Ascot Underwriting Ltd., the London-based Lloyd’s managing agency, has appointed Simon Kimberley as chief underwriting officer of Ascot Underwriting (Bermuda) Ltd. Kimberley transferred to AUB in 2014 as underwriter and was formerly an underwriter with Ascot’s treaty team in London. …
The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine, has promoted Wanda Periou to director of Claims for the Atlantic region, Karen Porter to director of Technical Operations for the Atlantic and Northeast regions and Joeline D’Anjou to …
A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states, the Food and Drug Administration said. …
Two families are suing a Reno, Nev. area school district, a teacher and a principal for what their lawsuit says was abuse at a school for children with disabilities. The Reno Gazette-Journal reported the lawsuit filed in Reno’s U.S. District …
New Hampshire’s Insurance Department is examining whether insurance companies are appropriately covering substance abuse services as required by law. The probe comes as New Hampshire seeks to expand treatment and recovery services amid a heroin and opioid crisis that’s claimed …
The state of Florida is marking a big milestone with the official end of the 2015 hurricane season – 10 years without a major hurricane making landfall in the state. The Miami Herald reports that the hurricane-free streak is a …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has paid more than $3 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 4,000 newer workers’ compensation insurance policyholder owners across the state. This payout is the final component of Texas Mutual’s $225 million dividend distribution in …
Growth in medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Louisiana slowed from 2011 to 2013, in part due to decreases in utilization of hospital and nonhospital care, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The …
PartnerOne Environmental is working in partnership with Berkley Environmental, a Division of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, to offer PartnerOne Contractors Pollution & Professional. This product is a combined CPL and professional liability policy that is tailored to address the risk …
Professional liability wholesale brokerage, Founders Professional, has added Dan Vecchio as executive vice president and the head of its Midwest division in Chicago. Vecchio will lead a team focused on management liability for private and public companies, as well as …