Monthly Archives: <span>June 2015</span>

Texas-Based Walker Myers Acquired by The Hilb Group

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Texas-based Walker Myers Insurance & Risk Management LLC. With offices in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Corpus Christi, Walker Myers presents its clients an array of insurance and consultative offerings with expertise in …

Narragansett Bay Insurance Hires Fought as N.J. Territory Manager

Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, hired Todd Fought as assistant vice president – New Jersey territory manager.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Bill Headed for the Midwest

Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center. That doesn’t mean the U.S. is …

Louisiana, Oklahoma Face Deadlines for Flood Insurance Claims

Insurance regulators in Louisiana and Oklahoma are are encouraging folks with flood insurance policies to file claims from recent flooding in those states as soon as possible. FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requires homeowners to file a Proof of …

AssuredPartners Acquires StoudtAdvisors in Pennsylvania

AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of StoudtAdvisors in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. StoudtAdvisors is an independent insurance broker specializing in employee benefits programs and human resources consulting services to businesses in the central Pennsylvania region. …

PMA Cos. in Pennsylvania Promotes Romeu to Claims Client Service VP

PMA Companies in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, promoted Lisa K. Romeu to vice president, Claims Client Service. Romeu reports to John Santulli, executive vice president, Risk Services and Sales.

Tarrant County, Texas Gets New Insurance Fraud Prosecutor

The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) recently named William “Doug” Wallace as a fraud prosecutor who will work exclusively with criminal prosecutors in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office to combat insurance fraud. Wallace has two decades of insurance industry …

N.J. Police Captain Accused of Illegally Accessing Private Insurance Database

Authorities have accused a Newark, New Jersey, police captain and a former officer of illegally accessing a private insurance database to sell the information to others. Capt. Anthony Buono of Millstone, New Jersey, and former Officer Dino D’Elia of Nutley, …

Willis North America Adds 5 to FINEX Cyber Unit

Insurance broker Willis North America announced a series of senior appointments to its FINEX (financial and executive risk) Cyber/Errors and Omissions practice. Adeola Adele has been appointed executive vice president and Cyber thought leader, based in New York. In this …

Probe Under Way in California Balcony Collapse as Victims Mourned

A group of Irish and Irish-American young men and women were enjoying their last blast summer in California before cracking down with college and careers, a rite of passage tens of thousands from the Emerald Isle have taken over the …