January 8, 2015
American European Group Inc. has hired Peter J. Livaich as senior vice president of its managing general agency subsidiary, AE Specialty Inc. Livaich will have overall leadership responsibility for Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based AE Specialty. AE Specialty is a newly-formed …
January 8, 2015
A southeast Kansas woman who says she was trampled at a Wal-Mart store on Black Friday in 2013 is suing the retail giant, claiming it did not do enough to protect her or make it clear to customers that so-called …
January 8, 2015
More than 20 residents at a senior-living complex where a deadly fire occurred have jointly filed a negligence lawsuit in Bexar County against the management company and its owners. The plaintiffs are seeking at least $1 million in damages for …
January 8, 2015
Officials say Oklahoma had more earthquakes last year than in the past 30 years. The U.S. Geological Survey says 567 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.0 or greater were registered in Oklahoma, making it the most seismically active state in the …
January 8, 2015
A cluster of small earthquakes has rattled a Dallas-area city over a two-day period. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the temblors in the Irving area, including two in the morning on Jan. 7. No major damage or injuries have been …
January 8, 2015
Marsh & McLennan Agency has acquired The Benefit Planning Group Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based employee benefit consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, The Benefit Planning Group (BPG) specializes in employee benefits and insurance …
January 8, 2015
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG announced the commencement of its in-house trade credit and political risk insurance platform with the completion of its previously announced acquisition of its former program administrator, Latin American Underwriters Holdings Ltd. LAU has underwritten …
January 8, 2015
Ryan Specialty Group’s Global Special Risks (GSR), a subsidiary of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, has launched a new binding authority facility for the Upstream Solutions Energy Package, which provides products for oil and gas operators and non-operators of North American-based …
January 8, 2015
Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company of property casualty reinsurer Hamilton Re and the organization’s U.S. property casualty insurance operations Hamilton USA, announced Wendy Davis Johnson has been appointed to the position of chief communications officer. Reporting to Hamilton …
January 8, 2015
The number of people who died in crashes in Nevada went up in 2014 compared with the year before, but it’s still down significantly from its peak in 2006, according to state data released this week. The Nevada Department of …