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Lloyd’s, FSA Approve Pembroke Managing Agency for Quanta

Mar 5 2007 // Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with Chaucer Holdings PLC, the specialty Lloyd’s insurer, and the senior underwriting team of Syndicate 4000,...

Travelers O&G Rolls Out Emergency Response Plan for Managing Blowouts

Mar 5 2007 // Travelers Oil & Gas recently launched an emergency response planning guide for managing well blowouts that occur on U.S. oil and gas land drilling operations. According to the company announcement, it is the...

Feb 25 2007 // People The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Cliston Brown as the organization’s director of federal public affairs. Brown comes to PCI after three years with the Independent Insurance Agents...

John Barrett Joins Aon’s Southern California Executive Team

Feb 22 2007 // Aon recently announced that John Barrett has joined its Southern California executive team as resident managing director for Los Angeles. Barrett, 47, was formerly managing director of Marsh, Los Angeles where he built a...

Arch Capital Reports $239 Million Q4 Net; $692.6 Million Full Year

Feb 14 2007 // The Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. has reported net income available to common shareholders for the 2006 fourth quarter of $239.3 million, or $3.12 per share, compared to $100.9 million, or $1.34 per share, for the...

Ill. Arthur J. Gallagher Names Corporate Vice President

Feb 13 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recent named Susan McGrath as its corporate vice president and chief human resources officer. She will be replacing Elizabeth Brinkerhoff who is retiring in May 2007. The company release said...

Don’t be guilty of ignoring the lawyers’ E&O marketplace

Jan 28 2007 // Every day hundreds of thousands of lawyers throughout the U.S. provide legal advice, depose witnesses, prepare and file various legal documents, negotiate contracts and settlements, make court appearances, attend...

Higginbotham & Associates Names Two Managing Directors

Jan 18 2007 // Fort Worth-based independent insurance agency Higginbotham & Associates named brokers Tami Rodgers and Scott Shapard to its managing director team for 2007. Higginbotham appoints its brokers to managing directors who...

Mitsui Establishes Lloyd’s Agency

Jan 8 2007 // Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Underwriting at Lloyd’s Ltd. (MSI) has launched its own Lloyd’s managing agency. According to a bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) it’s the first Japanese...

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Jan 7 2007 // Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa as head of Government and Industry Affairs for General Insurance, and as chief government affairs officer, North America....

Bolton & Co:Providing resources for customers produces profits

Dec 11 2006 // Developing a Web presence is not the primary focus at Bolton & Co. Insurance Brokers — developing the skills of employees and building relationships with customers is the chief concern. After all, when employees...

Can the stand-alone market withstand TRIA ending?

Dec 11 2006 // The market of last resort may soon become the only option for thousands of policyholders if the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) sunsets and property/casualty carriers stop offering terrorism coverage. With a recent...

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Dec 10 2006 // The Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America announced that Deirdre Manna, former acting director of the Illinois Division of Insurance, has joined PCI as vice president of industry and...

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Dec 10 2006 // The Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America announced that Deirdre Manna, former acting director of the Illinois Division of Insurance, has joined PCI as vice president of industry and...

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Dec 10 2006 // The Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deirdre Manna, former acting director of the Illinois Division of Insurance, vice president of industry and regulatory affairs. Manna will...

Can the stand-alone market withstand TRIA ending?

Dec 10 2006 // The market of last resort may soon become the only option for thousands of policyholders if the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) sunsets and property/casualty carriers stop offering terrorism coverage. With a recent...

Bolton & Co: Providing resources for customers produces profits

Dec 10 2006 // Developing a Web presence is not the primary focus at Bolton & Co. Insurance Brokers — developing the skills of employees and building relationships with customers is the chief concern. After all, when employees...

ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London

Dec 1 2006 // ICAT Holdings LLC announced the creation of a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...

ICAT Establishes Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London

Nov 30 2006 // Boulder, Colo.-based ICAT Holdings LLC has created a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...

Improving efficiency and valuation through automation and outsourcing

Nov 20 2006 // Revenue growth, the quality of a book of business, the caliber of producers, strategic drivers and the overall level of client service — these are the typical considerations that affect an agency’s...