California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued a report card highlighting the progress of the Department of Insurance during the past four years, including his successful efforts to maintain solvency and stability in the insurance market amidst the biggest financial …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 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 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 …
The MLR does not protect agent and broker compensation. In their zeal to control health care costs, federal policymakers may be pushing health insurance agents and brokers to the sidelines and potentially out of business. If this happens, they will …
