WTW Vows to Grow M&A Practice, Appoints Broking Regional Leader Insurance broker WTW (Willis Towers Watson) announced that Mark Rusas will focus exclusively on leading the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice within Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) for North America. …
A tentative $32 million settlement has been reached with Los Angeles County in a lawsuit over its child welfare agency’s supervision of a boy who allegedly was abused to death by his mother and her boyfriend, attorneys announced. The settlement …
A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October, according to filings posted Wednesday by state …
A long-running investigation into a former Georgia insurance commissioner has finally come to an end. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that former Commissioner John Oxendine agreed to turn over about $128,000 in campaign contributions from his 2009 bid for governor, and …
The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a hearing in June on VR Insurance Holdings’ proposed purchase of the National Security Group. VR Insurance Holdings is a recently formed Delaware-based company formed by a group of investors, including Vivek Ranadive, …
AGCS Promotes Todorovic for Political Violence Unit Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has promoted Srdjan Todorovic as head of Global Political Violence & Hostile Environment Solutions, based in London. This unit is part of AGCS’s Property line of business …
Keystone Insurers Group, which calls itself the fourth largest participant-owned insurance agency network in the country, has named Carolyn Nalley as new Tennessee state vice president. Nalley was previously at The Hartford as a senior small-commercial sales representative, Keystone said …
The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate. Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in coastal Southern California …
India’s Life Insurance Corp. (LIC) has priced its initial public offering at the top of the indicated range, at 949 rupees ($12.28), a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The state-owned insurance behemoth is likely to be listed …
IA&B Welcomes John Savant as Government Affairs Director The independent insurance agents’ trade association for Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware has a new lobbyist. The Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) has hired John Savant as government affairs director. In his role, …