All the headlines from our Public Entities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2024 // Amwins and Floodbase have launched a municipal flood insurance program designed to insure California municipalities against previously uncovered losses due to atmospheric river flooding.The flood program closes the...
Sep 18 2024 // State leaders tasked with reviewing Maine’s preparations and responses to climate change-fueled natural disasters are at a crossroads.While Maine has seen seven federal disaster declarations for severe storms and...
May 20 2024 // A part of Brown & Brown’s wholesale insurance group has acquired Public Entities of America LLC, a brokerage based in Alpharetta, Georgia, that has catered to the public sector and risk management...
Oct 3 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has promoted Angela Meyer to head of Product Liability in North America. She was previously head of Life Sciences in North America.Meyer joined BHSI in 2014 as...
Feb 27 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Optio Group, Everest Re, and the MGA Pen Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. Robinson Named CEO of Optio GroupOptio Group, the...
Aug 30 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently granted Massachusetts initial approval for a state-run safety and health plan for state and local government workers.The...
Jul 26 2022 // New York State is beginning a $30 million shared services program designed to assist counties with cybersecurity for government systems across the state, including tools to protect against ransomware attacks.In the initial...
Jun 29 2022 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has given preliminary approval to a new occupational safety and health plan for Massachusetts state and local employers and their employees.If given final...
Mar 31 2022 // This edition of Internation People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty.A summary of these new hires follows here. Former Pool Re CEO Enoizi Named Carpenter’s Head...
Jul 22 2021 // A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug companies for allegedly fueling the deadly nationwide opioid epidemic, but the deal still requires support from...
Jul 13 2021 // TORONTO โ Canadian municipalities reeling from a pandemic-driven hit to revenues are facing an added blow from surging liability insurance costs, forcing them to raise property taxes or even cut services for...
Apr 15 2021 // Even the best laid plans can go awry in a disaster.For example, when Winter Storm Uri plunged into Texas in mid-February with unprecedented extreme low temperatures, and snow and ice that lingered for far too long, even...
Mar 8 2021 // Kevin Bryant Marsh has added Kevin Bryant to lead its National Public Entity Industry Practice. In this role, Bryant will work with state and local government and not-for-profit clients across the U.S., offering public...
Oct 19 2020 // While the pandemic has highlighted the resilience of public sector cyber officials, it has also called attention to chronic challenges facing state information technology organizations including securing adequate budgets...
Jun 1 2020 // Everyone needs insurance. My entrance into the insurance world taught me that. The first place I worked in insurance specialized in providing insurance to fire departments and ambulance companies.Municipalities and their...
Feb 13 2020 // Carleen Patterson has joined Alliant Insurance Services in Dallas as first vice president, practice leader within the company’s Public Entity Group. Patterson is regarded for her property/casualty expertise for large...
Dec 11 2019 // Managing General Underwriter Victor is now offering Guy Carpenter clients who are members of U.S. public entity insurance pools a range of property and casualty insurance products not traditionally offered by the...
Dec 5 2019 // Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) has added Cathilina Sutton to its Public Entities Practice Group.She will be serving as a senior account manager working closely with Allison Nixon, vice president, and...
Sep 18 2019 // Board members of an Iowa government insurance program have frequently held public meetings at posh out-of-state resorts, costing tens of thousands of dollars while making it harder for the public to attend, a review by The...
Aug 22 2019 // Liberty Mutual has appointed Jon Tellekamp as chief underwriting officer for National Insurance โ Excess Casualty, and Doug Manwaring as chief underwriting officer of National Insurance โ Public Entities and...