Agents & Brokers News

NAIFA Endorsed Professional Liability Program Moves to CalSurance

CalSurance Associates, a division of Brown & Brown of California Inc., has been named the professional liability insurance broker and errors and omissions program administrator for the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) effective Jan. 1, 2011. After …

Heffernan Insurance Brokers Names Davis VP

San Francisco-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced that Julie Davis has joined its San Francisco team as a vice president specializing in the technology industry sector and product specialization in network risk, security and privacy liability. Davis has 25 years of …

Mavraganis to Head Marsh’s Renewable Energy Business

Insurance broker Marsh appointed Peter Mavraganis as U.S. leader of its renewable energy practice. Mavraganis, based in New York, will oversee Marsh’s support for its clients in renewable energy development, including solar, wind, biomass, and biofuel energy projects. He has …

Equity Risk Partners-Texas Adds Viracola to Managment Team

Dallas-based Equity Risk Partners-Texas (ERP-Texas) has appointed Michael T. Viracola as director of Business Development. ERP-Texas was recently established as a joint venture between insurance brokers Equity Risk Partners (ERP) and Lipscomb & Cathey (L&C) that focuses on servicing the …

Risk Strategies Completes Merger Of Cohn-Reid-O’Neill Insurance Services

Risk Strategies Co. (RSC), a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, has completed the merger of Cohn-Reid-O’Neill Insurance Services Inc. (CRO) in Burlingame, Calif., with its West Coast operations. Focused on providing insurance brokerage and employee …

Ex-Superintendent Dinallo Joins New York Law Firm

Eric Dinallo, former superintendent of the New York Insurance Department, is joining the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner. Dinallo, who lost the state democratic primary nomination for attorney general earlier this year, will represent clients throughout the …

Travelers Expands IndustryEdge Offering for Equipment Dealers

Travelers has introduced IndustryEdge for Equipment Dealers that provides custom-designed coverage to help protect against the unique risks and exposures in the equipment distribution industry. Available through Travelers’ network of independent insurance agents and brokers, IndustryEdge for Equipment Dealers offers …

PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Names Hilsendager VP

PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services, a managing general agent and Lloyds cover holder specializing in insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries, added Fred Hilsendager as vice president. Hilsendager brings more than 20 years of retail …

New York Agents Lose Court Battle over Compensation Disclosure

New York agents failed to make their case that insurance regulators cannot require agents and brokers to disclose their commissions, a Supreme Court judge has ruled. That decision by Supreme Court Justice Richard M. Platkin ends for now a legal …

California Delays Licensing Implementation Six Months

The California Department of Insurance is delaying for six months the implementation of a new licensing requirement for fire and casualty licensees that want to sell health insurance. AB 2782 would have required existing fire-and-casualty licensees to obtain a separate …