All the headlines from our Markel Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 30 2014 // Markel Corporation in Glen Allen, Virginia, promoted Rebecca Swanson to managing director, Miscellaneous Errors & Omissions/Information Technology/Data Breach for its product line leadership team. Swanson has been...
Jul 24 2014 // Markel Ventures Inc. has acquired a majority interest in Cottrell Inc. of Gainesville, Georgia, a firm that designs and manufactures over-the-road automobile transport equipment. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jul 16 2014 // Markel Corp. has appointed Thomas K. “Smitty” Smith to the newly-created position of chief marketing officer. In his new role, he is responsible for business development, branding, managing strategic...
Jul 7 2014 // Richmond, Virginia-based Markel Corp. has appointed Tim Pasik as managing director, excess and umbrella, for its product line leadership team. He will be based in Markel’s Red Bank, New Jersey, office and report to...
Jul 2 2014 // Markel Corp. is now underwriting trade credit insurance in its New York office. Policies will be underwritten on an admitted basis, utilizing two Markel insurance companies, Markel American Insurance Co. and Markel...
Jul 1 2014 // Richmond, Virginia-based Markel Corp. has promoted Richard Grinnan to general counsel and secretary. Grinnan succeeds Mike Jones, who has retired. Grinnan joined the company in 2012 as assistant general counsel. Before...
Apr 21 2014 // Specialist insurer Markel International has appointed Luke Tidey as an assistant marine underwriter in its Singapore office.He joins the team in Singapore from Markel’s Stockholm office where he held the same...
Mar 25 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of the members of the Markel North America Insurance Group, as well as the FSR...
Mar 24 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a+” of UK-based Markel International Insurance Company Limited (MIICL) and Lloyd’s...
Mar 24 2014 // Compared to some previous years, there were not a lot of mergers in the property/casualty carrier space in 2013 but there were some interesting ones.Major carrier transactions included specialty insurer Markel’s...
Mar 20 2014 // Markel Corp. announced that Troy Williams has joined the medical malpractice team as director of Medical Professional Liability. Williams is based in the Deerfield, Illinois office; his responsibilities are...
Mar 10 2014 // Tony Markel was recently honored for his work on a national campaign to raise $1 billion for cancer research.Markel, known as the name and the man behind building Markel Corp. into one of the largest property/casualty...
Mar 10 2014 // Roy Woodall, the insurance sector voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, will finally be getting involved in the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) but as an observer, not a...
Mar 3 2014 // Tony Markel was recently honored for his work on a national campaign to raise $1 billion for cancer research.Markel, known as the name and the man behind building Markel Corp. into one of the largest property/casualty...
Feb 24 2014 // Laurie Infantino has been named education director of Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance. The insurance education professional will focus on the quality of the instructors and the education content offered by...
Feb 24 2014 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency LLC (HIA) promoted Farrah Carlton to vice president of service. Carlton will lead client services initiatives and service management across all HIA offices.She previously held several positions...
Feb 7 2014 // Markel Corp. has promoted Wendy Houser to president, Mid South region, of Markel’s Wholesale division. The Mid South region includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Houser joined...
Dec 5 2013 // New York officials say they’ve reached a settlement with Markel Insurance Co. that will result in $2.75 million in restitution to college students who were overcharged for insurance.The New York Attorney...
Oct 10 2013 // John Latham is stepping down as president of Markel Wholesale effective Dec. 31, 2013 and will be succeeded by Bryan Sanders, who currently serves as executive vice president of Markel’s Wholesale division.Sanders...
Oct 7 2013 // Willis North America has appointed Eric Joost as chief operating officer. Joost has been serving as chief executive of Willis North America’s Specialty Practices since 2009. He is based in New York.In this newly...