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Survey: 75% of Consumers Satisfied with Insurance Agents; Prefer Personalized Service

May 22 2007 // Three-quarters of consumers are very satisfied with the service provided by their insurance agents and remain committed to working with them in the future, according to a new survey of 1,000 American consumers commissioned...

May 21 2007 // People Patricia Smith has joined InsurBanc, a financial services provider for independent insurance agencies, as vice president of sales and business development. Smith will focus on the needs of independent agencies and...

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May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office. Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...

Study: Financial Executives Expect Business Risks to Persist, Intensify

May 18 2007 // Financial executives at the world’s largest companies expect the severity of their most prevalent business risks to remain constant or intensify through 2009, according to the “Managing Business Risk Through...

Tenn.: Beecher Carlson Appoints Managing Director to Nashville Office

May 8 2007 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm appointed Kevin L. Gabhart as managing director. Operating from the company’s Nashville, Tenn. office, Gabhart will focus on the development...

Thinking outside of the box

May 7 2007 // No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive without them, says Scott Anderson, current president of the American Association...

Thinking outside of the box

May 7 2007 // MGAs deliver more than just specialty packages as they prepare for changing market No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive...

A CAPITAL PAIR: MYSTIC CAPITAL AND HARBOR CAPITAL ENTER EXCLUSIVE ARRANGEMENT

May 3 2007 // NEW YORK – Mystic Capital Advisors Group, LLC – a leading financial consulting firm – announced today an exclusive association with Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc, a nationally recognized investment banking...

Harleysville Names Rinehart Senior VP of Human Resources

Apr 26 2007 // Harleysville Insurance, headquartered in Harleysville, Pa., appointed Jenifer L. Rinehart as senior vice president of human resources. According to the company, she will be responsible for the design, planning and...

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Apr 23 2007 // Doug Eden has joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and...

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Apr 23 2007 // Dallas-based global insurance and reinsurance broker, Colemont, added Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel. In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the...

Sellek Named as Managing Director for Best Europe

Apr 20 2007 // A.M. Best Co. announced that Roger Sellek will be joining the rating agency as Managing Director – Global Financial Services for A.M. Best Europe in early May. He will work from Best’s London offices and will...

Countrywide Names Hendry COO, Managing Director

Apr 10 2007 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Countrywide Insurance Group, a member of the Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) family of companies, named Myron Hendry as managing director and chief operating officer of Countrywide...

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Apr 9 2007 // The Main Street America Group has promoted Ed Kuhl to executive vice president, chief financial officer, and Dick Schultz to assistant vice president, and appointed Tom Frazier to assistant treasurer. Kuhl joined Main...

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Apr 9 2007 // Marsh Inc. appointed chief operating officers for three of its core business sectors. The executives are: Patricia Hagemann, who has been named chief operating officer of the Americas; David Lessing, chief operating...

Lloyd’s Underwriter Survey Again Puts ‘Managing the Cycle’ as Chief Concern

Mar 23 2007 // “For the third year running, underwriters in the Lloyd’s market have identified managing the cycle as the most important challenge for the industry, and over two-thirds believe that the industry has made some...

Choate to Head Aon Risk Southern Region

Mar 15 2007 // Aon announced that William M. Choate has been appointed executive vice president in charge of the middle market and head of Aon Risk Services’ Southern Region. A 25-year industry veteran, Choate has held a number of...

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Mar 12 2007 // Three members of the Kansas Insurance Department, Ted Clark, Anti-Fraud director, Larry Bruning, chief actuary, and Neil Woerman, director of Information Technology, have been appointed to leadership positions within the...

Mar 12 2007 // People Markel Insurance Co. named Thomas K. “Smitty” Smith as vice president of marketing. Smith joins Markel after three years as senior vice president and managing director of the Richmond branch of Riggs,...

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Mar 12 2007 // Markel Insurance Co. named Thomas K. “Smitty” Smith vice president of marketing. Smith joins Markel after three years as senior vice president and managing director of the Richmond, Va., branch of Riggs,...