All the headlines from our Markelcorp Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 7 2009 // Markel Corp. has promoted Henry Lopez to president for Markel Midwest. Lopez has served as executive vice president for the Midwest region since November 2008. He joined Markel in 1995 as a financial analyst and has held a...
Aug 18 2009 // London-based Markel International has appointed James Leach as contingency underwriter to develop its diverse specialty division. He joins Markel from Sirius International where he worked for two years becoming assistant...
Aug 11 2009 // Markel International has appointed Robert Ashby as specie underwriter to boost its marine and energy division. Ashby has worked for nearly a decade in specie underwriting. Most recently, he spent six years at QBE where he...
Aug 7 2009 // Markel Corporation has promoted Henry Lopez to president for Markel Midwest. Lopez had been serving as executive vice president for the Midwest region since November 2008. Lopez joined Markel in 1995 as a financial...
Aug 3 2009 // Markel International Limited has appointed Tom Drake as underwriter in its Singapore branch. The appointment will help Markel to develop facultative and treaty business in the property sector. Drake has more than 30...
Jun 8 2009 // Markel Corp. introduced a new policy form for information technology professionals.The new InfoPro policy includes: — Professional liability coverage that automatically applies to broadly defined technology services,...
Mar 19 2009 // William Stovin, president and COO of Markel International, has been going in both directions since 2000. That’s the year its parent, Virginia-based Markel Corp., bought the UK and Lloyd’s insurer Terra Nova....
Mar 9 2009 // San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. announced its management team for the combined insurance businesses of Wells Fargo and Wachovia Corp. Reporting to Dave Zuercher, group head of International and Insurance...
Feb 22 2009 // Juan Andrade and Jonathan Bennett have been named as interim co-leads of the Property and Casualty Operations of The Hartford.Their appointment to those interim positions follows the departure of Neil Wolin, president and...
Feb 22 2009 // Juan Andrade and Jonathan Bennett have been named as interim co-leads of the Property and Casualty Operations of The Hartford.Their appointment to those interim positions follows the departure of Neil Wolin, president and...
Feb 13 2009 // Markel International Limited, the specialty property and casualty insurer, has appointed Tomas Nilsson as claims manager for Markel International Sweden. He will be based in Markel’s Stockholm office.Ove Staaf,...
Feb 4 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has indicated that its ‘BBB’ counterparty credit rating on Markel Corp (MKL) “is not affected by today’s announcement of fourth quarter 2008...
Jan 27 2009 // Richmond, Virginia-based Markel Corp. announced the promotion of Britt Glisson to chief administrative officer. He will be responsible for assuring efficient, cost effective operations for Markel Corp. in North...
Jan 15 2009 // Markel International Limited has appointed Louisa Lu as senior casualty underwriter in the product liability division of Markel International Singapore. Louisa will report to Peter Phillips, managing director of Markel...
Jan 14 2009 // Markel Insurance Co. has acquired the property and casualty insurance renewal rights of Child Welfare Insurance Services effective Dec. 31, 2008.Rhonda Sciortino, founder and chief executive officer of Child Welfare...
Jan 11 2009 // Markel Corp. has promoted Henry Lopez to executive vice president for the Markel Midwest region.Lopez has been with Markel since 1995 and most recently was the vice president, director of business development for...
Dec 2 2008 // Markel Corp. recently announced the promotion of Henry Lopez to executive vice president for the Markel Midwest region.“We are pleased that, in his new role, Henry Lopez will focus on sales, marketing, and broker...
Nov 2 2008 // Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina named Kelley L. Erstine chief executive officer.Erstine assumed the association’s CEO responsibilities Oct. 15 and replaces Bob Bird upon his retirement after 25 years...
Nov 2 2008 // Pete Garvey, current president of Integro Ltd., assumed the additional responsibility of CEO for the insurance broker, succeeding Roger Egan, who has left the company. Garvey has served as president of Integro since 2005....
Oct 20 2008 // Markel Corp. named John K. Latham president of its newly formed southeast region.In addition to his new role, Latham will continue to head the Office of Business Development. As president of the southeast region, Latham...