The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and Tarrant County College have initiated the Insurance Representative Certificate (IRC) program. The self-study, self-paced virtual program prepares individuals for the Texas General Lines Property and Casualty license exam, and provides the industry …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSE Insurance Group has announced the winners of its 2010 Youth Scholarship Contest. With a total value of $12,000, prizes were won by those high school students who submitted the best essays on the subject of how …
Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Top Overall Independent Agencies, Top Commercial Lines Independent Agencies, Top Personal Lines Independent Agencies, and …
Torus, the global specialty insurer, announced the appointment of Mathieu Borneuf as Head of Management Liability and Jérôme Gillet as Head of Professional Liability. Both men are based in Torus’ new Paris office and will manage their respective product lines …
Bolton & Co. announced that Jeannie DeLaura and Michelle Jackson have joined the company as assistant vice presidents. DeLaura will be a property/casualty producer with a focus in the technology industry. Jackson will join the Education Practice Group as a …
Guy Carpenter, Marsh’s reinsurance brokerage and risk assessment division, has published “Terrorism: Reinsurers Standing By.” It concludes that “insurers and reinsurers have become increasingly sophisticated in their use of expert advice to monitor the political climate and dynamic nature of …
Mark Croucher, an insurance agency owner in Jenks, Okla., has announced his candidacy for the office of state insurance commissioner. Croucher, who specializes in health, life and senior oriented insurance products, began his career in the insurance industry in 1997. …
In conjunction with the release of the latest version of its “Terrorism Threat Map,” Aon’s Crisis Management division analyzes the current state of the ongoing efforts to combat terrorist activities. The analysis differs from Guy Carpenter’s report on the same …
Property/casualty (P/C) insurers have turned to releasing significant amounts of reserves in the past couple of years, even as the underlying business conditions have deteriorated, but may have to slow this practice, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. “We …
San Francisco-based Genstar Capital, LLC, a middle market private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Granite Global Solutions, a Canadian provider of risk mitigation services to insurance and corporate clients. Genstar focuses on investments in selected segments of the life …
