All the headlines from our Surety Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2018 // IAT Insurance Group has hired Ken Chapman as executive vice president, Surety, to lead IAT’s new surety business following IAT’s acquisition of IFIC Surety Group that is expected to close in the third...
Aug 7 2018 // Everest Insurance, a subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., has hired Jessica Mann as vice president, commercial surety lead, working in the company’s Houston office.Mann will be responsible for leading Everest’s...
Aug 6 2018 // As the cannabis industry fights for legitimacy across the United States, California is working to maintain its leadership in the niche.In February, the state issued the first-ever surety bond program specifically for the...
Aug 6 2018 // ReliaMax Surety Co. has been placed into liquidation by the South Dakota Division of Insurance.The South Dakota DOI petitioned the Hughes County Circuit Court on June 12, 2018, to place ReliaMax into liquidation due to...
Aug 1 2018 // Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program administrator, has added an exclusive new workers’ compensation insurance program with Accredited Surety & Casualty Co. Accredited recently...
Jul 26 2018 // ReliaMax Surety Co. has been placed into liquidation by the South Dakota Division of Insurance.The South Dakota DOI petitioned the Hughes County Circuit Court on June 12, 2018, to place ReliaMax into liquidation due to...
Jul 24 2018 // In response to feedback from its agents, BondExchange, a wholesale surety broker, has upgraded its insurance agent platform bondexchange.com, which offers access to a database of more than 10,000 different surety bonds for...
Jul 16 2018 // JLT Re (North America) has appointed Scott MacColl as head of Credit and Surety for North America. In addition to his role in North America, he will be working with global teams to help build out this specialized practice...
Jun 21 2018 // OneBeacon Surety Group recently announced changes to its U.S. leadership team. In addition, it is now offering up to $250,000,000 in aggregate surety bond capacity for qualifying clients.Chad Anderson has been named head...
Jun 18 2018 // A new legislative framework for autonomous vehicle testing and deployment in California created this year is expected to lead to a strong wave of development of this technology in the state.In February 2018, the Office of...
Jun 4 2018 // Bermuda-based specialty insurer Sompo International Holdings has completed the acquisition of the operating subsidiaries of Lexon Surety Group. The deal was first announced in January.Lexon, the second largest independent...
Apr 17 2018 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Andrea Cantlon surety sales executive. Cantlon now leads the surety efforts of LP Insurance throughout the company. The LP Insurance surety team services bonds...
Apr 4 2018 // IAT Insurance Group (IAT) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire IFIC Surety Group Inc. for an undisclosed amount.The acquisition signals IAT’s entry into the surety market. The closing of the transaction is...
Mar 5 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved the first surety bond program for the cannabis industry in the California.Continental Heritage Insurance Co. is the first insurer in the state to be approved to...
Feb 21 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved the first surety bond program for the cannabis industry in the California.Continental Heritage Insurance Co. is the first insurer in the state to be approved to...
Jan 17 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. hired Russell Corner II as a construction and surety specialist. Corner’s key responsibilities in this role include managing relationships with current and...
Dec 15 2017 // PolyMet Mining Corp. is offering the state a $544 million package of financial assurances to serve as an insurance policy to protect taxpayers from potentially having to cover the costs of closing and cleaning up a...
Dec 15 2017 // Fidelis Insurance announced it has taken an equity stake in a new managing general agent (MGA) Firestone Surety Ltd., and will provide underwriting capacity.Details about the amount of Fidelis’ investment and...
Dec 8 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Delmarva Surety in a move that extends its Mid-Atlantic footprint while adding specialized contract surety...
Dec 5 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Contractor’s Services Inc. (CSI) and Surety Services LLC (SS). Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.Headquartered in...