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Wells Fargo Insurance Accuses Failed Bidder Alliant of Poaching Executives
Jul 28 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. is using confidential information obtained during a failed bid for Wells Fargo & Co.’s commercial insurance business to poach top sales executives, according to a lawsuit filed by...
People – East
Jul 24 2017 // Penn Community Bank, a Bucks County, Penn.-based independent, mutual financial organization, has hired three professionals to its administrative, lending and insurance teams. Peter R. Palumbo joins Penn Community Bank as a...
Varanese Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Team in Ohio
Jul 14 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has added Jennifer Varanese as vice president within the company’s Employee Benefits Group in the Columbus, Ohio. Varanese joins Alliant with extensive...
Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Boynton & Boynton, Continues Northeast Expansion
Jul 13 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Fair Haven, N.J.-based Boynton & Boynton Insurance Professionals in an effort to continue expanding its footprint throughout the northeast region of the U.S. Terms of the...
People
Jul 10 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Metromile has named Carrie Dolan chief financial officer. Dolan most recently served as CFO of Lending Club, an online credit marketplace connecting borrowers and investors. Prior to Lending...
Alliant Hires Pennsylvania’s Hill as Employee Benefits Group Expands in East
Jul 6 2017 // Alliant has hired Martin Hill as it continues to expand the presence of its Employee Benefits Group throughout the eastern U.S. As vice president, Hill, who is based in Pennsylvania, will leverage his background in...
Alliant Hires New York’s Kenny to Facilitate Eastern Expansion
Jun 30 2017 // Alliant has hired Kevin T. Kenny to its Alliant Americas division. In his new role, the New York-based executive vice president and managing director will play an integral role in expanding the middle market...
Alliant Names Laing a Producer in Oregon
Jun 28 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Andrew Laing a producer within the company’s Alliant Americas middle market division. Laing will be based in Portland, Ore. and be responsible for the design and delivery of...
Alliant, USI in Running to Acquire Wells Fargo Insurance
Jun 26 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has emerged as the front-runner to buy Wells Fargo & Co.’s insurance business, people familiar with the matter said. The San Francisco-based bank could announce a sale of its Wells...
Dalia Named Chief Financial Officer at California-based Alliant
Jun 22 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Reshma Dalia to chief financial officer of Alliant’s specialty group. Dalia will work with the management team on operational, financial and...
Business Moves
May 15 2017 // Validus, Crop Insurance Agency Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Crop Risk Services business (CRS), a primary crop insurance managing general agent, from Archer Daniels Midland Co. In the deal that was...
‘Poaching’ Suits Like Aon v. Alliant: Nothing Personal, Just Routine Business
May 11 2017 // An ongoing legal battle between two large national insurance brokerage firms over employee poaching is a byproduct of a hazard faced in the financial services industries where relationships and knowledge of business...
Alliant Acquires Summit Insurance Resource Group in Idaho
May 2 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Summit Insurance Resource Group in Sandpoint, Idaho. Summit will operate as part of Alliant Americas, which provides the middle market with regionally focused insurance products...
People – South Central
Apr 17 2017 // Kristin S. Palmer has been named senior vice president and head of Communications at the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Palmer previously was vice president, Media Relations, for the AARP, a nonprofit...
Alliant in California Forms Specialty Group, Names Arkely President
Apr 12 2017 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has combined its portfolio of specialty insurance practices under one banner forming the Alliant specialty group. The group will be led by Peter Arkley, who is with...
Alliant Acquires SES Insurance Brokerage Services in Southern California
Apr 5 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired SES Insurance Brokerage Services Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif. SES will join Alliant MGA and program administrator. The executive leadership team of SES will continue to operate the...
Non-Compete Agreements and Poaching Take Spotlight in Aon – Alliant Lawsuit
Apr 3 2017 // A legal battle between two insurance brokerages over whether a former employee violated noncompete agreements and poached numerous employees is not over yet, but the brokerage bringing the charges has scored key early...
People – Midwest
Apr 3 2017 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance promoted Marty Arnold to senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, and Garth Wicinsky to senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Arnold joined SECURA...
Alliant Handed Victory over Aon in 1 of 3 ‘Poaching’ Suits
Mar 30 2017 // A jury in Fresno, Calif. has ruled against Aon Corp. in yet another poaching lawsuit that involves the U.K. brokerage and rival Alliant Insurance Services. The jury rejected every claim by Aon levied against Newport Beach,...
Alliant Adds Arguelles to Employee Benefits Group in New Orleans
Mar 28 2017 // Sajeo Arguelles has joined Alliant Insurance Services’s employee benefits group as vice president in its New Orleans office. Arguelles will work with clients throughout the Southeast to design and deliver benefits...
