Marsh Canada announced the acquisition of Kocisko Insurance Brokers Inc., a full-service commercial insurance brokerage based in Montreal, Quebec. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Kocisko focuses on providing commercial insurance and risk management solutions to construction and surety …
Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, announced the appointment of former broker Charles Hollingworth as an underwriter. Hollingworth joined from Aon Risk Solutions where he was a products and aerospace broker. He will work with the …
Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Dolly threatened flash floods and mudslides in mountainous areas as it moved in from Mexico’s Gulf coast, where authorities had readied shelters and suspended school classes on Wednesday. The U.S. Hurricane Center said Dolly was …
XL Group announced that it has reinforced its team in Switzerland in “response to the growing needs of multinational companies for Financial Lines coverage.” XL announced the enhancement of the team handling financial lines, and in addition presented its Financial …
France’s SCOR announced the creation of a local entity in Brazil, SCOR Brasil Resseguros SA (SCOR Brasil Re), following receipt of a license to operate as a Local Reinsurer granted by the Brazilian insurance authority SUSEP on August 26th, 2014. …
New York City says it has exceeded its post-Sandy housing recovery goal, reimbursing 500 homeowners and starting construction on 500 homes by Labor Day. The director of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office of Housing Recovery tells the Wall Street Journal …
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. should not have been ordered to pay former programmer Sergey Aleynikov’s legal fees to defend against criminal charges that he stole secret code from the bank’s computers, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. All …
Occupational illness rates are higher for Connecticut workers than the national average, though the rate has declined, a study by a University of Connecticut health expert says. The overall illness rate in 2012 was 21.9 cases per 10,000 workers, a …
On a tiny spit of land off Long Island in New York, the wealthy village of Asharoken faces a dilemma borne of Superstorm Sandy. Either it accepts millions of dollars in federal aid to build a protective sand dune and …
Insurance Noodle has launched an integrated facility for allied health services across the United States, bringing together several leading markets via a single online access point. By accessing Insurance Noodle’s proprietary technology platform, agents can simultaneously market an account to …
