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Jan 10 2011 // Todd Teitell, executive vice president and branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc.Other elected TSLA officers for the coming year...

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Jan 10 2011 // Pennsylvania-based wholesaler USG Insurance Services has named Jason Holloman as property broker specializing in large commercial and CAT-exposed risks. Holloman most recently served as a wholesale property broker with...

12 Days of Riskmas: An Insurance Broker’s Story

Dec 23 2010 // In giving her Christmas gifts for 12 straight days, a true love inspires his girlfriend to build a whole new life.It’s a joyful story for the holidays but one that comes with risks. According to the popular Christmas...

12 Days of Riskmas: An Insurance Broker’s Story

Dec 22 2010 // In giving her Christmas gifts for 12 straight days, a true love inspires his girlfriend to build a whole new life.It’s a joyful story for the holidays but one that comes with risks. According to the popular Christmas...

Bieber Joins ProMutual as Risk Consultant

Dec 21 2010 // Boston-based insurer ProMutual Group has hired Linda Bieber as risk management consultant.Bieber, a nurse, will provided physician office appraisals and risk management services to insured hospitals and emergency...

Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission

Dec 21 2010 // Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover...

ACE USA Appoints Mattheessen, Vest to Leadership Positions in Texas

Dec 14 2010 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has appointed Keith Mattheessen as senior vice president for ACE Risk Management’s (ARM) Houston region, and Laura Vest as senior vice president and...

RMS Conducts Risk Analysis for SCOR’s Atlas VI Cat Bonds

Dec 13 2010 // Risk Management Solutions announced that it has successfully conducted the expert risk analysis for the second issuance of the Atlas VI bond (Series 2010-I Class A Notes) sponsored by French reinsurer SCOR Group.The...

Lockton, Germany’s Funk Group Extend Service Pact

Dec 2 2010 // Two large privately-held and independent insurance brokers, U.S.-based Lockton and Germany’s Funk Group, said they will expand their risk management service alliance.Through the alliance, Funk will provide risk...

Lockton Expands Risk Management Services with Germany’s Funk Group

Dec 2 2010 // Insurance brokers Lockton and Germany’s Funk Group announced that they will expand their risk management service alliance. “Through the alliance, Funk will provide risk management support for Lockton clients in...

Marsh Enhances D&O Liability Modeling Capabilities

Nov 19 2010 // Given today’s heightened scrutiny on publicly traded companies and the proliferation of securities class action lawsuits, properly insuring corporate directors and officers has taken on profound importance....

Oregon State to Assist Crop Insurance Program

Nov 8 2010 // An innovative climate and weather monitoring system developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis will soon be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses, both to improve services to farmers across the...

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Nov 1 2010 // As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and carriers have...

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Nov 1 2010 // As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and carriers have...

5 Risk Management Steps to Recommend to Design Firms

Nov 1 2010 // As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and carriers have...

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Nov 1 2010 // As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and carriers have...

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Nov 1 2010 // As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and carriers have...

ACE Global Engineering Network Launches Industry Fact Sheets

Oct 29 2010 // The ACE Global Engineering Network (AGEN), a division of the ACE Group of companies, has launched 12 fact sheets for its clients that provide an in-depth analysis of property risk management issues facing a range of...

Anatomy of a large account sale

Oct 27 2010 // This October marks my 31st anniversary in the insurance industry. Many things have changed since my first insurance sale. Initially, my experience and confidence level precluded me from effectively pursuing larger or...

Marsh’s Moczarski: Risk Managers’ Role in Organizations is Growing

Oct 21 2010 // Risk managers are becoming more visible and active across their organizations and are wielding greater influence on strategic decisions, according to Alex Moczarski, President of Marsh’s International Division.He...