Agents & Brokers News

Lloyd’s to Open Russian Office

Lloyd’s announced that it will open a representative office in Russia next year. The bulletin indicated that a “dedicated country manager will enable Lloyd’s to better understand and explore opportunities in the Russian market; however the office will not be …

Bradway Joins Business Risk Partners

Connecticut-based managing general agency Business Risk Partners has named Mark Bradway as director of broker relations. He has worked in specialty liability for over a decade. He began his career at wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford in Los Angeles …

Sepulveda Joins Worldwide Facilities

Worldwide Facilities Inc. announced that Xavier Sepulveda has joined its Irvine, Calif., office as broker on the property team. Sepulveda began his insurance career in 1998 at American International Group. Since then, he has worked at Sherwood, Crump E&S and …

Calif. State Fund: Getting Better Day by Day

In the ever controversial topic of workers’ compensation insurance in California, State Compensation Insurance Fund President and CEO Tom Rowe seemingly offers a bit of Zen. Rowe, who took the helm of the company in July 2010, readily expects challenges …

Arrowhead Announces Acquisition of Alexander Anthony Insurance, LLC

San Diego, CA, 11/03/2010 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., a leading provider of property and casualty insurance programs and one of the nations largest program managers, is pleased to announce the acquisition of program manager Alexander Anthony Insurance Agency, …

Esser to Assume Additional Role at Cooper Gay, as Summers Resigns

The Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Group (CGSC) announced that the company has accepted the resignation of Jim Summers, CEO of the Group’s UK based Lloyd’s broker, Cooper Gay & Co. Ltd. Toby Esser CGSC Group Chief Executive, will take …

Washington Voters Reject Privatization of Workers’ Compensation System

Voters in the state of Washington have rejected a measure to inject private insurer competition into the state’s workers’ compensation system. The insurance industry hoped to open up the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system to the private market and eliminate …

Big ‘I’ Insurance Agents Gave $1.7 Million to Shape New Congress

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) said that its political action committee, InsurPac, distributed more than $1.7 million in the 2010 campaign cycle resulting in a 93 percent congressional victory rate. “While the …

Rogers to Lead Marsh ProBroker; Reid is Commercial Underwriting Mgr.

Marsh’s London office announced the appointment of Mike Rogers as head of Marsh ProBroker, its UK community of independent brokers. He joins Marsh from Towergate’s Broker Network where he was Head of Business Development, managing the business development teams across …

Liberty Mutual Introduces Monoline Equipment Breakdown Product

Liberty Mutual expands its equipment breakdown (EB) offering with the launch of PowerPro Select, an expansive monoline product for companies that prefer separate EB coverage. With the addition of PowerPro Select, Liberty Mutual enables agents and brokers to offer EB …