Connecticut News

16 Brokers to Use New Single-Entry Commercial Lines Insurance Exchange

Sixteen insurance brokerage firms have agreed to be the first to use a new Internet-based single entry submission system to transact commercial lines business with carriers, a system that will be made available to all agents and brokers and their …

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K&K Insurance, based in Ft. Wayne, Ind., named Todd Bixler president and CEO. Bixler joined K&K Insurance in 1986 as controller, responsible for financial reporting and accounting operations. His subsequent positions of increasing responsibility with K&K included chief financial officer, …

Ryan Group Denies Wrongdoing by Former Employee

North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and win them over to his new employer. The former employee, David Austin, …

Renaissance Alliance Adds Three Agencies

Insurance network Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services said three New England agencies have joined its ranks. The new agencies are New Haven, Connecticut-based Abbate Insurance Associates Inc., Norwood, Massachusetts-based Lydon & Murphy Insurance and Turner Falls, Massachusetts-based A.H. Rist Insurance Agency. …

Brady Named Marketing VP at Sparta

Connecticut-based Sparta Insurance has named Gerald W. Brady as vice president of marketing. Brady’s responsibilities include business acquisition and development of multi-line specialty commercial programs underwritten by expert program administrators. Prior to joining Sparta, Brady was vice president at Arthur …

One Dead, Three Injured in Yale Construction Accident

A steel beam collapsed at a Yale University construction site, killing one person and injuring three others. New Haven, Connecticut mayor’s office spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga says four people were trapped when the beam fell Monday morning. Yale-New Haven Hospital spokesman …

Progressive Named a Best Company to Work For in Ohio

After her son was born, Denise Elliott looked forward to going back to work, but she also wanted to spend more time with her baby than just nights and weekends. So Elliott, a real estate manager at Progressive car insurance, …

Ryan Group Denies Any Wrongdoing by Former AmWINS Employee

North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and win them over to his new employer. The former employee, David Austin, …

Insurance Leader Clements– Founder of Arch, Ironshore, Integro– Dies at 77

Robert Clements, a global insurance industry leader who helped start several insurers and a brokerage died on Sept. 4, 2010 of cancer at age 77. Clements founded Arch Capital Group and Ironshore Inc. and was instrumental in the launching of …

Willis North America Names McCarthy Director of Communications

Willis North America reported that Colleen McCarthy has joined the company as director of communications for Willis North America. McCarthy will be based in New York City. In her new role, McCarthy will oversee internal, external and digital communications for …