The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Pennsylvania-based Greenwald Berk Agency LLC (GBA). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. GBA offers a full spectrum of business insurance, personal insurance and life/health products and services. This acquisition will establish THG’s …
Associated Mutual Insurance Cooperative of New York has hired Edward W. Scannell III as vice president of Underwriting. Scannell has more than 35 years of experience in the property and casualty industry as an underwriter, profit center head, agency owner …
Brown & Brown Metro LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Innovative Risk Solutions Inc. Innovative Risk Solutions was founded in 2004 by sole shareholder Sean Gormley with the goal of providing employee benefits for Innovative’s customers. Following …
Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has hired associate Christine Baptiste-Perez to its SDV Northeast office. Before attending law school, Baptiste-Perez taught high school Spanish in Louisiana and worked in human resources recruitment. She comes to SDV with a background …
USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Wexford, Penn.-based employee benefits services firm, JRG Advisors LLC. The company’s existing operations will be combined with Emerson Reid, USI’s employee benefits wholesale brokerage division. USI is a Valhalla, N.Y.-headquartered insurance brokerage and consulting …
A Connecticut state appeals court has rejected an appeal by the parents of two shooting victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre to hold the town of Newtown and its school district liable. While calling the case “undeniably tragic,” the …
It lasted all of five hours – and hit just the spot on New York’s power system to take out the lights in Times Square, force the evacuation of Madison Square Garden in the middle of a Jennifer Lopez concert …
Alera Group, a national insurance firm, has acquired Austin & Co. Inc., effective July 1, 2019. The firm expands Alera Group’s employee benefits and property and casualty expertise. Austin & Co., located in Albany, N.Y., has served clients throughout the …
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed individuals to sue auto insurers for triple damages if their vehicle is totaled. The Democratic governor says the bill, which is supported by the auto-body industry, would …
Alliant Insurance Services has hired Ross Downing as senior vice president of Alliant Healthcare. Based in Alliant’s Boston, Mass., office, Downing will provide risk management for healthcare clients. Prior to joining Alliant, Downing was a senior vice president at a …
