Maine-based workers’ comp insurer The MEMIC Group has promoted Michael P. Bourque to senior vice president for external affairs. Bourque joined MEMIC in 1995 and was appointed vice president for corporate marketing and communications in 2004. His new title reflects …
A new program administrator, Core Programs, has launched in New Jersey. The Totowa-based firm, managed by 23-year industry veteran Richard Trezza, will focus on commercial P&C lines. With an operating platform established, Trezza said the company plans to announce its …
Insurer XL has appointed Robert C. Schenone as vice president and senior class underwriter in its space underwriting unit. Schenone, who will be based in New York, joins XL Insurance from Sciemus Ltd., where he served as head of the …
Pennsylvania-based insurance broker KMRD Partners has added Ryan Heinig and Brendan McPoyle as producers. The two will serve as sales and relationship managers, and perform risk management and coverage needs assessments for new clients. Heinig previously worked in workers’ compensation …
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said he opposed a 3.9 percent workers’ comp rate hike being sought by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for the state. NCCI’s calculations call for a 3.9 percent increase for advisory …
A federal judge has tossed a New Jersey man’s suit against a Pennsylvania police department over the 2008 death of his wife in a head-on crash with a suspect being pursued by officers. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Stengel dismissed last …
James Berliner has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut. He is president of Berliner-Gelfand & Co. Inc., in Bridgeport. Other newly elected officers are Vice President Brian Schmitt Sr, who serves as president of Curtiss, Crandon …
New Jersey-based broker Couch Braunsdorf Insurance Group has hired Todd Routzahn as a regional sales director for its professional liability division. Routzahn will focus on the Washington D.C. area, and help grow the mid-Atlantic presence for Couch Braunsdorf, which is …
The federal government has granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Obama’s health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state’s market for individual health insurance. The U.S. Health and Human Services department said …
Specialty insurer Aspen has established a surety unit that will focus on public and private commercial and non-construction surety. Michael Toppi, executive vice president of Aspen U.S. Insurance, will lead the unit. Mathew Raino, will serve as vice president of …
