All the headlines from our Surety Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2015 // Michael Lahn has joined OneBeacon Surety Group as senior vice president of the Southwest region, which includes Arizona, Southern California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. Lahn has more than 20 years of surety...
Nov 17 2014 // With its aging infrastructure, growing population and successful bids for mega-sports events like the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, Latin America is offering the construction industry billions of dollars of opportunities...
Nov 13 2014 // Hudson Insurance Group has acquired the underwriting operations of Surety Partners of America, Northeast, which is based in Chester, New Jersey.Surety Partners of America, which was formed in 2009, is licensed and operates...
Sep 30 2014 // ACE Group has announced the appointment of Charles Villette as surety underwriting manager in Germany, as it further expands its surety capabilities in Europe’s biggest economy.Charles Villette will be responsible...
Sep 16 2014 // Global insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group Holdings has appointed Scott Hull as executive vice president and head of Surety. Hull will be responsible for directing surety operations across Willis’ platform,...
Jul 16 2014 // Wisconsin-based independent insurance agency M3 Insurance has promoted Travis Schreiber to surety account executive. Schreiber serves as M3’s in-house surety expert and advisor, managing relationships between surety...
Jul 11 2014 // Zurich North America announced the creation of two contract surety teams focused on specific customer segments—one for middle market contract surety and one for large accounts.Tom McClellan will head up Middle Market...
Jun 27 2014 // Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers has hired Erik Johansson to head its new division, Performance Bonding Surety & Insurance Brokerage L.P. Johansson will serve as president of the division. He has written...
Jun 26 2014 // Ironshore Inc. has increased its ownership of Lexon Surety Group to 20 percent under an option that it received as part of its initial investment in Lexon in 2013.Ironshore’s insurance subsidiaries will continue to...
Jun 12 2014 // Continuing with its rapid expansion, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is moving into the surety market, focusing on contract surety business. The company has appointed Geoff Delisio as senior vice president of...
Jun 11 2014 // Argo Surety, together with SureTec Financial Corp., is now providing expanded combined capacity for the middle market contract surety segment. Through the new program, Argo Surety and SureTec can extend up to $50 million...
Apr 22 2014 // Portage Mich.-based managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Stephanie Farrell to surety underwriter. Farrell will be responsible for underwriting commercial and fidelity bonds...
Apr 20 2014 // Starr Companies has received approval from the United States Department of Treasury to list Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. as an approved surety. The Treasury listing enhances Starr Financial Lines’ Crime &...
Mar 14 2014 // Lloyd’s broker, Kinetic Insurance Brokers Limited announced that it has “entered into a multi-million pound underwriting agreement with Gable Insurance AG to underwrite Specialist Commercial Surety Bonds within...
Feb 5 2014 // Willis North America, a unit of global risk advisor and insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Renee Folkerts as surety manager at Willis of Oklahoma.Folkerts will be responsible for client service and...
Feb 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh, said it has acquired The Bond Network, a surety bonding agency based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not...
Dec 5 2013 // Argo Surety, a division of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., now has the capability to issue surety bonds throughout the European Union (EU). Policies will be written through Argo Group’s European subsidiary,...
Nov 13 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will acquire Mexican surety company Primero Fianzas from Grupo Valores Operativos Monterrey, a private investor group.The company said the acquisition will enable Liberty Mutual Surety, a...
Oct 21 2013 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, appointed Teresa Black to the newly created role of senior vice president and chief operating officer for the ACE USA Surety unit. Black, who most recently served...
Sep 16 2013 // Freedom Specialty, with the backing of Nationwide Insurance, has expanded into the surety segment and named Antonio C. Albanese vice president of the new product line. Albanese will be responsible for building and managing...