Latest Entertainment Headlines
All the headlines from our Entertainment Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Specialty Insurance Group, Reel Media Partner on Entertainment Segment Offerings
Feb 13 2015 // Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) and Reel Media, LLC have formed a strategic alliance within the entertainment industry to service the specialty entertainment insurance market segments. The agreement combines the...
Hub Adds Curry and Welch to Entertainment Practice in California
Feb 10 2015 // Hub International Limited has added Bobbi Curry and Robyn Welch to its entertainment practice in Los Angeles, Calif. Curry, named managing director of entertainment, focuses on commercial risks including live event...
Sony Pictures Grapples with Huge Cyber Attack
Dec 2 2014 // Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems on Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the...
Stuckel Joins OneBeacon Entertainment in Chicago
Oct 7 2014 // OneBeacon Entertainment (OBE), a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, has opened an office in Chicago, Ill., led by Mark Stuckel. Stuckel comes to OneBeacon with 35 years of underwriting experience, much of which was spent...
Coverage Options, Capacity Increase for Extreme Sports, Entertainment Risks Despite Exposures
Oct 6 2014 // Recent headline-making entertainment incidents – such as the death of actor Paul Walker during filming of the movie “Fast & Furious 7,” the collapse of the stage during country music band...
Integro’s Entertainment Practice Acquires London Based Stonehouse Conseillers
Aug 8 2014 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has announced its acquisition of Stonehouse Conseillers Ltd., “a London based specialist insurance broker servicing the needs of commercial film...
New Specialty Insurance Group to Target Sports, Entertainment Markets
Jul 10 2014 // Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) has been launched by three specialty and risk insurance veterans, Greg Mosher, David Harris and Lowery Robinson, to provide custom programs for the needs of the sports, leisure and...
New Specialty Insurer SIG Targets Sports, Entertainment Risks
Jul 10 2014 // Three specialty and risk insurance veterans have launched Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) to provide custom programs for the sports, leisure and entertainment markets. The new Indianapolis-based firm is a member company of...
All Risks Acquires Sports, Entertainment Broker Alive Risk from NAS
Jun 12 2014 // Independent national wholesale broker All Risks Ltd. said it has acquired Alive Risk, a division of California-based NAS Insurance Services that specializes in entertainment, media, special events, film productions and...
K&K Insurance Launches New Program for Entertainment Centers
Jun 12 2014 // K&K Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon plc, has launched a new program with enhanced coverage options for entertainment centers, also known as family fun centers. The entertainment center program provides...
Lockton Launches Gaming, Entertainment and Sports Practice in California
May 5 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif. The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...
Lockton Launches Gaming, Entertainment and Sports Practice in California
Apr 21 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif. The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...
XL, American Specialty Insurance & Risk Partner for Sports, Entertainment Programs
Mar 12 2014 // XL Group’s North America Programs business and American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services, Inc., have formed a joint underwriting agreement to offer insurance programs for sports and entertainment...
Integro Acquires UK-Based Broker Doodson
Oct 22 2013 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced it has acquired Doodson Broking Group, a UK-based entertainment and sports specialist that also provides full service commercial and private...
Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Case to Change Tune for Entertainment Insurance
Oct 2 2013 // When Britney Spears takes the stage this December for the first of a heavily hyped 100-show two-year residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, the loudest cheers may come from her insurance underwriters. Along with the...
10 Things to Know About Entertainment, Sports & Special Events
Jun 17 2013 // The average cost of a wedding in 2012 was $25,656. (Travelers) The average wedding insurance premium for a $25,000 wedding ranges from $320 to $420. (Reuters, Travelers) 24 percent of wedding insurance claims in 2012 were...
Athos Insurance Launches Entertainment Insurance Website
Jan 23 2013 // Athos Insurance Services, Inc. has launched InsurEntertainment.com, an online platform for quoting, binding and managing inland marine and property insurance policies for entertainment, production, event and extreme sports...
California-based NAS Taps Troester As VP of Entertainment and Sports
Jan 18 2013 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has hired Tim Troester as vice president of entertainment and sports. Troester was formerly with US Risk Insurance Group Inc., and Hays Cos. NAS’ Entertainment and Sports...
Firms Partner to Offer Entertainment Insurance in Louisiana, Gulf South
Nov 29 2012 // New Orleans-based Maginnis Film & Entertainment Insurance Services LLC (MFEIS) and Reiff & Associates LLC announced a strategic partnership to provide insurance to the film and entertainment industries in Louisiana...
Movie Studio Liability in Colorado Shooting Likely Limited
Jul 23 2012 // Families of victims and survivors of the deadly shooting at the Batman movie who seek to sue Warner Bros. and other companies behind “The Dark Knight Rises” are unlikely to get very far. The main reason, legal...
