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12 11, 2015

Zurich Insurance Plans to Replace CEO Senn: Swiss Magazine Report

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Zurich Insurance Group is seeking a replacement for Chief Executive Officer Martin Senn, according to Swiss business magazine Bilanz. Switzerland’s biggest insurance company has hired the London executive search firm MWM Consulting to conduct the search, Bilanz reported Thursday on its website, without …

11 11, 2015

J.M. Wilson Adds Witkowski as Assistant Transportation Underwriter

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Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson, has added Amanda Witkowski as assistant transportation underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office. Witkowski is responsible for assisting the transportation underwriting department with setting up policies for issuance and serving independent insurance agents in …

11 11, 2015

Hub Acquires Assets of Georgia-Based RFO Enterprises

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Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RFO Enterprises, Inc. (RFO), based in Marietta, Ga.  Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. RFO specializes in commercial lines insurance solutions for the trucking and logistics industry. …

11 11, 2015

Risk Strategies Acquires Illinois-Based M.G. Welbel & Associates

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Risk Strategies Co. has acquired M.G. Welbel & Associates (MGW), a Northbrook, Ill.-based professional liability insurance specialty broker. Terms of the deal were not made public. MGW’S focus is on lawyers and design professionals, including architects, engineers and surveyors. The …

12 11, 2015

West Virginia Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Fired Superintendent

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A former West Virginia schools superintendent cannot sue the state Board of Education over its decision to fire her, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court ruled in favor of the board, which appealed a circuit judge’s denial of …

10 11, 2015

Manufacturing Safety Group Gets Nearly $630K Dividend from Texas Mutual

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Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned company, recently awarded a dividend of $629,849 to the National Federation of Independent Businesses Manufacturing (NFIB) safety group. The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication to making safety a priority in …

11 11, 2015

2 Senior Bradesco Insurance Executives Killed in Brazil Plane Crash: Sources

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Marco Antonio Rossi, the top executive at the insurance arm of Brazil’s second largest private lender Banco Bradesco SA, was killed in a plane crash on Tuesday, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Rossi, 54, was aboard …

12 11, 2015

Kentucky Court: Mine-Safety Laws Don’t Apply to Subcontractors

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Kentucky’s mine-safety laws and regulations didn’t apply to a subcontract worker who died while installing a massive garage door on a building at a mine site in Muhlenberg County, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Oct. 29. David McCarty died when …

12 11, 2015

Zurich Insurance Plans to Replace CEO Senn: Swiss Magazine Report

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Zurich Insurance Group is seeking a replacement for Chief Executive Officer Martin Senn, according to Swiss business magazine Bilanz. Switzerland’s biggest insurance company has hired the London executive search firm MWM Consulting to conduct the search, Bilanz reported Thursday on its website, without …

10 11, 2015

Storm Damage Estimated at $500K in Northeast Nevada City

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Elko County officials say the city of Carlin suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in storm damage from the high winds and snow that blew through Nevada last week. The town on Interstate 80 about 12 miles west of Elko was …