EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) has added Tina Brink as a senior account executive in its Folsom, Calif., office, and Lori Perry as a senior account executive in the San Francisco office. Brink’s responsibilities will include providing clients with strategic …
The owners of a Belzoni convenience store shouldn’t be liable after a man was shot and wounded in its parking lot, attorneys for the business told the Mississippi Supreme Court this week. Justices heard arguments in the appeal of a …
A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. Elmer Rivera, New York branch manager for Jimcor Agencies and founder …
Vertafore, a leading provider of software to the insurance industry, is being acquired by investment funds managed by TPG Capital. TPG will purchase the company from Hellman & Friedman and its co-investor JMI Equity for a total consideration of $1.4 …
Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced that it has received approval from Lloyd’s of London to establish a new syndicate. Designated Syndicate 2232, with the pseudonym AWH, Allied World said it would be “fully operational and writing business effective …
Federal and state agencies have approved more than $4.6 million in the past five weeks to help people recover from tornadoes, floods and severe storms this spring in Mississippi. Of that total, more than $3.5 million has been approved by …
The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has announced the appointment of Andreas Weber as Group Treasurer. He is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and will join Catlin in July. Weber will report to Benjamin Meuli, Catlin’s Chief Financial Officer. “As Group Treasurer, …
Gov. Brad Henry has signed legislation requiring Senate confirmation of his nominees to the Workers’ Compensation Court that was similar to a measure he vetoed last year. Henry signed the legislation June 8 along with a second bill involving workers’ …
Credit insurer Coface announced from its Paris headquarters that the Russian state authority for insurance (FSSN) has granted a license to its subsidiary “ZAO Coface Rus Insurance Company” based in Moscow. Coface is the first international credit insurer to obtain …
Twenty-nine workers hired for oil spill recovery tasks have complained along with 42 others of diverse ailments including nausea, vomiting and flu-like symptoms since May 2, state health officials reported. Several of those complaining of problems were treated and released …
