All the headlines from our Church Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) of “a” to Wisconsin-based CM Select Insurance Co. (CM Select), a wholly owned subsidiary of...
Apr 25 2018 // A church near the South Carolina coast that is more than 150 years old has been heavily damaged in a fire.The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the St. Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant. The fire department and...
Apr 3 2018 // A Michigan priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million now faces a civil lawsuit filed by the insurance company for the Catholic Diocese of Lansing.Rev. Jonathan Wehrle is charged with six counts of embezzling...
Apr 2 2018 // Independent insurance broker ONI Risk Partners (ONI) has hired Mike Loveless as a commercial risk adviser in ONI’s Fort Wayne, Indiana, office.Loveless most recently worked for JPMorgan Chase as a branch manager. He...
Mar 20 2018 // General Star Management Company has launched Allied Health and Churches & Schools Programs to be offered through Promont Insurance Advisors, the program administrator. Together, they will provide eligible risks with...
Mar 12 2018 // Janet Selnes has been named assistant vice president – broker distribution for Merrill, Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. Selnes joined Church Mutual in 2003 as a regional representative and was promoted to...
Mar 8 2018 // Two men who say they were sexually abused by a leader at Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations in San Diego, Calif. in the 1990s have settled their lawsuits against the church’s governing body. The San Diego...
Mar 2 2018 // Authorities say a man who’s responsible for starting fires at several Florida churches has been arrested.A Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office news release says 33-year-old Brody Allen Seiger was arrested on two...
Feb 27 2018 // CM Select Insurance Co. of Merrill, Wisconsin, has been approved to do business in Arkansas, the state insurance department reported.CM Select is a subsidiary of Church Mutual Insurance Co. (CMIC), which specializes in...
Jan 31 2018 // Attorneys representing victims of sex abuse by priests and other employees of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings in Montana argue parish money being held by the diocese should be available to pay a...
Jan 25 2018 // Fred C. Church has added Mark Vermeal to its outdoor-focused risk advisory and insurance practice. Vermeal will open an office in Golden, Colo. will become the senior risk management and safety advisor for the newly...
Jan 24 2018 // Optiv Security, an acquisitive Denver-based company backed by private equity firm KKR, is expanding into Europe where it will offer its cyber security management and consultancy services, executives said on Tuesday.Optiv...
Jan 5 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that private nonprofit houses of worship are now eligible for disaster assistance as community centers, without regard to their secular or religious nature.The...
Dec 27 2017 // Representatives of sex abuse victims and their survivors are suing a bankrupt Roman Catholic diocese in Montana in an effort to ensure more than $70 million in assets are available for those abused by church officials.The...
Dec 18 2017 // John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build an orphanage, a well, a...
Dec 18 2017 // Chicago-based commercial insurer, CNA, has appointed Al Miralles as chief risk officer (CRO), effective Jan. 1, 2018.Miralles joined CNA in 2011 as senior vice president and treasurer and has been leading the Long-Term...
Dec 15 2017 // Chubb announced the appointment of Brian Church as executive vice president and head of International Property for Chubb’s Overseas General business, effective Jan. 1, 2018.In this role, Church will have...
Nov 16 2017 // Two months after Hurricane Irma’s storm surge slammed through tiny Everglades City, the mountains of debris that lined the streets have been reduced to scattered piles and the occasional abandoned stove or...
Nov 15 2017 // Church Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Kevin Root to executive vice president – operations.In his new role, Root will provide direction for the company and position Church Mutual and its family of companies for...
Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors.Cohen will...