Latest FM Global Headlines
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FM Global Rebrands As FM
Jul 18 2024 // FM Global said it will now be known simply as FM. The commercial property insurer on July 17 unveiled its new name and “titanium” logo at the company’s midyear meeting. “We believe that by uniting...
Markets/Coverages: FM Global Names Leadership for New Renewable Energy Unit
May 9 2024 // Commercial property insurer FM Global announced the launch of a renewable energy unit to help clients in the transition to alternative energy through research and innovation, and to support the overall advancement of the...
People Moves: Zurich NA Names Higginbotham Head of Pro Liability & Cyber; FM Global CEO Appointed Board Chair; WTW Names Lombardo Named Chair of REHL Division
Apr 25 2024 // Zurich NA Names Higginbotham Head of Professional Liability & Cyber Kara Higginbotham Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, has named Kara Higginbotham as head of professional liability and cyber...
People Moves: Newbold Named President of Verisk Extreme Event Solutions; Rudnick Division Manager of FM Global’s AFM
Dec 8 2023 // Verisk, headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., named Rob Newbold president of Extreme Event Solutions. Current President Bill Churney will retire effective December 31. Newbold joined Verisk in 2002 as a risk consultant and...
People Moves: FM Global Names Tadmoury to Lead EMEA, APAC, Canada Operations; Rosa Promoted to CEO of MAPFRE RE, Pérez de Lema Named CEO of New Insurance Unit
Nov 2 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at FM Global and MAPFRE and MAPFRE RE. A summary of these new hires follows here. FM Global Names Tadmoury to Lead EMEA, APAC, Canada and Specialty Commercial...
FM Global Clients to Get Share of $350M ‘Resilience Credit’
Sep 12 2023 // Eligible commercial property insurance clients of FM Global will receive a share of what the insurer calls a “resilience credit” to be put toward climate mitigation solutions. Collectively worth $350 million,...
People Moves: FM Global Leadership Appointments; INSUREtrust Names Levy EVP; W. R. Berkley Hires President of Berkley Luxury Group
Mar 29 2023 // FM Global has announced six senior leadership appointments, aligning areas of expertise to ensure a continued growth journey while maintaining competitive advantage, it said. Thierry Masurel has been appointed as senior...
Insurer FM Global Upheld in Firing of Longtime Executive Who Claimed Age Bias, Retaliation
Nov 17 2022 // Rhode Island-based Factory Mutual Insurance Co. properly handled the firing of a long-time employee who claimed his axing in 2018 was due to age discrimination and retaliation for his complaints about the company taking no...
FM Global Puts Aside $300 Million for Policyholders’ ‘Resilience Credit’
Aug 8 2022 // Policyholders of FM Global, which include one of every three Fortune 500 companies and similar size organizations worldwide, will collectively receive about $300 million in a first-of-its-kind ‘resilience...
People Moves: WTW Grows Relations Team; Liberty Mutual Names 3 Execs; BHSI Promotes Reid; Waters Takes FM Global Climate Post; Doroff Heads Mosaic Claims
May 2 2022 // WTW Bolsters Relations Team with 3 Appointments in North America Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson recently announced three key appointments: Joe LaRocco has been appointed head of Industry – Broking, North...
People Moves: FM Global Promotes Johnson and Dempsey in EMEA; Beazley Names Hiscox’s Wilson Head of Open Mkt, London; Rokstone Taps Pickard as D&F Property U/W
Oct 22 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three insurers: FM Global, Beazley and Rokstone. A summary of these new hires follows here. FM Global Promotes Johnson and Dempsey in Senior EMEA...
Ohio FM Global Sr. VP, 2 Sons Killed in Suspected Murder-Suicide
Sep 9 2021 // Authorities believe a man fatally shot his wife and their two young sons in their northeastern Ohio home before turning the gun on himself. The bodies of Jeffrey Hull, 50; Heidi Hull, 46; Garrett Hull, 9; and Grant Hull,...
People Moves: FM Global Names Broad, Johnson to New Roles; Koller Joins Amlin From Prudential
Sep 8 2021 // FM Global Names New Chief Officers of Underwriting and Client Experience FM Global, the Johnston, R.I.-based commercial property insurer, has promoted two of its senior leaders into new roles. Lyndon Broad Lyndon D. Broad...
People Moves: FM Global Expands Executive Team; Pie Insurance Adds 3 Executives
Jul 23 2021 // Rhode Island-based commercial property insurer FM Global is making executive management team changes, moving seasoned leaders within the company into newly created roles. Bret Ahnell Bret N. Ahnell, executive vice...
People Moves: FM Global Sets CEO Succession; Berkley Fire & Marine and ArgoPro Name Presidents; Next Insurance Adds M&A Chief
Jul 9 2021 // FM Global Appoints Roberts as President, Succeeding Lawson Global commercial property insurer FM Global announced that Executive Vice President Malcolm C. Roberts has been appointed president and elected to the...
U.S. Court Allows Movie Chain’s COVID Business Interruption Suit Against FM Global
May 7 2021 // A federal judge in Sherman, Texas on Wednesday ruled against insurer FM Global that sought to dismiss a $500 million COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit by the nation’s third-largest chain of movie theaters. The...
FM Global Creates Specialty Division for Forest Products, Chemical Industry
Oct 15 2020 // Commercial property insurer FM Global is creating a new division within the company to further strengthen its focus on serving the property risk management needs of the forest products and chemical industries. James P....
FM Global Opens $16M Electrical Hazards Laboratory in Rhode Island
Oct 17 2019 // Commercial property insurer FM Global has opened a $16 million Electrical Hazards and Gas Detection Laboratory at its 1,600-acre Research Campus in West Glocester, R.I., following nearly two years of...
Businesses Believe Cyber Insurance Covers More Than It Does: Survey
Jul 31 2019 // Seven in 10 senior financial executives at the world’s largest companies believe their insurer would cover most or all of the losses their company would incur in a cyber attack. Many of the losses they foresee,...
FM Global Names Fidler SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer in Rhode Island
Dec 31 2018 // FM Global, a commercial and industrial property insurer, has named Deanna Fidler as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. In this role, she is based at FM Global’s corporate offices in Johnston,...
