Ironshore Inc. has opened a property/casualty production center in Boston dedicated to the insurance wholesale market, the company said. The new center will focus on serving the East Coast, including New England, New York, Atlanta and the Mid-Atlantic regions. Ironshore …
AIG’s top executives struck an optimistic note as the insurer reported strong 2011 fourth-quarter profit results. CEO Robert Benmosche told analysts during a conference call this morning that AIG is regaining its strength and is moving in the right direction. …
Selective Insurance Group announced 10 officer appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America: Kimberly Burnett (Sparta, N.J.) to executive vice president, chief human resources officer. Burnett joined Selective in 1989 and has served in a variety of HR …
The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that teenagers who host underage drinking parties but do not supply alcohol cannot be held civilly liable if one of their guests gets hurt. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a case involving …
A Pittsburgh-area suburb and its school district will pay $63,500 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was wrongfully barred from watching her daughter’s seventh-grade basketball practices and games in 2009. Diane Wickstrom sued …
A group of Chesapeake residents has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against the owners of Battlefield Golf Club at Centreville and Dominion Virginia Power, claiming that the toxic fly ash on which the course was built contaminated the area’s well …
Willis North America, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, appointed Sean McGroarty as New York-based national surety leader of Willis North America construction practice. Previously, McGroarty served as senior vice president and head of international surety with …
Warwick, R.I.-based agency Affiliated Insurance Managers is expanding its commercial insurance division and appointed industry veteran Heidi Forte to the new position of commercial insurance marketing manager. With over 25 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry, Forte will …
A Christian college in western Pennsylvania has sued the federal government saying regulations that require employers to offer birth control coverage that includes drugs that abort fertilized embryos are “directly at odds with the religious message it wishes to convey,” …
Hartford Financial Services Group announced three senior management appointments, including Tom Tucker as chief underwriting officer of commercial markets and head of specialty casualty. He will start his post at The Hartford on February 27. He will report to Doug …
