September 5, 2012
The Catlin Group Limited announced that Markus A. Eugster has been appointed Chief Underwriting Officer for Catlin Re Switzerland. He joined Catlin in 2010 as Underwriting Director and Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer at Catlin Re Switzerland. In his new role, …
September 5, 2012
CMIC, a doctor-owned medical malpractice insurer serving Connecticut and Massachusetts, has launched a new program for Massachusetts doctors who are employed outside of their regular practice (commonly referred to as moonlighting). The new program is available to doctors in the …
September 5, 2012
Brownyard Group, a program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, has expanded its pest control program with PCOnova, a new insurance option designed specifically for small pest control companies. PCOnovais written on an E&S basis through an …
September 5, 2012
John M. Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, has been appointed chair of a national task force focusing on insurance regulation, the department announced. The Solvency Modernization Initiative was created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Launched …
September 5, 2012
Houston-based Myron F. Steves & Co. has established the Myron F. Steves Endowed Directorship for the Center for Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Houston Downtown. The $250,000 endowment recognizes company founder Myron F. Steves and his pioneering …
September 4, 2012
The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP named Ronie M. Schmelz a partner in the firm’s insurance and reinsurance department. She will divide her practice between the firm’s offices in Los Angeles and New York. For more than 25 …
September 4, 2012
David Gregory has been named today in a newly created position of president and chief operating officer at Denver Management Advisors Inc., a national employee benefits advisory and broker company. Gregory’s background includes more than 20 years in the industr. …
September 4, 2012
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has changed its broker distribution model, requiring most of the roughly 5,000 brokers and agents the entity deals with to go through one of two wholesalers. The change, which is effective Jan. 1, 2013, establishes …
September 4, 2012
Delaware State Police are looking for a man who robbed an insurance agency in Wilmington at gunpoint. It happened about 4:30 p.m. last Thursday at Muncie Insurance on North Market Street. Troopers say a man entered the business, displayed a …
September 4, 2012
Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in heading to Louisiana to see the damage from Hurricane Isaac, changing his schedule on the fly to get there the very next day. President Barack Obama also tweaked …