Latest Hospitality Headlines
All the headlines from our Hospitality Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Low Unemployment Rates a Problem for San Antonio Hotels
Aug 7 2019 // With San Antonio’s unemployment rate hitting historic lows, hoteliers in the city’s $15.2 billion tourism industry are struggling to find housekeepers, dishwashers and waiters. The San Antonio Express-News...
Serving Up The Right Coverage
Mar 18 2019 // It’s a good time to be in the restaurant industry. Restaurant sales in 2018 were projected to reach $825 billion — a 3.1 percent increase over 2017, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA)....
South Dakota’s Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Adds Williams, Jones
Jan 22 2019 // Vance Williams and Mike Jones have joined Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Insurance (LRHI) in Sturgis, S.D., the company reported. Both Williams and Jones will focus on commercial insurance for the recreational...
Hub International Launches Captive for Hospitality Industry
Oct 30 2018 // Hub International Limited (HUB) has launched a hospitality captive, an exclusive member-owned group captive insurance program designed for hospitality clients. Through the use of a captive, hospitality clients can gain...
EEOC Sues California Hospitality Company for Asthma Disability Discrimination
Apr 3 2018 // A large Southern California hospitality company is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly violating federal law by denying a reasonable accommodation to an employee with asthma. The...
Iowa Hospitality Industry Seeks Dram Insurance Law Changes
Jan 24 2018 // The Iowa Restaurant Association reported it is asking state lawmakers to pass dram insurance reform that would make it possible for restaurant and tavern operators to secure better policies to help compensate innocent...
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...
Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group Names New President and CEO
Dec 19 2017 // Hospitality Insurance Group has named Richard E. Welch Jr. as its new president and CEO. He will assume responsibilities in...
People
Sep 18 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Ellen Mann to assistant vice president of human resources. Reporting to Gayle O’Connell,...
Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group CEO to Retire in 2018
Sep 1 2017 // Hospitality Insurance Group President and CEO John W. Tympanick has announced his 2018 retirement after 26 years with the Southborough, Mass.-based company. “After 26 years helping...
Executive Changes Announced at Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group
May 26 2017 // After 32 years as a member of Hospitality Insurance Group’s Board of Directors, E. Thomas McCabe Jr. of Westborough, Mass., will be stepping down as chairman. Before joining Hospitality Insurance Group, McCabe was a...
ICC Forms Risk Purchasing Group Offering Admitted Umbrella Coverage to Restaurants
Apr 28 2017 // Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) has launched a new commercial umbrella insurance offering that will cover a broad range of restaurant and hospitality risks. The coverage will be available to upscale fine dining and...
How to Help Hospitality Firms with Business Interruption Claims
Mar 15 2017 // Achieving fair recovery for business interruption losses is often one of the most challenging aspects of resolving commercial property insurance claims. This is especially true for hoteliers and others types of hospitality...
Best Practices for Hospitality Business Interruption Recovery
Mar 6 2017 // Achieving fair recovery for business interruption losses is often one of the most challenging aspects of resolving commercial property insurance claims. This is especially true for hoteliers and others types of hospitality...
Chubb Appoints Reiss as Executive Vice President in New York
Nov 15 2016 // Chubb, the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Steven Reiss as executive vice president and real estate and hospitality industry practice leader. He will be based in...
Spotlight: 6 Things to Consider When Insuring Restaurants & Bars
Oct 3 2016 // Kevin O’Connor, president of McGowan Hospitality, is no stranger to insuring the risks associated with restaurants, bars, taverns and nightclubs. He has spent the past 33 years in the sector as a reinsurance broker,...
ESIS Launches Life Sciences, Real Estate, and Staffing Industry Practices
Sep 30 2016 // ESIS, Inc., Chubb’s risk management products division, has launched three new industry practices for life sciences, real estate and hospitality, and staffing firms. According to Keith Higdon, senior vice president,...
EPIC Makes Crow Vice President, Hospitality Practice Leader in West
Jan 28 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has named Renee Crow vice president and West region hospitality practice leader. Crow will be responsible for further developing a unified approach to serving hospitality clients...
World Insurance Appoints Heads of Personal, Commercial Lines in N.J.
Oct 30 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, has hired Cathy Saporito as senior vice president, head of Personal Lines. Saporito joins World Insurance Associates from AIG, where...
Patriot National Acquires Hospitality Supportive Systems in Pennsylvania
Apr 9 2015 // Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based workers’ compensation services provider Patriot National Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Hospitality Supportive Systems (HSS), a Springfield, Pennsylvania-based...
