All the headlines from our Markel Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2008 // The Chubb Corp has named Richard G. Spiro executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. Spiro, 44, succeeds the retiring Michael O’Reilly, who will remain at company until the end of 2008 to...
Sep 22 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based Harden & Associates, an insurance brokerage company, promoted Dustin Theilacker to chief information officer.As CIO, Theilacker will continue to provide technology vision and leadership for...
Sep 1 2008 // EPICExpanding its Southern California operations, Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage firm, opened an office in Los Angeles. Chris McTigue was...
Aug 29 2008 // Markel Corp. announced that Gerry Albanese, president and chief operating officer of Markel International since 2003, will return to the United States to assume a senior executive position with Markel Corp.William Stovin...
Aug 12 2008 // Tony Markel, vice chairman of the Markel Corp., and his daughters, Diana and Melinda, have established the Markel/Friedman Peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Research Fund at City of Hope in memory of his late wife, Susan. The...
Jul 2 2008 // Mike Keely has been named vice president and head of the Markel Essex ‘s Ocean Marine Division.Previously, Keely served as assistant vice president Ocean Marine, charged with product and personnel development. Keely...
Jul 2 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit rating on Markel Corp. to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘ and affirmed a stable. S&P said: “The upgrade is based on...
Jun 30 2008 // Markel American Insurance Co. launched a new renter’s protection insurance program.The program provides tenant homeowners coverage on a broader form than the standard HO-4 renter’s policy and provides many...
Jun 24 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Virginia-based Markel North America Insurance Group and its members....
Jun 20 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of the UK-based Markel International Insurance Company Limited (MIICL) with...
Jun 2 2008 // Markel Corp. named Anthony F. (Tony) Markel vice chairman and Paul W. Springman president and chief operating officer.Markel has been associated with Markel Corp. for more than 40 years, most recently serving as president...
Jun 2 2008 // Specialty Insurance Managers Inc. CEO Frank R. Berry and President Diana G. Berry are retiring. The Austin, Texas-based managing general agency chose to perpetuate by passing the leadership of the firm to Mike Berry,...
Jun 2 2008 // Markel Corp.’s Board of Directors elected Anthony F. (Tony) Markel vice chairman and Paul W. Springman president and chief operating officer.Markel served Markel Corp. for more than 40 years, most recently as...
May 19 2008 // PeopleOhio-based Westfield Insurance appointed Diane Weidrick as executive, commercial lines services. Her responsibilities will include managing the lifecycle of Westfield’s commercial and specialty lines insurance...
May 19 2008 // Markel American Insurance Company recently announced the release of their Manufactured Home Program in Indiana. The program is exclusively represented by Bolton & Company, a managing general agent with more than 40...
May 19 2008 // PeopleOhio-based Westfield Insurance appointed Diane Weidrick as executive, commercial lines services. Her responsibilities will include managing the lifecycle of Westfield’s commercial and specialty lines insurance...
May 9 2008 // Markel Corp. named Anthony F. (Tony) Markel as vice chairman and Paul W. Springman as president and chief operating officer. Markel has been associated with Markel Corp. for more than 40 years, most recently serving as...
Apr 21 2008 // ACE, AonACE Limited has completed its acquisition of 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Combined Insurance Co. of America and certain of its subsidiaries from Aon Corp. for $2.56 billion in cash. The closing price...
Apr 21 2008 // Hull & Co., Big Sky Underwriters, Powers & Co.Hull & Co. Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Missoula, Mont.-based Big Sky Underwriters Inc. “The people of Big Sky are well respected in...
Apr 4 2008 // Markel Insurance Company today announced that it has acquired Specialized Insurance, Inc., of Blair, Neb. Specialized Insurance provides admitted garage program coverage primarily in the western United States, with...