Willis Group Holdings, the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that it has promoted Philip Smaje to Chief Broking Officer for Willis GB, the operating segment that includes Willis’s UK retail insurance business, facultative and London specialty businesses. …
The Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, which operates P&C reinsurer Hamilton Re and the organization’s U.S. property casualty insurance operations Hamilton USA, announced that Dermot O’Donohoe, former CEO of Torus’ International Operations, has been appointed to lead the development of Hamilton’s …
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand into new markets and bolster effective delivery of innovative product and service offerings to clients around the world, AXA ART announced it has structured its global operating presence into four regions: South-West …
ACE Group announced that James Langdon, Lloyd’s market manager for energy within ACE Global Markets, has been promoted to the new role of global head of upstream energy as the company continues to build its presence across the world’s energy …
Allianz SE hired Zurich Insurance Group AG’s Paul Schiavone to oversee financial products in the U.S. and Canada as Europe’s largest insurer builds its commercial business in North America. Schiavone, 46, was named regional head of financial lines in North …
Maryland’s Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has named Al Redmer, Jr. to be the state’s insurance commissioner. Maryland’s current insurance commissioner, Therese M. Goldsmith, previously announced that she would step down from the post when Hogan assumes the governor’s office on …
Raymond Farmer is staying on to lead South Carolina’s Department of Insurance. Farmer said he was asked by Gov. Nikki Haley to stay on in the position he’s held since 2012. Farmer took over nearly a year after the agency’s …
Arkansas Gov.-Elect Asa Hutchinson named state Rep. Allen Kerr to replace current Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford. Kerr has been an insurance agent for more than 30 years and along with his wife owns the Allen Kerr Agency in the Little …
Leavitt Group of Boise has hired Randon Lessing, Norah Culbertson and Brie Homan in Idaho. Lessing is a loss control consultant developing and supporting safety programs. Culbertson is an operations specialist with experience in office management and medical assistance. Homan …
The St. Louis, Mo., office of independent insurance broker, Lockton, has promoted Diane Fischer to vice president, unit manager of risk management. Fischer joined Lockton in 2007, with more than 20 years of national account underwriting and broking experience. Todd …
