Lockton has added Don Glazier and Michael Schmitt in the insurance broker’s Chicago operation. Glazier joins Lockton Financial Services Practice as vice president and claims’ counsel. Schmitt joins the Global Technology and Privacy Practice as AVP and account executive. Lockton …
The Marine insurance operation of XL Group plc has expanded its regional underwriting capabilities in Chicago, adding Pete Shepeck, Brian Stockton and Jeannine Liebig to its team. Shepeck joins XL as regional vice president, North America Marine. Most recently with …
The founder of an Iowa-based brokerage pleaded not guilty on Aug. 17 to fraud charges in a suspected $200 million embezzlement scheme that drove his firm to bankruptcy and left thousands of customers without their money. Peregrine Financial Group Inc. …
The Illinois Department of Insurance is alerting consumers that David Griffith Morrow of Morrow Insurance of Decatur is continuing to act as an insurance producer although his license was revoked effective June 8, 2012. The department said it has received …
A Chicago law firm is suing Megabus on behalf of the estate of a 76-year-old Chicago woman who was struck and killed by one of the company’s buses. Attorneys filed the lawsuit on Aug. 10 in Cook County Circuit Court …
Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. has appointed J. Michael Kirchgessner as vice president of Umbrella for Commercial Underwriting. Kirchgessner will begin with CNA on Aug. 13. He comes to CNA with almost 20 years of industry experience. He most recently held …
Illinois insurance regulators reported that Millers First Insurance Co. (Millers First) has agreed to be placed into rehabilitation. While the Alton, Ill.-based company is in rehabilitation, Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron, as rehabilitator, will continue the payment …
Illinois-based insurance brokerage, Assurance, has added Avi Lev to its growing property/casualty insurance team as a vice president. Lev brings over five years of experience in the insurance industry with a special focus in real estate. He advises, strategizes and …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has appointed Leslie Rippley as commercial insurance zone executive for the West. She is based in the company’s Chicago office. Rippley will have underwriting responsibility and leadership for Fireman’s Fund’s middle market and small business in …
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 …
