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Delaware Insurance Commissioner Appointed Chair of NAIC Antifraud Task Force

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro was appointed chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Antifraud Task Force. Commissioner Navarro previously served as vice-chair of the committee and served in law enforcement for much of his career before his election …

Three Massachusetts Workers Shocked When Scaffolding Touches Power Line

Three people were injured, one critically, on Tuesday when scaffolding they were working with at a Massachusetts home came in contact with power lines, police said. Beverly police responded to a report that two workers had fallen from the roof …

SterlingRisk Insurance Promotes DelPrete to President of Programs

SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based independently owned insurance brokerage, has promoted Geraldine DelPrete to president of Programs. According to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling in a company press release, DelPrete’s background in reinsurance and underwriting and understanding of programs has directly …

Distinguished Programs Promotes Bah in Massachusetts, McFadden in New York

Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has promoted Mamadou Bah to regional sales executive and Renée A. McFadden to vice president and regional sales executive in New Jersey and eastern Long Island, including Queens and Brooklyn. With more than …

Massachusetts’ RogersGray Promotes Deems to Partner

RogersGray has promoted Greg Deems to partner within the Massachusetts-headquartered, independent insurance agency. Deems joined RogersGray in 2011 and became a top performer in his sales role, devoting himself to the furthering of his insurance knowledge and was instrumental in …

Lawmaker Says Maine Cannabis Needs Bank, Insurance Access

A Maine legislator is calling on the state’s legislative body to push the U.S. Congress to make banking and insurance accessible to legalized cannabis businesses. Republican Rep. John Andrews of Paris, Maine, said he intends to introduce a resolution to …

Saxe Doernberger & Vita Names Guertin Managing Partner of Northeast Office

Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has named Theresa A. Guertin as managing partner of SDV’s Northeast office, effective January 1, 2020. Guertin has an active litigation practice, and she is co-chair of the firm’s Risk Transfer group. She represents …

Ames & Gough Elects Knise as Chair, Announces Senior Leadership Appointments

Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service organizations, has appointed Matt Gough as president and Brett Gough as chief operating officer. Along with CEO Dan …

Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Adds Five New Agencies to Its Network

Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a national membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has announced that five independent insurance agencies joined its network. New member agencies are in Massachusetts and Florida. In making the announcement, Renaissance Alliance Executive Chairman Kevin R. …

One80 Intermediaries Acquires Pennsylvania’s Vista Underwriting Partners

One80 Intermediaries, a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager headquartered in Boston, Mass., has acquired Vista Underwriting Partners, a full service managing general underwriter of medical stop loss insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Media, …

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