October 10, 2003
The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc.’s inaugural Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program, gave industry experts a chance to take part in the eighth annual CEO/Agency conference, sponsored by the New York Insurance Association. The conference was held …
October 7, 2003
Is the cyclical hard market taking a turn for the soft? According to one expert, that is just what appears to be happening. “The property and casualty insurance market is softening. As a result, business owners will have more free …
October 2, 2003
Royal & SunAlliance USA appointed John Tighe as president and CEO, effective immediately. He succeeds Steve Mulready, who will now focus on finalizing the renewal rights sale of the majority of the company’s businesses to Travelers Property Casualty. In his …
October 1, 2003
Pennsylvania’s Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Group Inc. announced that Walter R. Bateman, CPCU, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of both companies and president of Harleysville Mutual, has informed their respective boards of directors of his …
September 29, 2003
Dallas-based international insurance brokerage and consulting company Summit Global Partners announced that industry veteran Joseph R. Wiedemann has been named chairman of its Board of Directors. Additionally, Summit Global said it formed a new Office of the President and put …
September 29, 2003
Lloyd’s Deputy Chairman, John Coldman, addressing the Italian Lloyd’s Correspondent’s Association on Friday (before the blackout) in Milan, highlighted the growing opportunities presented by the expansion of the European Union, but also warned that the ever changing nature of the …
September 22, 2003
The Republic Group of Insurance Companies, of Dallas, lost its president and chief executive officer, Bruce Robert Milligan on August 30, 2003. Milligan, 47, was at home when he unexpectedly passed away. He was a member of an investor group …
September 19, 2003
Lloyd’s chief executive, Nick Prettejohn urged the insurance industry to take urgent action to secure a profitable future and noted that the major transformation that’s taken place at Lloyd’s in recent years proves that improvements can be made if there …
September 18, 2003
The CEO’s of four insurance carriers will be participating in a panel discussion this October at the Target Markets Program Administrators Summit in Tempe, Ariz. Among the industry leaders presenting are Kevin Kelley from Lexington Insurance, Seth Freudberg from the …
September 16, 2003
Speaking at Town Hall Los Angeles recently, Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London insurance market, said that the compensation culture and increasing barriers to free trade cause serious harm to industries that support economic and social progress. Levene also …