QBE Emerging Markets – Asia Pacific announced that its group general manager of Credit & Surety, Richard Wulff, will be relocating to Hong Kong from Singapore, effective January 2016. Wulff is relocating to support the Asia Pacific teams and the …
Markel International, the specialist insurer, has appointed Hu Qianhai to head its business in the People’s Republic of China, based in Shanghai. Markel has had a presence in China since 2011, when it opened a representative office in Beijing and …
Leading Wholesale Insurance Brokerage Expands Resources in New York Office New York, NY, September 22, 2015 — Worldwide Facilities, LLC is pleased to announce that Bill Craane has joined the company’s New York City office in the position of Vice …
The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of Lisa Dwyer, 49, a formerly licensed insurance agent employed by Southeast Insurance Agency in Davie, Fla., after she allegedly stole more than $20,000 in premium …
An agency under fire since a 2013 building collapse killed six people jeopardizes public safety by allowing uncertified workers to conduct building inspections, Philadelphia city auditors said. The two building inspectors who weren’t properly certified performed 1,900 inspections, the Philadelphia …
Engle-Hambright & Davies Inc. (EHD), an independent insurance agency based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, hired Matthew Swanick as Construction and Surety Practice group leader in the Commercial Department. Prior to joining EHD, Swanick most recently worked for Wells Fargo Insurance Services …
Stack Bros. Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Superior, Wis., a heating and plumbing contractor in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment …
A long-delayed federal investigative report into gas well blowout off the coast of Louisiana two years ago has faulted the drilling rig’s crew for a blowout that destroyed the well at a cost of nearly $60 million. WWLTV reports that …
An effort to build cable barriers on Iowa’s highways has helped reduce the number of cross-median fatal crashes. After 21 people died as a result of cross-median collisions in 2010, state officials installed 177 miles of cable median barriers. Since …
More than 400 lawsuits have been consolidated in Texas, where energy drilling giant Chesapeake Operating Inc. is accused of withholding more than $1 billion in royalty payments from about 25,000 property owners. “The vast majority are just smaller landowners, even …
