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ALKEME Acquires Chergey Insurance in California

ALKEME acquired Chergey Insurance in Thousand Oaks, California. Chergey Insurance offers services including workers’ compensation, property, general liability, and commercial auto. ALKEME is brokerage operating in 50 states, specializing in workers’ comp, property, liability, and commercial auto.

Eastern Insurance Acquires Michals Agency in Massachusetts

Natick, Massachusetts-based Eastern Insurance Group reports it has acquired the operating assets of Michals Insurance Agency, an insurance agency about 16 miles away in Watertown. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction marks the 35th acquisition of an independent insurance agency …

People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds 2 to Professional Liability Practice Group; J.M. Wilson Adds Struck

Burns & Wilcox Adds Tameka Livatino and Erin Pritchett to Professional Liability Practice Group Burns & Wilcox has named Tameka Livatinoas underwriting director of architects and engineers, based in Chicago. With nearly 25 years of professional liability underwriting experience, Livatino …

People Moves: Applied Financial Lines Adds 3; Sandbox Ventures Welcomes Chamness

Applied Financial Lines Names Noble, Owen and Dau Nebraska-headquartered specialty insurer Applied Underwriters has expanded its Applied Financial Lines unit with several key appointments. Kim Noble has been named vice president, Applied Financial Lines. Prior to joining Applied Financial Lines, …

Hub Acquires Illinois’ Kuhl Insurance Agency

Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Kuhl Insurance Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Morton, Illinois, Kuhl Insurance is an independent agency providing commercial and personal insurance, and employee benefits services. Kuhl Insurance …

Rising Mississippi River Bars Most Nearby Construction

The Mississippi River hit a mark last week that bars most construction work near levees and triggers frequent inspections of those levees. The river edged two-hundredths of an inch (half a millimeter) above the trigger _ a depth of 11 …

Argo Group CEO Rehnberg Takes Health Leave; Bradley Assumes Role for Interim

Kevin J. Rehnberg, chief executive officer of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., announced on March 2, 2022 that he would be temporarily unable to perform his duties for health reasons. Effective March 3, 2022, Thomas A. Bradley, who served on …

U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the Google parent company of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left private user data exposed. The justices left in place …

‘No Contest’ Plea Doesn’t Trigger Criminal Exclusion in Home Policy: Connecticut Court

An insured’s plea of nolo contendere to criminal charges does not trigger a criminal acts exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy governed by state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled. A federal court asked the state’s high court to …

More Price Increases for U.S. Commercial Insurance in Q4 2021: WTW

U.S. commercial insurance prices rose again in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The aggregate commercial price change reported by carriers was above 7%. The survey compared prices charged on policies …

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