group, a super-regional property/casualty mutual insurance holding company, has appointed Chris Cox to president of Old Dominion Insurance Co., its primary writing company and brand throughout...
Sep 28 2015 // Worldwide Facilities, a wholesale broker and managing general agent based in Los Angeles, hired Bill Craane as vice president and New York Casualty Practice leader. He’s based in Worldwide Facilities’ New York...
Sep 25 2015 // Great American Insurance Group based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named James (Jim) R. Niehaus was named senior vice president and chief information officer of its Property and Casualty Group. Jim Niehaus Niehaus joined the...
Sep 23 2015 // New York, NY, September 22, 2015 — Worldwide Facilities, LLC is pleased to announce that Bill Craane has joined the company’s New York City office in the position of Vice President & NY Casualty Practice...
Sep 17 2015 // A.M. Best has downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bb” from “bb+” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B (Fair) of American Access Casualty Company (AACC), based in Chicago,...
Sep 16 2015 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a specialized large account insurance broker and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., hired Jason Ross as casualty client executive, Northeast Casualty...
Sep 16 2015 // Hiscox has merged its Bermuda and London Market casualty reinsurance teams. The new division, operating under the Hiscox Re brand, and led by Nick Pascall as head of Casualty Reinsurance, controls a combined portfolio of...
Sep 9 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance has produced a summary of various bills passed by the Texas Legislature this year that impact property/casualty insurance companies. Many but not all of the following were effective Sept....
Sep 9 2015 // Willis North America has appointed Eric Silverstein, formerly of Lockton, as senior vice president of National Casualty.In this role, Silverstein will support workers’ compensation, primary and excess casualty,...
Sep 7 2015 // FLOIR has approved the removal of up to 279,357 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by the following seven companies: Anchor Property &...
Sep 7 2015 // Lloyd’s international casualty reinsurance underwriters are running the risk of repeating the same mistakes that have placed the market in difficulty in the past, according to a new poll of Lloyd’s reinsurance...
Sep 3 2015 // XL Catlin’s Excess & Surplus (E&S) Casualty business has unveiled a new geographically-focused structure and named three new regional leaders. Coy Rudd is appointed East regional vice president in New York;...
Sep 3 2015 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that its Allied World Global Markets unit has expanded its casualty team with the appointments of James Emerton as Vice President and Martin Fisher as Assistant Vice...
Sep 1 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced today that it has acquired Insurance Management Associates (IMA) in Voorhees, New...
Sep 1 2015 // Lloyd’s international casualty reinsurance underwriters are running the risk of repeating the same mistakes that have placed the market in difficulty in the past, according to a new straw poll of Lloyd’s...
Aug 26 2015 // Strickland Insurance Group, Inc. has reached a definitive agreement for Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., based in Goldsboro, N.C., to be acquired by Auto-Owners Insurance Group of Lansing, Mich.According to Bobby...
Aug 19 2015 // Everest Re Group, Ltd. announced two leadership appointments to its U.S. Insurance Specialty Casualty Operation. Connie Germano has been appointed leader of the U.S. Specialty Casualty Operation, responsible for the...
Aug 18 2015 // Insurance claims from the devastating explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin last week could exceed initial estimates and strain the finances of regional insurers, credit ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday.Credit...
Aug 12 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced today that it has approved the removal of up to 279,357 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance...