Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings has named Jeff Grange to serve as an executive vice president for U.S. operations. In this role, Grange will lead the following businesses: Argo Casualty, Argo Pro, Argo Insurance, Rockwood and Argo Cyber. He …
LP Buddy Morris has launched Spire Risk Management (SRM), a full-service insurance consulting firm specializing in employee benefits, property/casualty and retirement planning, in San Antonio, Texas. Morris said the plan is to grow organically and through acquisitions adding great people …
Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer, announced the promotion of Michael Cundiff from vice president to senior vice president of Surety. Cundiff will succeed Ed Titus, who started the surety division in 2011 and who will …
Priority First Insurance & Investments in Jefferson City, Missouri, has hired Tina Woehr as an account executive. In this position, Woehr will handle daily service of all clients’ insurance needs, as well as pursue new business opportunities on behalf of …
Embattled insurance investor Greg E. Lindberg has retained Louis Freeh, former federal judge and FBI director, and his firm Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan to examine and render advice regarding financial aspects of Lindberg’s business entities, with respect to, among other …
Hub International has acquired Long Beach, Calif.-based Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. d/b/a HMBD Insurance Services. HMBD leadership Dan Roddy, President, and Vice Presidents Todd Miller, Travis England, Jay Semaan and Glenn Agoncillo, will join Hub California. Terms of the deal were not …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed a transaction for the Pacific Northwest marine business team of Brown & Brown of Washington Inc. and to assume the associated marine book of business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The …
Nearly a year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire in U.S. history, insurers and the customers they cover are revisiting how to reduce their collective exposure to this risk, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). “While our research has …
Authorities say one person was injured when a boat exploded at a Florida marina. Citing the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, news outlets report 50-year-old David Weil fueled up his fiberglass boat Sunday at a Largo marina. He told deputies that …
PEMCO Mutual Insurance has named Chris Purcell to the executive team as vice president and chief information officer. Purcell will continue to advance the organization’s digital and technology strategies. Purcell previously spent more than 13 years as vice president of …