January 5, 2006
A leading U.K. intelligence expert and a specialist in terrorist underwriting at Hiscox Plc have warned that the threat of terrorism will not diminish in the year ahead with the continued potential for attacks around the world. Simon Sole, managing …
January 5, 2006
Euler Hermes ACI, a provider of trade credit insurance and risk mitigation information, has released a special global risk analysis report from its U.S. headquarters in Maryland. The company, a subsidiary of French insurer AGF, which is in turn part …
January 5, 2006
A survey, commissioned by the General Insurance Market Association (GIMRA), which queried 500 small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s), has determined that they continue to have confidence in traditional insurance brokers. The report, on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyd’s.com) noted that 57 …
January 5, 2006
A report from Dow Jones newswires in Hong Kong notes that Miao Jianmin, vice chairman and CEO of China Insurance International Holdings Co., the holding company for the Tai Ping insurance businesses in China, has resigned. The company’s board has …
January 5, 2006
Rhode Island bartenders are being told they must go back to school to learn about how to help prevent underage drinking and drunk driving by patrons. The state’s servers must complete an alcohol-awareness class by April 1 if they want …
January 4, 2006
Hub International Limited reported the sale of its Talbot Financial hub, based in San Francisco, to a buyout group including four members of management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Talbot Financial, one of four hubs created after the …
January 4, 2006
Markel Re in Richmond, Va. has named Peter Dunn as vice president-division manager Markel Re Excess. The company also appointed Scott Beall, former vice president Markel Re Facultative, to vice president division manager Specialized Markel Alternative Risk Transfer (SMART). Beall …
January 4, 2006
The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts (SBLI) it is now actively conducting business in Connecticut under the name Centrian Life Insurance. The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts has been licensed by the Connecticut Insurance Department to …
January 4, 2006
W. R. Berkley Corporation in Greenwich, Conn. has formed Berkley Accident and Health, LLC. Based in New Jersey, Berkley A&H will write accident and health insurance and reinsurance on behalf of W. R. Berkley Corporation’s insurance company subsidiaries. Donato J. …
January 4, 2006
The Ohio state insurance fund for injured workers is expected to make a decision soon regarding the release of a report on the value of its private fund investments that investors have argued should be kept private. Some of the …