QBE’s European division announced that Petko Tonchev has been promoted to General Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Felix Jenny will take up the interim position of General Manager of QBE‟s German operation. Both roles are effective immediately. They …
Aon Corp. will spend $4.9 billion to buy Hewitt Associates Inc., in an aggressive bid to leapfrog archrival Marsh and McLennan and create the world’s largest human resource services company. Aon, in its largest-ever deal, would issue 64 million shares …
American Heritage Financial, an insurance agency in Wallingford, Connecticut, has joined the Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., both firms announced. “American Heritage Financial wants to remain an independent agency while representing the buyer in multiple markets,” said agency owner …
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Jim Gillette as a principal and senior vice president in its Los Angeles office. His responsibilities will include expanding the company’s presence in Los Angeles …
Cathy Saporito has joined program administrator NSM Insurance Group as a business development underwriter in the Mid-Atlantic region. She will provide knowledge and leadership on both regional sales and marketing and workers’ compensation underwriting in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has …
The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Idaho is reminding insurance brokers of new requirements for surplus lines contracts that took effect July 1. H 462 amends existing law relating to unauthorized insurers and surplus lines to revise requirements relating …
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a California-based retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added North Bay insurance professionals Wade Gordon and Jennifer Heliotes in the company’s newest Petaluma, Calif., branch office. Both have deep ties to the …
Asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied: “Because that’s where the money is.” Something similar can be said to explain why companies are paying more attention to social media these days — because that’s where the consumers are. …
Following the establishment of Management Liability, Healthcare and Renewable Energy practices earlier this year, Torus appointed sector specialist Adrianne Vigueras as vice president to develop tailored environmental products for small and midsized businesses in the US. Based in Torus’ Jersey …
Markel Programs has partnered with ProSurance Group, Inc., a managing general agency, to offer a new, monoline commercial Fidelity insurance program. Commercial crime coverage is currently available countrywide on an open-brokerage basis. Fidelity insurance for financial institutions will be launched …
