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Main Street America Promotes Osman; Appoints 4 Officers

May 5 2016 // The Main Street America Group announced the promotion of one company officer to assistant vice president and the appointment of four new company officers, all of whom will be an assistant secretary of the super-regional...

Japanese Insurers Expected to Continue U.S. Spending Spree: Investment Bankers

May 4 2016 // Japanese insurers made more than $18 billion worth of acquisitions in the U.S. last year, and their spending spree isn’t over yet, industry dealmakers said on Tuesday.Japan has a number of large, healthy insurers...

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory Appoints Lien as Managing Director, Hong Kong

Apr 28 2016 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Vincent Lien as managing director of Hong Kong for Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the firm’s investment banking business.Reporting to WCMA co-CEOs, Michael Guo and...

Beecher Carlson Hires Miller as Managing Director in NYC

Apr 28 2016 // Megan Miller Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, a specialized large account risk management broker and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has hired Megan Miller as managing director. She will be...

Lloyd’s Market Urged to Use Oasis Open-Source Cat Models for Wider Risk View

Apr 28 2016 // Lloyd’s managing agents should take full advantage of Oasis, the open source catastrophe modeling platform, in order to get wider views on catastrophe risks, urged Tom Bolt, Lloyd’s director of performance...

Aspen Re Appoints Cardona as Managing Director for Latin America & Caribbean

Apr 27 2016 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.announced that its reinsurance segment, Aspen Re has appointed Hugo A. Cardona as managing director for Latin America and Caribbean.Cardona will join Aspen on May 2 from Odyssey Reinsurance Co....

BKS-Partners in Florida Appoints Ingram to Commercial Risk Management Group

Apr 15 2016 // Florida-Based Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), has appointed Amy Ingram as managing director of the Commercial Risk Management Group. She will be based in company’s Tampa office.Ingram joins...

AIG’s Patel Joins QBE North America as Chief Human Resources Officer

Apr 12 2016 // QBE North America reported that Shruti Patel has joined the organization as chief human resources officer. Patel replaces Hy Pomerance, who was recently appointed chief human resources officer, Emerging Markets, an...

London MGA, Pardus, Raises £1.6M ($2.3M) to Facilitate Next Phase of Growth

Apr 7 2016 // Pardus, the London-based independent managing general agency (MGA), announced the completion of a £1.6 million ($2.3 million) capital raising, which attracted a variety of new private investors into the business.Pardus...

PartnerRe Names Former EXOR Managing Director, Bonaccorso, as CFO

Apr 6 2016 // PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Mario Bonaccorso, formerly managing director at EXOR SpA, has been appointed chief financial officer, subject to Bermuda Immigration approval.Bill Babcock, who has served as executive vice...

K2 Insurance Acquires MGA, Launches Workers’ Comp, Accident Program with QBE

Apr 4 2016 // Program specialist K2 Insurance Services (K2) has acquired a New Jersey managing general agency specializing in workers’ compensation alternatives and also launched a nationwide workers’ compensation program...

BB&T Completes Acquisition of Swett & Crawford

Apr 4 2016 // BB&T Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker CGSC North America (Swett & Crawford) from Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford.North Carolina-based BB&T said it...

Chubb Launches Healthcare Industry Practice, Taps Clouser to Lead

Mar 30 2016 // Chubb has launched a new industry practice providing insurance coverage and risk management options to the healthcare marketplace. Chubb’s Healthcare Industry Practice will offer a range of insurance products and...

Blue River Underwriters Expands Auto Dealer Program Nationally With Acquisition of Platinum Program Managers and Insurance Services

Mar 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2016 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, has acquired California-based wholesale commercial auto insurance provider Platinum Program Managers and Insurance Services....

EPIC Names McDonnell Managing Principal in California

Mar 21 2016 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Brian McDonnell a managing principal, and the formation of a national construction specialty group. McDonnell will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif. office and report to...

10 Things to Know About Product Recall

Mar 21 2016 // The food and beverage sector continues to see pressure on pricing of product contamination coverage, following a number of new carrier markets opening in the past 12 months. —John Turner, head of U.S./Canada Product...

Marketform Exits International Med Mal, Transfers Business to Dale Underwriting

Mar 16 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced it has transferred its international medical malpractice insurance business to Dale Underwriting Partners, the Lloyd’s licensed underwriter.Marketform said...

2 Instech Startups Target Small Business Insurance Market

Mar 15 2016 // Small business insurance providers will soon have two new competitors from the technology world.Next Insurance, an online shopper for small businesses, today announced a $13 million seed investment led by investors Zeev...

BHSI to Expand Specialty Business into Europe; Bolt & Koehler to Lead Operations

Mar 11 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd. announced it will offer a specialty insurance solution to Europe with its affiliate, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, subject to regulatory approval.Tom Bolt has been...

Relationships Especially Important When Managing Remote Workers

Mar 7 2016 // The number of employees that regularly work away from traditional company offices is on the rise, and while the trend may offer conveniences for both employees and employers it also presents challenges.Among the...