Latest Casualty Headlines

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Golden Gate Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Recognizes Leaders

Mar 22 2010 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Golden Gate Chapter has awarded Janis Dunivin of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of California with its Insurance Person of the Year Award, and State Farm with its...

P/C Executives to Dodd: Don’t Shift Risky Firms’ Costs to Insurers

Mar 19 2010 // Property/casualty insurance companies, which already pay into state guaranty funds to backup claims of their insolvent peers, don’t want to have to also pay into a federal fund to cover failures of larger and riskier...

Best Affirms Ratings of Farmers Insurance Group and Members

Mar 17 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Farmers Insurance Group and its members. Best also affirmed the debt...

Property/Casualty Insurers Have Issues with Dodd Financial Reform Bill

Mar 16 2010 // Even though they are largely excluded from the federal financial regulatory overhaul proposed in the Senate, property/casualty insurers say there are some elements they fear could negatively affect them and their...

Ohio Casualty Introduces New Learning Center for Appointed Agents

Mar 10 2010 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has introduced its comprehensive online Agent Learning Center for its appointed agencies.Ohio Casualty appointed agents can now register for classroom...

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Mar 7 2010 // Thomas J. Schaffler has been named president of Lockton Cos. employee benefits practice in Chicago. He joined Lockton more than 10 years ago as executive vice president and producer and serves on the Chicago executive...

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Mar 7 2010 // The Main Street America Group announced that Steve Peeters, who most recently was president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Zurich Insurance Services, has joined The Main Street America Group as...

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Mar 7 2010 // Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with...

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Feb 21 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) on Feb. 2 presented its 2010 Independent Leadership Award to Joe Straus III, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. The Independent Leadership Award was presented...

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Feb 21 2010 // Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. opened a third location in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Douglas Ball, an account executive, will work out of the new office focusing on creating customized, employee benefits packages for Idaho...

Ironshore Makes Two Executive Appointments

Feb 19 2010 // Specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. has appointed Jordan Gantz as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of the U.S. Specialty Casualty unit.Gantz currently serves as senior vice president at Ironshore Risk...

Property Casualty Market’s Love Affair With Main Street Business

Feb 7 2010 // Main Street business often means different things to different people, but it generally refers to small commercial establishments that would be found in towns and villages across the United States. The Small Business...

Two Execs Join Zurich’s Energy Casualty Business Unit

Jan 29 2010 // Insurer Zurich said it is expanding its presence in the U.S. energy casualty insurance market by adding two new executives to its Commercial Energy Casualty business unit.Greg Cropp, vice president of Energy Excess...

Liberty International Underwriters Restructures Specialty Casualty Unit

Jan 28 2010 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, restructured its U.S. Specialty Casualty unit. The following organizational changes are effective immediately:Carl Pursiano has been named chief...

Torus Appoints Guesde to Lead European Casualty

Jan 26 2010 // Torus has appointed Thomas Guesde as Senior Vice President of its new European Casualty platform. His appointment follows Torus’ launch of its operations in Continental European in September 2009.Guesde reports to...

Safety National Launches a New Large Casualty Program

Jan 22 2010 // St. Louis, Mo.-based excess workers’ compensation coverage provider Safety National has introduced a comprehensive large casualty program, which combines the company’s large deductible workers’...

K&K to Offer New Programs with Scottsdale Insurance

Jan 15 2010 // K&K Insurance Group, based in Fort Wayne, Ind., had added several new programs with Scottsdale Insurance Co. and its affiliated companies, including National Casualty Co. for admitted property and casualty...

Ladner Named Vice Chair of Texas Property/Casualty Guaranty Assoc.

Jan 13 2010 // The Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association has appointed Gerald Ladner to vice chair of its Board of Directors. His term runs through Dec. 31, 2011. Ladner, a resident of Austin, is the regional...

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Jan 10 2010 // The board of directors of the American Academy of Actuaries has elected Mary Frances Miller as the organization’s president-elect. Miller will succeed Ken Hohman as president for the 2010-2011 term.Miller is a...

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Jan 10 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Craig Sparks chairman of its board of directors. Sparks has been president of the Union Standard Insurance Company in Irving since 2000. Sparks’ insurance career began the...