SageSure, a Jersey City, N.J.-based insurance and services company specializing in underserved property markets, has appointed Lisa Bernstein as chief administrative officer. In this new role, Bernstein will spearhead SageSure’s ability to execute personnel investment programs and initiatives, leading the …
CBIZ Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Prince-Wood Insurance L.L.C. (PWI) of Woodbridge, Va., effective July 1, 2020. Established in 1967, PWI provides property and casualty insurance to small and mid-sized businesses in Northern and Central Virginia, …
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Bentsen Combies Insurance Inc. of East Greenwich, R.I., on June 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bentsen Combies is an independent insurance agency that has been serving the local community …
Court proceedings to determine criminal sanity for a man who pleaded guilty to killing five people at Maryland newspaper have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Jarrod Ramos’ pre-trial hearings have been moved to August and a sanity trial …
C&S Insurance, based in Mansfield, Mass., has hired Matt Post and Paul West to its team. This comes as the agency has added a fourth office location and expanded its staff by 30% over the past several months. As senior …
Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Beacon Hill Associates Inc. (BHA), an environmental wholesale brokerage firm, including BHA’s PartnerOne (P1) environmental underwriting division. Terms of the acquisition …
A worker injured at a Massachusetts construction site can sue under the state’s three-year statute of limitations despite being a resident of Connecticut, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The decision reverses a lower court’s ruling that Connecticut’s two-year statute …
The Vermont Superior Court for Washington County has placed Global Hawk Insurance Company Risk Retention Group (Global Hawk RRG) into liquidation as of June 8, 2020. The liquidation is being handled by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, as Global …
A multistory health club shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic collapsed into a heap of rubble on a Brooklyn street Wednesday, three weeks after building inspectors ordered a halt to some construction work at the location because of structural problems. The …
Industry advisory firm TigerRisk Partners announced that Joe Jackson has joined its North American team. Jackson joins TigerRisk from Aon, where he was managing director of Reinsurance Solutions. He joined Benfield (later Aon) in 2006 and developed specialties in personal …
