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

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Promotes Rootenberg, Scully to Claims Leadership

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced a pair of promotions in its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group, naming Shelby Rootenberg as senior vice president, head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public) and Financial Institutions Claims, and Megan Scully as senior …

Transportation Chief, Car Makers Say FCC’s Wi-Fi Ruling Undermines Auto Safety

The U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday approved a plan to allow a growing number of wireless devices to use part of a spectrum previously set aside for automakers to develop methods for vehicles to communicate with each other, a decision …

General Motors to Sell Use-Based Auto Insurance Through Onstar

General Motors Co. on Wednesday launched an auto insurance program with the help of its OnStar subsidiary, joining a growing field of companies hoping to cash in on the vast amounts of data generated by increasingly automated and connected cars. …

Roberts Appointed as Global Renewable Energy Leader, Marsh JLT Specialty

Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Hamish Roberts as global renewable energy leader, Marsh JLT Specialty. Effective 1 January, Roberts will continue to be based in London and will report to Andrew George, global head, …

HSB Canada Launches ‘Sensor Systems by HSB’ to Help Cut Commercial Water Claims

HSB Canada, part of Munich Re, has introduced “Sensor Systems by HSB,” a turnkey solution to help insureds reduce common property claims. The program monitors, predicts and alerts customers to risk events associated with water leaks, pipe freezing and critical …

AXA XL Promotes Harris to Head of Energy, UK & Lloyd’s Market

AXA XL Insurance announced that Nicola Harris has been promoted to head of Energy, UK & Lloyd’s market. In her new role, Harris is responsible for developing the UK energy book, executing strategy and designing innovative insurance solutions for AXA …

Canada’s Intact Financial Caps Decade of Acquisitions with $9.4 Billion RSA Deal

After a decade of buying up rivals to become Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, Intact Financial Corp. is looking across the Atlantic with its biggest deal yet. Intact sealed an agreement Wednesday to buy the Canada, UK and international …

Global COVID-19 Insurance Losses to Be Higher than Early Estimates: Lloyd’s Chairman

Global insurance losses from the COVID-19 pandemic will be higher this year than the $107 billion Lloyd’s of London had previously estimated, its Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said on Wednesday. Carnegie-Brown told the Reuters Events Future of Insurance USA conference that …

Etier Appointed Assistant VP at Dwight Andrus Insurance

Dwight W. Andrus Insurance Inc. in Lafayette, La., has appointed Brandt Etier as assistant vice president of Property and Casualty Sales. Etier began his insurance career with Dwight Andrus Insurance in 2010, where he serves as a commercial lines sales …

Homeowners of America Insurance Expands into Illinois

Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, is now offering its insurance products in the state of Illinois. HOAIC President and CEO Spencer Tucker said the move marks HOAIC’s “first entry into the Midwestern market.” …