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Dec 16 2013 // Glenn RenwickThe Progressive Corp., based in Mayfield Village, Ohio, named Chief Executive Officer Glenn Renwick as chairman of its board of directors following the death of the company’s previous chairman, Peter B....

N.J. Insurance Exec Norcross Becomes Majority Owner of Philly Newspapers

Dec 11 2013 // Political powerbroker George Norcross is now the majority owner of Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers, although a rival holds equal power under their managing partnership.Norcross, a New Jersey-based insurance...

The Agency Producer Activity Gap and How to Close It: Survey

Dec 11 2013 // Agency producers are not spending enough of their time on the sales-related activities that they and their managers think they ideally should.Instead they are spending more time than they think they should on...

Ironshore Canada Names Hambrook, Stewart to Management Posts

Dec 10 2013 // Ironshore Canada Ltd., Ironshore’s Canadian MGA business based in Toronto, announced that Dane Hambrook has been appointed Managing Director, while Stephen Stewart has been named Managing Director of the Canadian...

Equity Risk Partners Names Four Executives in California

Dec 9 2013 // Equity Risk Partners named four insurance industry executives to its team in California, while also establishing the firm’s physical presence in Southern California.Equity’s new executive hires are Doug...

ANV, Ryan Specialty Complete Managing Agency Combination

Dec 9 2013 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch-headquartered specialty insurance business founded by CEO R. Matthew Fairfield, and Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) confirmed the successful completion of the previously announced transaction to...

IBTX Risk Services, Insphere Global Partners and HR Benefits to Merge

Dec 3 2013 // IBTX Risk Services, Insphere Global Partners and HR Benefits (formerly member companies of Independent Insurance Group), all based in Texas, have agreed to merge.The merger will create a combined organization poised to...

AmWINS to Acquire Bliss & Glennon in California from Fortegra

Dec 3 2013 // AmWINS Group Inc. has reached a definitive agreement with Fortegra Financial Corp. to acquire Bliss & Glennon, an excess and surplus lines wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency in California, and...

Aon Risk Solutions Announces Promotions in Northeast Region

Dec 2 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced promotions within the firm’s Northeast regional operations. Jennifer Bell and John Moskal will assume new roles as Dan...

When Coverage Isn’t Enough: Managing Risk a Challenge for Insureds

Dec 2 2013 // Companies of all types and sizes are facing increased risks, but many are not putting adequate programs in place to manage those risks, according to a Zurich-sponsored study by Forbes Insights. As a result, companies are...

RiskPoint in Oregon names Schellenberg Managing Principal

Nov 21 2013 // Portland, Ore.-based RiskPoint Insurance Advisors LLC named Blake Schellenberg managing principal.Schellenberg becomes one of four managing principals for RiskPoint. He has experience in insurance, and in several other...

Lockton Taps Weber as Vice President in Colorado

Nov 13 2013 // Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation named Shellie Weber vice president of human resources. Weber will focus on organizational and people strategies and solutions. She has led the development of scalable human resource...

Atlas General Insurance Services Recognized as a Top Workplace and a Medallion Winner in the Workplace Excellence Awards by the U-T San Diego and the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management

Nov 13 2013 // San Diego, CA, 11/13/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a winner in the small business category in the First Annual U-T San Diego Top Workplaces Awards. Atlas has...

Ladd Joins Senn Dunn in North Carolina

Nov 7 2013 // Senn Dunn Insurance in Greensboro, North Carolina has named Wanda C. Ladd as director of Human Resources for the statewide agency. Ladd brings 18 years of experience in the human resource field. Prior to joining Senn Dunn,...

World Needs Insurance Industry to Be ‘Bold’ and ‘Sexy’ Now, PLUS Told

Nov 4 2013 // It’s time for the insurance industry to be “bold” and “sexy” in creating new insurance products and services to help the world deal with extreme risks that are becoming more common, according...

Good Alignment Between All Parties Benefits Insurance Agency Buyout

Oct 30 2013 // Situation: A majority partner wants to sell the agency; the rest of the partners don’t. What to do?Gaylon Brown and his partners had that problem last year. When he received a marketing email from Carmel, Ind.-based...

Managing Nanotechnology and Other Emerging Risks

Oct 21 2013 // Insurers need to learn how to manage new risks, not just exclude them, and actuaries can help.Since the mid-1980s, casualty insurance has shrunk as a share of gross domestic product. Insurers have been able to push...

MGAA Appoints Staddon as First Managing Director

Oct 11 2013 // The London-based Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the appointment of Peter Staddon as its first managing director, effective from the 1st of November 2013.“Staddon will drive the...

PwC Names Managing Director for Forensic Services Practice in Atlanta

Oct 10 2013 // Consulting firm PwC US announced that Alice V. Edwards has joined the firm as managing director for the Forensic Services practice in the Atlanta office. Edwards previously worked with forensic accounting services firm...

Willis North America Names Doyle Managing Partner in Tampa

Sep 24 2013 // Willis North America announced that James Doyle has been appointed managing partner of Willis’ Tampa operations.In this role, Doyle will oversee Willis’ Tampa operations and will focus on strategic planning,...