White and Company Insurance Inc. of Santa Monica, Calif., made four staff appointments. Gary Skerik is now chief financial officer. Sean Erickson and Jodie Hyams are account executives. And Robert Hawkes is an account executive for group benefits. Skerik has …
Honolulu-based Island Insurance Co. Ltd. has appointed Michael A. Onofrietti as vice president of actuarial services, product development and management. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for developing techniques for pricing insurance products, analyzing lines of business …
Massachusetts is experiencing a big jump in health insurance and a big drop in payments for the uninsured under the state’s health care law. Between Jan. 1 and March 31, the number of people getting health insurance grew from 340,000 …
The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s Young Agents announced the dedication of a Habitat for Humanity house. The Young Agents partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County to build a house in Knightdale, North Carolina for a single …
The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for Travelers Select commercial insurance lines. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now enable agents to quote rates, place binding coverage in force and receive direct …
A construction worker removing steel frames with an acetylene torch accidentally started a fire that destroyed two apartment buildings in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and left nearly 400 people homeless, investigators said Monday. Also on Monday, a group of residents filed a …
Charleston County, South Carolina has a new tool to help emergency crews better respond to 911 calls. Dispatchers are using Pictometry, a new system that brings up a picture of the location and neighborhood from where a 911 call originated. …
Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s emergency operations center located in Naples, Florida will close at 6 p.m. today (Aug. 20). Policyholders who may have sustained damage from Tropical Storm Fay are advised to make temporary repairs as necessary to prevent further …
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich North America Commercial announced today that its new Zurich Integrated Products unit is accepting new business submissions from agents and brokers in several Midwestern states for commercial customers in the small-to-middle market segments. Zurich launched this new …
Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, today announced the appointment of Chris Lorsung as leader of the company’s Minneapolis commercial construction practice, effective immediately. Lorsung will retain his title of senior vice president, Willis of Minnesota, Inc. Lorsung’s responsibilities …
