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Investors Underwriting Renamed Markel Underwriting Managers

Dec 5 2006 // Markel Underwriting Managers, Inc. is the new name for Investors Underwriting Managers, Inc. Glen Curley, president and chief operating officer, said the new name went into effect Dec. 1. The switch to Markel Underwriting...

Wis. Markel American Adds Business Director, Marketing Associate

Sep 28 2006 // Markel Amerincan Insurnace Company (MAIC) iannouned recently that Nancy Kane has been named to the newly-created position of business development director and Kevin Behringer is a new marketing associate. Kane comes to...

Best Affirms ‘A’ Rating of Markel’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 3000

Sep 8 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3000. The outlook on both ratings remains...

Best Affirms Markel Int. ‘A-‘ Ratings

Sep 8 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of U.K.-based Markel International Insurance Company Limited (MIICL) with a stable...

Markel’s ‘Contagion Cover’ a Success

Aug 18 2006 // Markel Corporation launched what it termed a “new and unique insurance product: Outbreak(SM) Extra Expense Coverage,” in mid-July. The policy is specifically designed to protect companies from a closure of...

Markel Launches Contagion Outbreak Expense Coverage

Aug 8 2006 // Markel Corporation introduced a new insurance product, Outbreak Extra Expense Coverage, specifically designed to protect companies from a closure of their business premises due to a variety of contagions including Avian...

Markel to Discuss 2d Quarter Results in Aug. 2 Call

Aug 1 2006 // Markel Corporation in Richmond, Va. said it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 beginning at 10:30 am (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) to discuss quarterly results. Investors, analysts and the general...

Markel/IUM Acquires The Brittany Insurance Services

Jul 6 2006 // Investors Underwriting Managers Inc., The Markel Group of Companies, has added The Brittany Insurance Services Inc. to its group. The Brittany is a program administrator writing property business in California. The Markel...

Markel, American Camp Association Partner to Study Camp Safety

Jun 6 2006 // The American Camp Association, in conjunction with Markel Insurance Company, will conduct a comprehensive study on illnesses and injuries at camp. The Healthy Camp study will gather illness and injury data from camps...

People

Jun 5 2006 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has promoted Mary McMahon-Burke, Brian Kelleher and Diane Bradley to vice president. McMahon-Burke has 25 years experience in the insurance industry, and provides...

Markel Subsidiary Appoints Blazer as VP, Chief Administrative Officer

Jun 1 2006 // Red Bank, N.J.-based Investors Underwriting Managers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Markel Corporation, has appointed Robert W. Blazer III to the newly created position of vice president and chief administrative...

Markel Names Jones General Counsel

May 9 2006 // Markel Corporation in Richmond, Va., has named D. Michael Jones senior vice president and general counsel. Jones brings over 25 years of broad-based legal experience to Markel. In his new role, Jones will support the...

Tim Summers

Apr 17 2006 // People Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., Menlo Park, Calif., promoted Tim Summers to chief operating officer. Summers will continue his duties as executive vice-president and corporate secretary, overseeing the product...

Lloyd’s and Markel’s Italian Road Show

Mar 28 2006 // Lloyd’s and Markel International have joined forces to tell Italian businesses what the London market can offer. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) notes: “A road show was held in Rome and...

People and Places

Mar 20 2006 // Charles F. Taylor, CPCU, ARe, has joined ISU International as regional sales manager in ISU’s Indianapolis office, announced T.J. Ryan, III, president. The ISU Group is a national network comprised of 90 select...

Jan 22 2006 // People Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., has selected R. Steven Orr to serve as Maryland Insurance Commissioner. He succeeds Alfred W. Redmer, who resigned in October 2005 to join the private sector. Orr, 53, most...

Markel Re Appoints Dunn, Beall

Jan 4 2006 // Markel Re in Richmond, Va. has named Peter Dunn as vice president-division manager Markel Re Excess. The company also appointed Scott Beall, former vice president Markel Re Facultative, to vice president division manager...

Markel’s Investors Underwriting Managers Names Kazanjian

Nov 22 2005 // Investors Underwriting Managers has named Mike Kazanjian as associate vice president marketing. Kazanjian brings to IUM more than 20 years of experience in marketing and operations, serving the insurance industry. Just...

Markel American Partners with BMW MOA on Endorsed Insurance Program

Oct 17 2005 // Markel American Insurance Company (rated “A (Excellent), XII” by A.M. Best) has teamed up with BMW Motorcycle Owner’s of America to create The BMW MOA Endorsed Insurance Program. This program provides BMW...

Surplus Lines Industry Discusses Life After the Storm

Oct 17 2005 // NAPSLO 2005 ANNUAL CONVENTION: With more than 3,200 people in attendance, the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices’ annual convention convened in San Francisco, Calif., last month to address the...