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ACE Launches New Railroad Insurance Unit

ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused insurance division of the ACE Group, has formed a new railroad underwriting unit. The new unit will deliver railroad liability insurance products and services through a new product offering — ACE Tracks — specifically designed …

Brown & Brown Expands ECC Brand, Names Division CEO

Florida-based national insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ECC Insurance Brokers Inc., announced that its excess-and-surplus lines professional liability products will now be marketed and sold under the ECC brand countrywide. Brown & Brown also announced …

Gov. Corbett Signs Bill Limiting Abortion Coverage in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is joining about 20 other states in limiting coverage of abortions under health care insurance policies offered in a federally-run insurance marketplace starting next year under a sweeping federal law. Gov. Tom Corbett’s office said he signed the bill …

PMC Insurance Names Regional VPs for Restructured Sales Organization

PMC Insurance Group, a Needham, Mass.-based national workers compensation wholesale broker, has announced the restructuring of its sales organization into four regions to enhance their national footprint and carrier relationships. The sales operation will now be lead by regional vice …

Tenn. Consumer Affairs: Don’t Get Burned by Air Condition Repair-Scam Artists

With the weather reaching sweltering temperatures this summer, it is important to have a working, reliable air conditioning unit. But scam artists often use the rise in temperatures to take advantage of consumers by charging for unnecessary repair work, Tennessee …

SullivanCurtisMonroe Names Petsche as VP in Southern California

SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named Thomas Petsche as a vice president at its Los Angeles location. Prior to joining SCM’s group benefits division, Petsche was with Gallagher Benefits Services. He has more than 15 years of benefits brokerage consulting experience. …

Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors MarshBerry Market & Financial Survey

MarshBerry, in partnership with Insurance Journal, has launched its 28th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey. This exclusive survey compiles anonymous general agency information along with financial, market, carrier and technology data and then summarizes the findings in a State …

Rockwood Programs Adds Cyber Liability to Coverage Portfolio

Rockwood Programs has added cyber liability to its portfolio of management and professional liability products. The coverage can be attached to an underlying Rockwood account as an endorsement, with a separate sub-limit. Cyber liability can also be purchased on a …

Citizens CFO Binnun to Return to Private Sector

Following a six-year tenure as Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s chief financial officer, Sharon Binnun has accepted a position in the private sector and will resign her post effective July 5.Citizens President and CEO Barry Gilway announced Binnun’s upcoming departure Monday. …

Mass. Industrial Accidents Dept. to Require E-Filing for First Reports of Injury

The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) announced this month that, as of Jan. 1, 2014, it will cease accepting paper copies of Form 101 Employers First Report of Injury. The department will require electronic submission of all First Reports …

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