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Haynes Becomes ANV Syndicate 1861 Managing Director

Mar 5 2013 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch headquartered specialty insurance business founded by R. Matthew Fairfield, and owner of ANV Syndicate 1861, announced the appointment of Peter Haynes as the Managing Director for the...

Workplace Bullying Emerging As Major Employment Liability Battleground

Mar 4 2013 // Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare.“One day I didn’t do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started...

No Yahoo, Insurer Likes Work-at-Home Employees

Mar 1 2013 // For more than six years, Tammy Saunders has woken at 5:30 a.m., showered, dressed and walked upstairs – to her office.A nurse practitioner, Saunders works as a case manager for Hartford, Connecticut-based health...

Tomko Joins Amerisure as Director of Compensation, Benefits

Feb 20 2013 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. has added Jennifer Tomko as director of compensation and benefits. Tomko will report to Angela McBride, vice president of human resources at Amerisure. Tomoko...

Transactional Insurance on the Rise, Says Managing General Underwriter Ambridge

Feb 19 2013 // The global use of Transactional Insurance could rise by as much as 25 percent in 2013, according to Jeffrey Cowhey, President of Ambridge Partners LLC. The company’s announcement described the product as “a...

Willis Announces Exec Appointments, Office Expansions in Massachusetts

Feb 15 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of global insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings, announced three executive appointments and office expansions to strengthen its Massachusetts operations and drive growth across the...

Insurance Exec. Bathurst to Head Mystic Capital’s London Office

Feb 12 2013 // U.S.-based Mystic Capital Advisors Group, LLC announced thay Andrew Bathurst and Highhurst Consulting Limited are to head its London investment banking initiatives.Bathurst previously served as CEO of Argenta Syndicate...

Aon Risk Solutions Names Resident Managing Director in New Jersey

Feb 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed Peter Hutton as resident managing director in the New Jersey office. The office is located in Morristown, N.J.Peter HuttonIn his new role,...

Government’s Case Against S&P: Ratings Stopped Making Sense

Feb 6 2013 // Barely two weeks after the big subprime lender New Century Financial Corp. went bankrupt, a top Standard & Poor’s executive assured Congress that her employer could be counted on to sound the alarm for the next...

Willis Names Daniels Managing Partner of Northern California

Feb 5 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Andrew R. Daniels as managing partner of Northern California.The appointment is effective March 18. Daniels will be will be based in San Francisco and will lead...

Syndicates Increasingly Using Lloyd’s China Platform

Feb 4 2013 // “A growing number of syndicates are using Lloyd’s platform by placing their own underwriters in China,” says an article on the Lloyd’s website. “This, along with a license granted in 2012 to...

Business Moves – Midwest

Jan 28 2013 // Willis North AmericaWillis North America, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has relocated its Cleveland, Ohio office to 1001 Lakeside Ave., Suite 1600. Willis established a presence in Ohio more than...

Wells Fargo Names Lindstrom Managing Director for Colorado

Jan 22 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Jon Lindstrom managing director for its Colorado offices. Lindstrom will lead business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell for the company’s insurance operations in...

Managing Underwriter Bill Creates Unwelcome Surprise for Some Texas Agents

Jan 14 2013 // A bill passed during the 2011 session of the Texas Legislature is creating havoc for some independent insurance agents in the state.House Bill 3410 creates a definition of a managing underwriter, and addresses the filing...

Double-Digit Returns Absent From Year-End, 2013 Financial Forecasts

Jan 11 2013 // Although analysts following the property/casualty insurance industry expect underwriting results for 2012 to be better than 2011 when full-year numbers are tallied, double-digit overall returns-on-equity are still not...

P/C Insurers’ Loss Reserves Continue to Surprise Analysts

Dec 27 2012 // Analysts at two rating agencies, Fitch and Moody’s, believe property/casualty insurers’ prior-year loss reserve takedowns will continue to outpace reserve additions in 2013.The analysts spoke about P/C industry...

N.J. Regulators Offer Tips on Managing Settlement Process Post-Sandy

Dec 18 2012 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Ken Kobylowski is offering advice to consumers in an effort to help explain the Sandy claims process.The regulator said that so far, more than 458,000 New...

Double-Digit Returns Absent From Year-End, 2013 Financial Forecasts

Dec 17 2012 // Although analysts following the property/casualty insurance industry expect underwriting results for 2012 to be better than 2011 when full-year numbers are tallied, double-digit overall returns-on-equity are still not...

Business Moves – Midwest

Dec 3 2012 // Horton Group, Cassady Neeser & BrasseurThe Horton Group, based in Orland Park, Ill., and Cassady Neeser & Brasseur of South Bend, Ind., have merged effective Oct. 31. Cassady Neeser & Brasseur, with offices in...

ProWriters Acquired; Opens as Independent Managing General Underwriter

Nov 28 2012 // West Chester, Pa.-based ProWriters (www.prowritersins.com), formerly a professional liability division of Venture Insurance Programs, has become an independent managing general underwriter (MGU).Brian Thornton, the new...