Big European reinsurers said on Friday that they still expected no major losses from an influenza outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) this week declared the first flu pandemic of the 21st Century. “The WHO moving to phase 6 …
President Barak Obama takes his case for reform of the nation’s health insurance system to the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physicians group, on June 15. While the AMA says it is honored to welcome the president to its …
Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Karin Reiter (30, German citizen) as Group Corporate Responsibility Manager, effective May 1, 2009. She will be responsible for consolidating and advancing Zurich’s Corporate Responsibility (CR) strategy and activities. “A key focus of her …
Aon Trade Credit, the Group’s UK credit insurance broker unit, has launched “Aon Trade Manager,” which it describes as an “online diagnostic tool that identifies customers struggling to make payments and helps prevent bad debt. The tool will also help …
Wisconsin Assembly Democrats backed away from changes to the state’s contributory negligence law pushed by Gov. Jim Doyle and trial attorneys but opposed by a coalition of businesses and others. Democrats voted behind closed doors to remove an item in …
Federal officials are holding community meetings in the northern Red River Valley, N.D., to talk about flood protection. Federal Emergency Management Agency Insurance Specialist Norm Ashford says the idea is to get people thinking about insurance and protection while the …
Monterey Insurance Agencies of Monterey, Calif., has merged with John. O. Bronson Company, an independent insurance agency founded in 1888. The Monterey Insurance Agencies is a member of Trusted Choice, a national association of insurance agencies and brokerage firms committed …
Peter den Dekker, corporate insurance risk manager at Dutch multi-national Stork, has been elected President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). He takes over from Marie-Gemma Dequae, whose mandate came to an end after four years, following …
New York-based specialty insurance firm The Navigators Group Inc. has named Bruce J. Byrnes as senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer. Mr. Byrnes will be oversee legal, internal audit, state filings, licensing licensing and compliance efforts. Prior …
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania-based VIST Financial Corp. has named Michael C. Herr as chief operating officer of the company’s insurance division, VIST Insurance. Herr had served previously as senior vice president with VIST Insurance and its predecessor Essick & Barr Insurance …
