Zurich Insurance plans to add 150 jobs to its workforce in Chicago. Zurich is a commercial property-casualty insurance provider that already has 350 employees in the city. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the additional jobs on July 23. In a …
Scott Bastian has joined Lockton as a vice president and producer based in the insurance broker’s Chicago office. He will be responsible for client advocacy and new business development in the employee benefits’ consulting practice. Bastian brings more than 20 …
Chicago has started installing signs at intersections to remind motorists they need to stop if pedestrians are in crosswalks. The Chicago Department of Transportation is putting in the signs as part of an effort to increase pedestrian safety and reduce …
XL Group plc’s insurance operations added Mary-Ellen (Mimi) Fiske as vice president, umbrella and excess manager to its surplus lines unit in Chicago. Fiske reports to David Halm, chief underwriting officer and head of XL Group’s surplus lines casualty business. …
Fireman’s Fund appointed Donna Favata-Bosh as a senior product director for the healthcare product lines within its professional liability business. She will be based in the Chicago office. In her new position, Favata-Bosh is responsible for the product management of …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has appointed Eric Shanks to the position of senior vice president, personal insurance underwriting executive. Shanks will be based in Fireman’s Fund’s Chicago office. In his new role, Shanks will provide strategic and operational direction for …
Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. added Lee Roth as a new high net worth personal insurance executive in its Chicago office. Roth’s 30-year career in insurance started with brokerage experience, and includes 18 years with Chubb Insurance as a …
Aon Corp. announced that its stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced change in corporate domicile of the parent company of the Aon group of companies from Delaware to the U.K. at a special …
St. Louis, Mo.-based Safety National Casualty Corp., an excess workers’ compensation provider and a writer of multi-line large casualty business, announced that Matthew Hartmann has joined the company as regional underwriting manager in the large casualty department. He will be …
Insurance company CNA Group is one of three Chicago firms returning $34 million in tax breaks to the city. Also among the companies returning or not accepting special taxing district funds is CME Group, parent of the Chicago Board of …
