Latest Casualty Headlines

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Atlantic Casualty Adds Tokuda as Vice President in Arizona

Feb 7 2018 // Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co. has named Tim Tokuda assistant vice president in business development and marketing. Tokuda will work to develop marketing strategies and distribution channels for multiple states within the...

Missouri’s Safety National Casualty Announces Management Changes

Feb 6 2018 // St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National Casualty Corp. is implementing changes to its executive and upper management structure that will become effective on April 1, 2018. Gene Maier, executive vice president and chief...

A.M. Best Ratings Recap

Feb 5 2018 // Rating Assigned: Pan-American Casualty A.M. Best assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” to Pan-American Casualty Co. (PACC) in Richardson, Texas.The...

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Feb 5 2018 // CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has added Elian Boukhalil as an account manager. Boukhalil will work within CAL’s affluent families division. She was previously an intern with Publiscreen Online. Before that she...

Casualty Catastrophe Modeler Praedicat Raises $6 Million

Jan 31 2018 // Praedicat said it has completed a $6 million, early-stage financing. The Los Angeles-based casualty catastrophe modeling company plans to use the money to accelerate development of products that prepare insurers and other...

Lockton Promotes Goldstine to Lead U.S. Casualty Practice

Jan 24 2018 // Global broker Lockton has appointed Debbie Goldstine to executive vice president and U.S. casualty leader. In this expanded role, Goldstine will support Lockton clients and advise associates and clients on marketplace and...

Regions Insurance Taps Breedlove to Lead Property & Casualty Operations from Georgia

Jan 23 2018 // Regions Insurance, an affiliate of Regions Bank, has named Mike Breedlove executive vice president of Property & Casualty Operations. Breedlove will be responsible for leading the company’s property &...

Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, not Licensed

Jan 22 2018 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a farmowners insurance program being advertised in Oklahoma is not valid because the insurer, Rockingham Casualty Co., is not licensed to operate in the state. In early January,...

A.M. Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Texas’ Pan-American Casualty

Jan 19 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” to Pan-American Casualty Co. (PACC) in Richardson, Texas, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of...

A.M. Best: Ratings Outlooks Negative for Texas-Based Standard Casualty

Jan 18 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Standard Casualty Co. (Standard...

Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, Not Licensed

Jan 16 2018 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a farmowners insurance program being advertised in Oklahoma is not valid because the insurer, Rockingham Casualty Company, is not licensed to operate in the state. In early January,...

J.M. Wilson Adds James as Assistant Property/Casualty Underwriter in Ohio

Jan 12 2018 // J.M. Wilson has hired Taylor James as assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio, office. James is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of property and casualty risks, as well as...

Workers’ Comp Carrier Retailers Casualty Insurance Expands Into Alabama

Jan 5 2018 // Retailers Casualty Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Alabama Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation coverage in the state of Alabama. Appointed agents may quote...

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires J & A Insurance of Florida

Jan 3 2018 // Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired J & A Insurance and More, Inc., headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Led by Jacqueline Estevez and her team, the company has offered...

What They Are Saying About Effects of Trump Tax Cuts on Insurance Industry

Dec 22 2017 // Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR1) into law. It is the biggest tax change in 30 years. Under the legislation, insurers, agencies and other businesses organized as C...

Chubb Restructures Real Estate and Hospitality Practice

Dec 21 2017 // Chubb has restructured and made several appointments in its its Real Estate and Hospitality practice. As part of this new structure, the following appointments are effective immediately: Seth Gillston, Chubb’s...

Language Lessons for Property/Casualty Insurers

Dec 18 2017 // InsurTech leaders speaking at the InsureTech Connect Conference in October had a message for traditional insurers they have probably heard before: The language that insurance agents and carriers use is creating a gulf...

NAIC Honors 3 for Leadership in State Insurance Regulation

Dec 7 2017 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recognized three state regulators for their contributions to state-based insurance regulation during the the NAIC’s 2017 Fall National Meeting. The NAIC...

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Dec 4 2017 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Brendan Williams its Southern California practice leader. Williams will be assuming leadership of the Southern California region in early 2018 upon the retirement of Ron Packouz, founder...

Gresham to Lead Expansion of Pinnacle Actuarial Resources into Carolinas

Nov 20 2017 // Consulting Actuary Legaré W. Gresham has established Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc.’s presence the Carolinas with the opening of an office in Charleston, South Carolina, as the firm continues to grow both...