Lockton has hired John Wasilchuk as an account executive in its Chicago office focusing on environmental risk management. He is responsible for placement of environmental insurance coverage for Lockton clients and maintaining relationships with environmental underwriters and carriers. Prior to …
Louis Roi has been named president of the Chicago office of the privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant. Roi has a diversified insurance background in risk management, as well as specific expertise in other areas of food, agriculture and healthcare. …
Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. has appointed Naveen Baweja vice president of analytics. Baweja will provide leadership and support to the underwriting transformation initiatives component of the CNA Enterprise Roadmap, with a focus on enhancing the company’s data and analytics capabilities. …
Assurance, an independent insurance brokerage with offices in the Chicago, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo.-areas, announced that Robert Davidson and Jennifer Jungers are its Employees of the Year for 2013. Aussurance has been recognizing outstanding employee contributions with its Employee …
Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be a controlling shareholder of an insurance company that’s opening new offices in Illinois and creating about 200 jobs. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced in a statement that EquiTrust Life Insurance Co. …
Zurich North America announced that Taffy Jo Mayers, regional sales director for the Midwest region, has been accepted as a fellow for World Business Chicago’s Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs. The Plan is a framework for future economic growth …
Vernon Hills police say a worker is dead after he was struck in the head with falling concrete at a mall on the day after Christmas. Police say the 25-year-old man from Palos Park died Thursday. Police say he was …
An uninsured employer in Illinois has pled guilty to a Class 4 felony for refusing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced. John Linek, individually and as president of SMS Logistics of Chicago, has been ordered …
Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co. announced three new leaders to its Midwest team. Barton Bates, Tony Evans and Stephen Zimmer will join the Midwest insurance team as the company continues to grow its property and casualty, …
Ron Levitt has taken on the role of sales leader in Swett & Crawford’s Chicago office, the company announced. Levitt will continue as a senior broker in addition to taking on his new leadership role. Levitt began his career with …
