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Analytics Advice for Agencies How, Why and Where Agencies Should Use Data Analytics

Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the...

More Employers Adopting Continuous Background Checks on Employees

Jul 12 2018 // Jay Cradeur takes pride in his 4.9 driver rating on Uber Technologies Inc.’s five-star scale and the almost 19,000 rides he’s given in the capital of ride sharing, San Francisco. So he was puzzled — and...

MJ Insurance Adds 3 to Team in Indianapolis

Jul 9 2018 // MJ Insurance has appointed three new team members, Michael Janicki, Amy Sadler and Brittany Dockemeyer, to its Indianapolis office.Janicki joins MJ Insurance in a newly developed role for the Risk Management department as...

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Jul 2 2018 // Cassie Brown has been appointed Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation.She succeeds Ryan Brannan, who left the division on May 1....

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Jul 2 2018 // H.W. Kaufman Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, added Christine M. Tricoli to its executive team as vice president, Human Resources.Based in the company’s Michigan headquarters, Tricoli assumes...

Folgate Insurance Co. Gets UK License to Write Re/Insurance Business

Jun 27 2018 // Folgate Insurance Co. Ltd. has received approval from the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to start writing primary insurance, as well as reinsurance.All business written through Folgate will be...

Modernization, Underwriting Systems & Brexit Top COO Priorities: Lloyd’s Market Assn.

Jun 25 2018 // Market modernization, underwriting systems upgrades and Brexit preparations are the top three 2018 priorities of Lloyd’s market chief operating officers (COOs), a survey commissioned by the Lloyd’s Market...

Why Businesses Need to Plan for Aging Workforce

Jun 21 2018 // The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but employers are doing surprisingly little to...

Connecticut’s Paragon Insurance Holdings Hires Fuller

Jun 21 2018 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC, a national, multi-line specialty managing general agency (MGA) based in Avon, Conn., has hired Tonya Fuller as vice president of its Winery and Brewery division. Additionally, Ashley...

Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence, Relationships

Jun 15 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception.But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...

A Whole New Ballgame: Managing Risk for World Champion Houston Astros

Jun 15 2018 // Monica Rusch’s work was easier when the Houston Astros were losers.She was accustomed to worrying about fans being hit by balls, drunks getting too rowdy, players suffering injuries, thieves breaking into parked...

H.W. Kaufman Group Adds Tricoli as Human Resource Executive

Jun 7 2018 // H.W. Kaufman Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has added Christine M. Tricoli to its executive team as vice president, Human Resources.Based in the company’s Michigan headquarters, Tricoli assumes...

EPIC Holdings Inc. Hires Walter as Chief Talent Officer in Connecticut

Jun 5 2018 // EPIC Holdings Inc., the parent company of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, has added human capital professional Janine Walter as chief talent officer and a member of the EPIC Executive Committee.EPIC is a retail...

Some Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence

Jun 4 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception.But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...

Aon’s Carver Joins Guy Carpenter’s UK Non-Marine Team as Managing Director

May 23 2018 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the appointment of Richard Carver as managing director and senior broker in the firm’s UK non-marine division. Carver has 30 years of experience in the reinsurance...

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May 21 2018 // Kansas City-based independent insurance broker, Lockton, named Said Taiym executive vice president and chief digital officer.Taiym will focus on digital innovation and new technologies to help Lockton. He most recently was...

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May 21 2018 // Woodruff Sawyer has expanded its New England office’s leadership structure due to growth it has seen in the past two years.As part of this initiative, it has positioned its three leaders in roles that designed to...

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May 21 2018 // Privately held independent insurance broker Lockton named Matt DiGregorio as a senior vice president in its South Florida operation.DiGregorio will advise clients in private equity, real estate and other industries on...

Millstream Creates Caritas Insurance Package for International Charities

May 18 2018 // Millstream Underwriting, part of independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group, has launched Caritas, a new product that combines several lines of business the company underwrites into a specifically designed...

XL Catlin Shares Executive Changes, Exits in Preparation for AXA Takeover

May 15 2018 // XL Group has announced management changes and departures in anticipation of the planned acquisition of XL by AXA.French insurer AXA SA has agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash in a bid to capture a bigger...