Personal and commercial property insurers in the State of Georgia have until Oct. 30 to respond to a Data Call from the Georgia Insurance Department. The bulletin for the data call, issued in August, states the information is necessary in …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added new leadership to its Executive & Professional Lines as part of the company’s expansion of its dedicated underwriting capabilities in the U.S. According to Dan Fortin, senior vice president, head of Executive & …
The Cleveland, Ohio-based independent insurance brokerage, Oswald Companies, has appointed Jim Hedrick to client experience leader, Property and Casualty. He will be based at the Cincinnati branch of Oswald and serve all of the organization’s P/C divisions. Hedrick brings a …
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc announced the appointment of Sergio Rivera Jiménez as CEO of Aon Benfield Colombia, effective immediately. He reports to Alejandro Galizia, CEO of Aon Benfield Latin America. Rivera has …
A bulletin from Munich Re notes that the “risk landscape for insurers and their clients is changing faster than ever before, especially in terms of technologies, services, sales channels and demand patterns.” As a result the world’s largest reinsurer has …
According to the latest ILS report from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of Willis Group Holdings plc, “$650 million of non-life Rule 144A catastrophe bond capacity was issued across three transactions in the third quarter of 2015, taking …
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the Division of Insurance announced that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has been approved to offer additional “gap protection” coverage to its policyholders who drive their cars for rideshare or transportation network companies (TNC), …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved workers’ compensation rates for 2016 that are 2 percent below the average approved in July. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its Jan. 1, 2016 pure premium rate filing to the California Department …
The Gulf Coast office of the Mississippi Insurance Department is expanding its services to coastal consumers with the addition of Tina Parker to its staff, Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney has announced. Parker, a resident of Ocean Springs, will be …
Another lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a crew member aboard the cargo ship that sunk during a hurricane. Court records show the wrongful death lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Tina Riehm, widow of third mate Jeremie …