January 9, 2020
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports that excess and surplus lines premium (E&S) in Texas reached $6.95 billion in 2019, a 14.36% increase over 2018’s premium total of $6.08 billion. The past year led to record-breaking totals, …
January 9, 2020
Coverys European Holdings Ltd. (CEH), the London-based agency platform that invests in managing general agencies (MGAs) in Europe and the U.K., announced it acquired AEC SpA, a Lloyd’s coverholder, broker, third party administrator and MGA. Financial details of the acquisition, …
January 9, 2020
Arizona’s attorney general on this week sued e-cigarette giant Juul Labs for alleged violations of state consumer fraud laws, becoming the latest state to go after the company as youth vaping explodes. Attorney General Mark Brnovich also sued a second …
January 9, 2020
Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday informed its California customers that it would switch to providing estimates as opposed to fixed prices for its rides in response to a new law that makes it harder to qualify its drivers as contractors. …
January 9, 2020
A long-time Aon executive is signing on with QBE North America as its new president of Specialty & Commercial. Tom Fitzgerald is taking on the new position in February 2020 after being with Aon Risk Solutions for more than 28 …
January 9, 2020
Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico as a flurry of earthquakes struck the island, one of them the strongest in a century. The magnitude 6.4 quake …
January 9, 2020
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to speed permitting for major infrastructure projects like oil pipelines, including by dropping consideration of their potential impact on climate change. The plan, released by the White House Council on Environmental Quality …
January 9, 2020
CMIC Group, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based, member-owned medical professional liability insurance company, has promoted Michelle M. Ursini, previously the director of Business Development & Marketing, to the role of vice president of Business Development & Marketing. Additionally, Garrett P. Cronin, previously …
January 9, 2020
CRU Group U.S. CEO David Repinski has announced that Adam Norman was hired as vice president for the Northeast region. In this role, Norman is responsible for CRU Group’s operational service delivery and client relationships across this multi-state territory. Norman’s …
January 9, 2020
Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has promoted Tom Lane. A sales professional with Distinguished Programs for more than 14 years, Lane assumes the role of regional sales executive for New York State, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island, as …