Nautilus Insurance Group named Thomas Miali as assistant vice president-property underwriting. Miali joins Nautilus from a reinsurance company where he served as vice president. His background includes managerial positions specializing in property underwriting for both primary and reinsurance companies. He …
The excess and surplus (E&S) unit of CNA insurance companies is offering two new programs for resort-style campgrounds and tattoo artists/piercing professionals. The E&S Campgrounds program is targeted to campgrounds with amenities including river rafting, swimming, fishing, golfing, wall climbing, …
The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed eight people in Louisiana in January is suing the aircraft’s manufacturer and two other companies. The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Steven Yelton, of Floresville, Texas, and his wife, Kelly, …
Ron Kurth, who grew up in Gary, Ind., and worked in the steel mills, raised his family in the region near the outskirts of Chicago. He always wondered about the smoke and smog that overcast the Lake Michigan shoreline. “It’s …
Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. has appointed Susan Kostro as vice president in charge of running its newly created Program underwriting facility. Kostro, who will be based in Boston, will develop and manage Program business, working in conjunction with program administrators across …
Beazley Group plc, an insurer of construction and engineering risks in the Lloyd’s market, has established a builders risk and engineered risk capability in the United States. Builders risk, commonly known as contractors all risks (CAR) and erection all risks …
The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group has appointed Mark Herman as President of its newly-created Everest Specialty Underwriters, effective immediately. The new division is based in New York and “will focus its attention on the professional lines markets, specifically directors and …
Surplus lines insurance industry leaders in Florida hope legislation working its way through the state Legislature will clarify how the industry will be regulated. The industry has had concerns about its future since court decisions last year suggested that the …
New York-based specialty insurer Valiant Insurance Group, Inc. has established a new insurance vehicle, Valiant Specialty Insurance Co., a Delaware-licensed property/ casualty insurance company to serve as the excess and surplus lines insurance carrier for Valiant’s U.S. operations. Valiant is …
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Merchants National Insurance Company, a wholly-owned excess and surplus lines subsidiary of Merchants Insurance Group, began accepting new business on Feb. 1, 2009. The company reported as of that date it has been approved in 10 states. The …
