Latest Casualty Headlines
All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Global Commercial Insurance Prices Rise for 3rd Consecutive Quarter: Marsh
Aug 10 2018 // Global commercial insurance prices rose in the second quarter of 2018, marking the third consecutive quarter of increases, according to Marsh’s “Global Insurance Market Index.” These average increases...
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires JEM Insurance of Florida
Aug 7 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. is has acquired JEM Insurance Services, Inc, headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. JEM Insurance Services has been serving the South Florida area for over 13 years. The agency offers...
Casualty: The Next ILS Frontier?
Aug 6 2018 // Executive Summary: While progress has been made in the development of casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS), there still is significant work to do, says Aaron C. Koch of Milliman, who discusses some of the key...
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Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas. Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Welcomes 14 New Employee Shareholders
Jul 19 2018 // Iowa-based insurance services firm, Holmes Murphy, recently added 14 new employee shareholders. Holmes Murphy shareholders help lead the company in its mission to promote health, protect wealth, and deliver peace of mind....
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Jul 16 2018 // Hanover Stone Solutions, an advisory firm providing risk consulting services to U.S. property/casualty and life insurance companies, has appointed Joanne Morrissey and Gary Dubois as senior advisors based in New York...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names Link to Head E&S Casualty for North America
Jul 11 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has named Diane Link as head of Excess and Surplus (E&S) Casualty for North America. Link will oversee North American E&S casualty business. Based in Chicago, Link succeeds Mike Kwan,...
Brit Global Specialty USA Adds Richards as Sr. VP in Chicago
Jul 5 2018 // Brit Ltd. (Brit) has appointed Mark Richards as senior vice president, General Liability for Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU). Based in Chicago, Richards will report to Doug Trainor, executive vice president,...
3 New Property/Casualty Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas
Jul 5 2018 // Three new property/casualty insurance companies have been approved to do business in Arkansas, the state insurance department reported. All three are based in Florida. Counting the recently accepted companies, 10 new...
Navigators Promotes Savarese, Vaughan in Specialty Primary Casualty Unit
Jul 2 2018 // Navigators Insurance Co. has promoted Joe Savarese to president, U.S. Specialty Primary Casualty. He will be responsible for driving the strategy and development of the specialty primary casualty product portfolio across...
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Jul 2 2018 // H.W. Kaufman Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, added Christine M. Tricoli to its executive team as vice president, Human Resources. Based in the company’s Michigan headquarters, Tricoli assumes...
JLT FAC Taps RSA’s Melbourne as Producer; Carpenter’s Vitale as Head of Casualty
Jun 28 2018 // JLT FAC, part of JLT Re, a global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed two senior executives in London and its U.S. team. In London, Nikki Melbourne will join the firm as partner. She joins from...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Taps Hurley as President, Property Casualty Brokerage
Jun 27 2018 // Iowa-based Holmes Murphy has named John Hurley II as president of Property Casualty Brokerage Services. Hurley was formerly senior vice president of Property Casualty, and this new title reflects the high-caliber work...
Lewis Succeeds West as Leader of Chubb’s Mid-Market Commercial Lines; Rockwell Named Chief Underwriter
Jun 21 2018 // Chubb has appointed Paul Lewis North America Commercial Insurance Industry practice leader for its North American mid-market segment. He will be responsible for leading Chubb’s Commercial Insurance Industry practices...
Two P/C Insurance Trade Groups — AIA and PCI — Plan to Merge
Jun 20 2018 // Two leading U.S. property/casualty insurance carrier trade groups are talking about merging. The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said their respective...
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Jun 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added risk management and insurance professionals Rose Nordbrock, Jeff Breskin, Pabla Barros and Jose Fuentes to the firm’s operations in Southern California. Nordbrock...
Everest Insurance Taps Chubb’s Koppang to Lead E&S Casualty Unit
Jun 12 2018 // Everest Re Group Ltd. has added Eric Koppang to the Everest Insurance Specialty Casualty team within the E&S Casualty unit. Based in Chicago, Koppang joins Everest as vice president and head of E&S...
XL Catlin Adds Cyber Solution to UK Casualty Insurance Offering
Jun 12 2018 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations in the UK announced the extension of its casualty insurance offering to include a cyber solution. The endorsement – which is designed for mid-sized and large companies that...
XL Catlin Names Smyth, Greavesas to Global Excess Casualty Posts
Jun 6 2018 // XL Catlin insurance operations named Donnacha Smyth as president and Carla Greavesas as chief underwriting officer of Global Excess Casualty. Smyth, who will be based in Dublin, will start his new role in September. He...
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May 21 2018 // Privately held independent insurance broker Lockton named Matt DiGregorio as a senior vice president in its South Florida operation. DiGregorio will advise clients in private equity, real estate and other industries on...
