Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Natalie Parker head of carrier partnerships. Parker will oversee carrier relationships for Newfront, and join its executive team. She joins Newfront from Alliant Insurance Services, where she spent 21 years. Newfront is …
Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according to research published on Wednesday by software firm BlackBerry Corp. The report on the group, known publicly as Bahamut, the …
Chicago-based managing general underwriter, AccuRisk Solutions LLC, is set to acquire the renewal rights to Great American Insurance Group’s book of Texas occupational illness and injury non-subscription business. The parties have come to a mutual agreement of terms and AccuRisk …
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Delta, which is on track to hit his state later this week. The Democratic governor called Delta an “incredibly dangerous storm that will bring heavy winds, …
Nigeria’s insurance market has great potential given its position as Africa’s largest economy, its substantial oil and gas reserves and its young and growing population. Yet Nigeria’s insurance market has failed short on that promise due in part to the …
Global insurance broker Hub International has acquired the property/casualty and employee benefits businesses of Mumby Insurance Brokers Inc. in Waterloo, Ontario. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mumby Insurance has a focus on architects, landscape architects, engineers and specification …
A new report shows that crop loss estimates from a rare windstorm that slammed Iowa in August have increased by more than 50%. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Oct. 9 that the number of crop acres that Iowa …
University of Montana researchers recently received a $21 million government contract, bringing more support and longevity to what has been a grassroots effort to build a better climate monitoring network across the state. The funding from the U.S. Army Corps …
St. Paul, Minn., police said they have recovered six collector cars stolen from a body shop and are searching for suspects. The vintage vehicles were found abandoned in a wooded area of Woodbury, St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders said. …
Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance has hired four experienced underwriters to its U.S. Management Liability team. Christina Segreti, Drew Kushnick, Matthew Holzinger and Sherry Alexakis have joined AXIS as senior underwriters to help support growth in the management liability market. Segreti …