New York insurance agency Haylor, Freyer & Coon Inc has appointed James Freyer Jr. as executive vice president. Freyer joined the agency in 1984, heading up the Manufactured Housing division as well as MHD Empire Services Corp., a licensed mortgage …
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 …
Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Jared Morrison as a commercial lines producer in its Portland, Ore., office. Morrison will expand the company’s large commercial hospitality and Allied Health client base in the Pacific Northwest. Morrison is a resident of Vancouver, …
The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies announced the appointment of David Furby as Division President, Commercial Property & Casualty, for ACE’s Overseas General operations. He is based in New York and reports to ACE Overseas General Chairman and …
Marsh’s UK office announced senior appointments to its Scottish National Corporate business, which provides risk and insurance advice for mid to large size corporations. They follow Marsh’s acquisition of HSBC Insurance Brokers, completed on April first [See IJ web site …
The Insurance Accounting and Systems Association Inc. (IASA) has elected Craig S. Lowenthal as president of the association. Lowenthal, a social media strategist for Pennsylvania-based Glatfelter, has been a technology professional for 25 years, and focused in the insurance industry …
A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small businesses shoulder a sizable burden of the nation’s tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008— a third of it out of their own pockets. According to …
