XL Catlin’s North America Property business has expanded its North America underwriting team responsible for its monoline equipment breakdown insurance. XL Catlin’s Equipment Breakdown team’s new underwriting recruits include: Amanda Hernandez in San Francisco – Hernandez has more than a …
The fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the frat and its members “the object of an avalanche of …
The National Alliance recently awarded six scholarships to members of the Federation of Insurance Women of Texas, Inc. (FIWT) at their 71st Annual Convention held in Corpus Christi, Texas. The CIC and CISR scholarships were awarded at a special recognition …
Medical professional liability insurer, Professional Casualty Association (PCA), has been approved for operations by the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services as a licensed and admitted carrier, effective Nov. 2, the company announced. The company’s products will be offered …
Brinck Insurance Group in Springfield, Mo., has hired Roni Burns as the company’s newest agent. Burns, who is a private pilot, will specialize in aviation insurance as well as property and casualty insurance. Prior to joining Brinck Insurance Group, Burns served …
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved an overall decrease of 4.7 percent in workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida. Following the disapproval of its original rate filing request, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) submitted additional …
Irwin Siegel Agency, a program administrator based in Rock Hill, N.Y., has hired Christal Huft as executive underwriter. She is based in Kennesaw, Ga. Huft has served the insurance industry in various capacities for nearly 20 years. While she began …
Outsourcing company Xchanging Plc , which has already accepted a takeover offer from Capita Plc, has received a proposal from U.S.-based Computer Sciences Corp. that values the company at about 421 million pounds ($640 million). Shares in Xchanging – which …
Bermuda-based Tokio Solution Management Ltd.* has appointed Susan Lane and Tsuyoshi (Harry) Harigai as co-CEOs, effective Jan.1, 2016. Lane and Harigai will assume the leadership of Tokio Solution from current CEO, Kathleen Faries, who will become head of the Bermuda …
International General Insurance Holdings (IGIH)* has appointed Chris Mauduit as head of professional indemnity (PI) at its London business IGI UK. Mauduit has 35 years’ experience and joins from Catlin where he worked since 2003, setting up the company’s PI and …