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AXA XL Announces Leadership Team for UK & Lloyd’s Region

Jul 27 2020 // AXA XL announced the new leadership team for its UK & Lloyd’s region. Effective immediately, the appointments are part of the proposed changes to the operating model of AXA XL’s Insurance business following...

Chubb Promotes 2 in Leadership Changes at Westchester and Financial Lines Businesses

Jul 22 2020 // Global insurer Chubb announced that Scott Meyer will succeed retiring Bruce Kessler as senior vice president, Chubb Group and division president of Westchester, the company’s wholesale and excess and surplus lines...

Lawsuit Against Fox News Alleges Rape, Culture of Sexual Misconduct

Jul 21 2020 // Two women sued Fox News, accusing former anchor Ed Henry of rape and claiming several of the network’s biggest stars participated in a culture of sexual harassment and misconduct.Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox News...

Berkley Fire & Marine in Chicago Promotes Brickner, Adds Seich to Leadership Team

Jul 20 2020 // Berkley Fire & Marine, headquartered in the Chicago area, has promoted Debra Brickner to vice president of Claims and hired Mark Seich as vice president of Marketing, Sales & Distribution.Brickner has 15 years of...

Gallagher Named National Transportation Practice Leader at Risk Placement Services

Jul 16 2020 // Specialty insurance provider, Risk Placement Services (RPS), headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has appointed Mark Gallagher to lead its National Transportation Practice.Gallagher is based in Des Moines, Iowa. He...

Houston Leaders Urge Citywide Lockdown Amid Virus Case Surge

Jul 14 2020 // Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus.Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge...

Harkins Retiring as Reinsurance Leader at Safety National Re; King Named Successor

Jul 7 2020 // Ray Harkins will retire as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer, Reinsurance, at St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National Re. Bob King has been tapped to succeed him as senior vice president and chief...

Argo’s CFO to Depart as Insurer Updates Executive Leadership Team

Jul 7 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer, announced an update to senior leadership team responsibilities and the launch of an outside search for a chief financial officer to succeed...

Texas Leaders Warn of Hospital Limits, Ask for Lockdowns Amid Virus Surge

Jul 6 2020 // Leaders in two of Texas’ biggest cities are calling on the governor to empower local governments to order residents to stay home as the state’s continued surge in coronavirus cases tests hospital...

Midwest Business Leaders: Area’s Economy Improving with Reopening

Jul 2 2020 // Business leaders say the economy has begun to recover as businesses reopened in the past month in nine Midwest and Plains states, but it remains weaker than before the coronavirus outbreak began, according to a monthly...

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Birrane Sees State as Leader in Tech Innovation

Jul 2 2020 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Birrane has been in her new role for nearly two months, and she already has big plans for the state to establish itself as a leader in the tech space.“I’d like to see...

Alliant Hires Schoenberg as Co-Leader of Its Mergers & Acquisitions Division

Jun 24 2020 // Alliant has hired Dan Schoenberg as co-leader of Alliant Mergers & Acquisitions. Schoenberg has experience in representations and warranties insurance, tax insurance and litigation insurance, as well as insuring other...

Aon’s Seyfried Joins AXIS Cyber Insurance Leadership in U.S.

Jun 16 2020 // Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance reported it has hired Eric Seyfried as Head of Cyber U.S. Open Market. In this new role, Seyfried will help implement the U.S. strategy for AXIS Insurance’s global cyber and...

New York’s ReSource Pro Hires Jain as Carrier Practice Leader

Jun 10 2020 // ReSource Pro has hired Anuj Jain as its Carrier Practice leader. In this role, Jain will be responsible for developing operational solutions for insurance carriers and accelerating ReSource Pro’s growth in the...

Arch Insurance International Appoints Leadership Team for Syndicate 1955

Jun 5 2020 // Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has today announced the appointment of Simon Williams to the position of active underwriter, Syndicate 1955. He will be supported by David Slade as deputy...

Midwest Business Leaders Optimistic Despite Coronavirus: Survey

Jun 4 2020 // Business leaders are optimistic the economy will begin to recover later this year in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains despite the ongoing impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a monthly survey...

Former California Surplus Line Chair Grant Was a ‘Determined Leader’

Jun 2 2020 // Donald W. Grant served as the chair of the board of directors for the Surplus Line Association of California, was involved in the wholesale brokerage community and founded a managing general agency.Grant died on May 24....

South Carolina Reopening Committee Leader Wants Business Liability Protection

Jun 2 2020 // The leader of governor’s committee studying how to best reopen South Carolina after the coronavirus said one of the most critical pieces of unfinished business is protecting businesses from lawsuits if they follow...

Aon Appoints Rieth as U.S. Practice Leader for E&O/Cyber Broking Team

Jun 1 2020 // Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. Practice Leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...

Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash

May 21 2020 // A lax safety culture at an air ambulance company led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather in Ohio that killed three people, federal investigators said Tuesday.Survival Flight’s...