Insurer GEICO recently named John Zinno a vice president of the company and president of GEICO Insurance Agency, which has offices Virginia and New York. A company subsidiary, GEICO Insurance Agency is a personal lines insurance agency that provides non-automobile …
Robert H. Pittinger has been appointed director of underwriting AXA Art Insurance Corporation. Pittinger brings more than 30 years of comprehensive industry expertise to the position, with experience in leadership, broker relationship management and best practice accountabilities in assessing and …
A new Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) arbitration panel has been launched by Lloyd’s of London. The appointments follow Lloyd’s announcement last May that it would change the way the panel operates, “and invited applications for a position on the panel …
AbleCo Insurance, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has added Suzanne Gilbert and Robbie Morris. Gilbert joins AbleCo Insurance as personal lines sales director and Morris as commercial lines sales director. Together, they bring a wealth of industry knowledge and a history …
Aon Limited, the UK division of Aon, has appointed Simon Allen as chief operating officer, subject to the approval of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) He will also join Aon Limited’s board of directors. The announcement noted Allen’s “significant operational …
Homeowners policyholders of New Jersey’s Franklin Mutual Insurance will have access to a debit card-style program that allows them to more quickly pay claims on their policy. The card, known as InsurCard, is a pre-paid card created specifically to distribute …
Chubb Group recently co-hosted a seminar near Shanghai, which focused on the “increasing number of Chinese exports exposed to product liability claims and litigation in the United States and Europe.” As a result presenters called for Chinese companies to make …
The Main Street America Group has introduced its new Main Street Connection for Personal Lines quoting and policy issuance system in Michigan. The super regional’s independent insurance agents now have 24/7 access to Main Street Connection for Personal Lines to …
The Marine insurance market continues to face “choppy seas in the wake of the global economic crisis, with a sharp decline in international trade crippling certain sectors of the shipping community, piracy spreading to new regions, and stalled capital markets …
A surgery training program at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital has been placed on probation by a national accrediting organization because some participants were working too much. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education warned the hospital in April that a …
