The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has launched a new online job center to help students and young professionals find employment opportunities in the surplus lines insurance industry. NAPSLO’s Jobs Portal Web site at http://jobs.napslo.org allows jobseekers to …
Maxum Specialty Insurance Group, based in Duluth, Ga., appointed F. Marshall Turner, II, as the president and CEO of Maxum Indemnity Co. and Maxum Casualty Insurance Co. His appointment is effective May 5, 2008. Turner will serve as a director …
W. R. Berkley Corp. has named William M. Rohde, Jr. president of Acadia Insurance Co., succeeding Bill Thornton, who will now serve as chairman of Berkley Regional Specialty Insurance Co. Walter E. Stradley remains president of Berkley Regional Specialty. The …
Melville, New York-based managing general agent, WKF&C Agency Inc., announced it is expanding its nationwide casualty underwriting platform with the opening of a new office in Dallas, Texas. Industry veteran and Dallas native Rodger Young will serve as president of …
M.J. Hall and Company Inc., a managing general agent and surplus lines wholesaler based in Stockton, Calif., has opened an office in Plano, Texas. The company said with the opening of the Plano office it now has eight locations in …
Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a part of Liberty Mutual Group, announced the appointments of several new executives in its Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York locations. The executives bring insurance industry experience ranging from five to 30 years in …
Swett & Crawford named Michael S. “Steve” Sadler as chief operating officer and executive vice president of sales. The majority of Sadler’s career was spent at Marsh & McLennan, where in his 29-year tenure he held a series of top-level, …
Why do retail agents and brokers choose a particular wholesale broker or managing general agency to work with over another? What’s more important to a retailer — service or price? Insurance Journal invites retail agents and brokers to participate in …
IMA Financial Group Inc. announced the recent formation of Towerstone Inc., a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency with extensive experience in a broad spectrum of industries, with expertise in energy and construction. Towerstone is the result of the …
Bermuda’s Allied World Assurance Company Holdings has announced the appointment of Todd Germano as Senior Vice President, Specialty Insurance of Allied World U.S. He will be responsible for developing new products with a focus on specialty programs and will be …
