In a brief statement Lloyd’s of London officially welcomed the successful passage of the Dodd-Frank Act through the US Senate. Sean McGovern, Lloyd’s Director and General Counsel, stated: “We welcome the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act and look forward to …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is the apparent leader in the race for the Republican nomination for governor in a just-released poll. The latest poll shows Oxendine with 31 percent of the vote to 23 percent for former Secretary of …
Investigators were looking for clues Thursday into what caused an oven at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh to explode, injuring 20 workers and starting a fire that burned for hours. The powerful blast in the coke oven at Clairton …
Willis, the global insurance broker, has named Mark Harris senior vice president in the company’s Risk Specialties Practice in Chicago. He will be responsible for business development with a focus on Fortune 1000, middle market, law firms and other professional …
Rhode Island’s Supreme Court has ruled that a man who became a quadriplegic when he fell from Newport’s Cliff Walk while on his honeymoon can move forward with his lawsuit. The city of Newport wanted to re-argue the case, but …
The Ward Group has named the top 50 property/casualty insurers, based on its evaluation of more than 3,000 companies domiciled in the United States. Companies named to the list had surplus and premiums of at least $50 million for each …
It’s no secret. Insurance is a relationship business. And the agent-wholesale broker relationship is no exception. The continued soft market hasn’t stifled relationships either. Wholesale brokers are still a much needed asset to retail agents even though the need to …
Donegal Group Inc. has announced the execution of an agreement pursuant to which it will acquire all of the outstanding stock of Michigan Insurance Co., a majority-owned stock subsidiary of West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. Michigan Insurance Co., headquartered in …
Nobody wishes for a natural disaster, but there’s nothing like a big U.S. hurricane to revitalize shares in property and casualty insurers, currently weighed down by persistently weak insurance prices. Nine analysts polled by Reuters on average said the U.S. …
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Jim Gillette as a principal and senior vice president in its Los Angeles office, as well as added Diane Browne as a property/casualty insurance producer …
