Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced several new leadership appointments in its international reinsurance operation servicing non-US clients. Laurent Beauregard has been appointed Senior Account Underwriter in Endurance’s Zurich office to manage accounts in Continental Europe with a focus on …
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted revised ethics regulations governing workers’ compensation judges. According to the DWC, the rules and regulations “are designed to enforce the highest ethical standards among workers’ compensation administrative law judges and to provide all …
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has promoted Suzanne Ah-Tye to chief counsel of the Legal Department. Ah-Tye brings more than 25 years of State Fund legal experience to her new post. She began her State Fund career in 1981 as …
The North Carolina Legislature mandated a committee to study the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association’s (Beach Plan) ability to respond financially to a significant hurricane landfall. State Rep. Bruce Goforth, D-Asheville, co-chair of the House Insurance Committee, said the committee …
With Democratic and Republican legislators unable to agree on a budget since California’s fiscal year began on July 1, 2008, many state services — as well as insurance bills — are at a standstill. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has threatened not …
St. Petersburg, Florida-based Comegys Insurance recently acquired Tampa-based Jakhotia Insurance Group. The employees of both firms will combine all operations in Comegys’ offices in St. Petersburg effective immediately. Deepak “DJ” Jakhotia established Jakhotia Insurance in 1998. Jakhotia specializes in hotel/motels …
Katharina “Kathy” Houser joined West Palm Beach, Florida-based McAuley Woods and Associates, a national wholesale insurance brokerage, as its new chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Houser’s responsibilities at McAuley Woods will include overseeing the accounting staff, integrating and …
Less than 14 months after it was granted the authority, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has issued 1,000 stop work orders to New York businesses that have failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance. “The stop work order is …
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appointed five members to the state’s newly created Public Task Force on Workplace Safety. All of the following are appointed for terms beginning Sept. 4 and ending Jan. 1, 2009: • Marianne Capoziello, 48, of Winter …
Crump Insurance Services, part of Crump Group, an insurance wholesaler, has introduced a general liability program for subcontractors, both residential and commercial, for a broad range of classes. This program, offered through an “A-” XI- rated carrier under the ISO …
