World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Fairways Insurance Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fairways is a full-service insurance agency serving clients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. WIA is …
Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has hired Timothy Moriarity as chief information officer (CIO). He will be based in Bangor, Maine. In this new role, Moriarity is responsible for …
Slice Labs Inc. and AXIS Insurance have partnered to distribute AXIS Home Based Business insurance, an on-demand digital commercial insurance product designed for home businesses not covered by traditional homeowners insurance policies. AXIS Insurance is the specialty insurance business segment …
Global Risk Solutions, Inc., a provider of claims adjusting and environmental risk management services based in Miami, has added Colm Keenan as executive vice president and chief of Learning & Marketing. Keenan will be based in Sarasota, Fla. and report …
EQ One, a West Coast earthquake insurance underwriter, has added additional capacity to its earthquake offering through Munich Re Specialty Insurance. This increased capacity will allow EQ One team to write larger earthquake risks. EQ One is a difference in …
Irish brewer Guinness said Wednesday that it is recalling cans of its recently launched non-alcoholic stout in Britain over contamination concerns. The recall, which the brewer described as “precautionary” and related to a “microbiological contamination,” impacts the British market as …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based AWIS Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AWIS team will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Adam Mazan, head of the Pacific …
R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers has acquired Rancho Pacific Insurance Services in California. Founded by Tracy Prettyman, Rancho Pacific Insurance Services is a wholesale brokerage specializing in commercial general liability, property, inland marine, business owners policies, lessors risk, commercial …
Palomar Holdings Inc. has agreed signed onto to an agreement between Palomar Specialty Insurance Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Palomar, and GeoVera Holdings Inc., to acquire the renewal rights to GeoVera’s Hawaii residential hurricane policies. The transaction is expected to …
A new study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the steep drop in the number of inpatient hospitalizations involving injured workers in the state over the past decade was largely due to the ongoing decline in spinal fusions and …