Monthly Archives: <span>January 2020</span>

Cannasure Names Jenkins Senior Product Development Manager in California

Cannasure Insurance Services has named Summer Jenkins a senior product development manager. Jenkins is based in Sacramento, Calif., and reports to Kieran O’Rourke, director of underwriting. Jenkins has more than 20 years of foreign and domestic underwriting, program and product …

Topa Insurance in California Names Pavlov Chief Operating Officer

Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named Denise Pavlov the group’s senior vice president and chief operating officer. Pavlov joined the company in April 2018 as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, overseeing Topa’s underwriting, products, program development, marketing …

Washington Commissioner Orders Pet Insurers to Repay $4.7M to Consumers

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a fine of $950,000 against ACE American Insurance Co. and Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America for reportedly overcharging 18,000 Washington consumers for nearly five years. Kreidler ordered the companies to repay $4.7 million …

Alabama Agencies Ordered to Pay $540K in Back Wages to Disabled Workers

A recycling center that employs adults with intellectual disabilities in Alabama should have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to its workers, federal labor officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that employees were rightfully owed $540,000. Montgomery …

Korean Re Gets Chinese Approval to Open Shanghai Branch

Korean Re has completed the establishment of a branch office in Shanghai as the company received final approval from the authorities of the People’s Republic of China on Dec. 27, 2019. The new office in Shanghai will be Korean Re’s …

Lawsuit: Ex-Volvo Worker in North Carolina Fired Because He Wasn’t Swedish

A Romanian-born former employee at Volvo was left out of business talks, turned down for a promotion and ultimately fired because he wasn’t Swedish, according to a lawsuit. Luke Diventi is suing Volvo Group North America LLC for job discrimination, …

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Ironwood Insurance Services of Georgia

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Ironwood Insurance Services, LLC, an independent broker in the Southeast. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2007 and based in Atlanta, Ironwood …

Wolf Promoted to President of Big I Advantage, Replacing Departing Buse

Mark Steven Wolf is the new leader of Big I Advantage, replacing Paul Buse who is moving on after more than 21 years with the company. Wolf is now president of Big I Advantage, IIAA Agency Administrative Services, IIAA Membership …

Florida-Based Acentria Insurance Makes Executive Promotions

Acentria Insurance, an insurance agency operating in the Southeastern United States, has made executive leadership promotions in preparation for its plans grown and expand within the marketplace. Effective immediately, Kendall McEachern, co-founder of Acentria Insurance, will serve as chairman of …

China’s Mysterious Respiratory Virus Spreads to Health Workers, Different Countries

China’s mysterious respiratory virus has caused six deaths and infected a number of medical workers, a sign the outbreak has entered a new phase with the illness spreading from person to person. Health-care workers contracting the new illness indicates that …