Latest Casualty Headlines

All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.

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Nov 20 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization...

Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. Withdrawn

Nov 16 2017 // A.M. Best has withdrawn the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+”, each with a stable outlook, of Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. (Great Lakes) in Grand...

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Check Out Insurance in Dallas

Nov 13 2017 // Boca Raton, Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Check Out Insurance LLC, headquartered in Dallas. Check Out Insurance will be joining the Primera Capital team to bring a solid book of...

Accredited Surety and Casualty Enters into Agreement with Atlas General Insurance Services

Nov 6 2017 // Accredited Surety and Casualty Company Inc., a subsidiary of Randall & Quilter, has entered into an agreement with Atlas General Insurance Services to underwrite its Western Trade Craft artisan contractor program...

J.M. Wilson Hires Kane as Assistant Property/Casualty Underwriter in Illinois

Nov 2 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has hired Brian Kane as assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Kane has more than 17 years of experience in the...

Stephens Insurance Adds Property/Casualty, Benefits Expertise in Houston

Nov 2 2017 // Stephens Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., has hired industry veterans Leigh Ellis and Will Ogilvie in its Houston office. Ellis joins Stephens as a senior vice president in the commercial property/casualty...

Swiss Re Names Richards as Head Casualty Reinsurance; Parton as Head P/C Business Mgmt.

Nov 1 2017 // Swiss Re has appointed Jason Richards as head Casualty Reinsurance. At the same time, Nicola Parton was named head P/C Business Management, and James Shepherd was appointed head of L&H Business Management. Richards...

Summerville to Head Swiss Re Casualty, Financial and Professional Services for North America

Oct 31 2017 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Jeff Summerville as head of Casualty, Financial & Professional Services North America, effective immediately. Summerville will oversee the North American Casualty business in...

Iron-Excess Names 3 to Specialty Casualty Posts for U.S., London

Oct 30 2017 // Ironshore announced the appointments of three executives to underwrite Specialty Casualty risk in U.S. and London markets. Iron-Excess, the excess underwriting unit of Ironshore Insurance Services formed in September 2017,...

AIG Expanding Commercial Casualty Policies to Include Cyber Coverage

Oct 27 2017 // American International Group Inc. said it would include cyber coverage to its commercial casualty insurance during the first quarter of 2018, a move that would boost rates but make it clearer how customers are covered if...

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Indiana’s Williams & Associates

Oct 25 2017 // Boca Raton, Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Williams & Associates Insurance, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Led by Scott Davis, Williams & Associates has offices in...

Lockton Mountain West Names Rider to Property/Casualty Team

Oct 5 2017 // Robin R. Rider has been named a client services executive in Lockton’s Mountain West office. She will serve the Denver, Colo. and Las Vegas, Nev. offices as a member of the property/casualty team. She has been...

A.M. Best Upgrades Credit Rating of Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Group in Iowa

Oct 3 2017 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of “A” of Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and...

Seeman Holtz Continues Florida Expansion With Acquisitions of 3 Agencies

Sep 26 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired three different agencies in Florida as part of its geographic expansion and continued growth throughout the United States. The three Florida agencies most recently...

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Austin’s RateGenius Insurance Agency

Sep 24 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired RateGenius Insurance Agency Inc., an affiliate of RateGenius, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Serving all of Texas for almost 10 years,...

General Star Names 4 to New Primary Casualty Specialist Team

Sep 22 2017 // General Star Management Co. has crated a new Primary Casualty Specialist Team within the Casualty Brokerage Division. The new team will consist of Maria Manuli (Primary practice leader), Ed Felcyn, Michelle Yoshida and...

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires DernCo Insurance in Wisconsin

Sep 18 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired DernCo Insurance, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. Serving both Wisconsin and Colorado for more than 25 years, Rich Dern and his team have been offering a full...

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Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Stirling Insurance of Florida

Sep 14 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. (SHP&C) has acquired Stirling Insurance Services, Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Stirling has served all of Florida for over 28, led by Terry Sgammato and his...

Chubb Names Capparelli as North America Global Casualty Executive VP

Sep 13 2017 // Chubb has appointed Lou Capparelli as executive vice president of its Global Casualty business unit, which provides a full range of domestic and foreign casualty insurance coverage offerings to large national and...