Thomas J. Schaffler has been named president of Lockton Cos. employee benefits practice in Chicago. He joined Lockton more than 10 years ago as executive vice president and producer and serves on the Chicago executive committee. He is also a …
Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with employers on employee benefit programs for the past …
Funeral processions are a time-honored tradition in the South, but the customary show of respect is dying in some cities. In Mississippi, the Gulfport Police Department recently decided to limit funeral processions to five cars, a move that has upset …
OneBeacon, Tower Group Massachusetts-based OneBeacon Insurance Group has agreed to sell its personal lines business to Tower Group Inc. in a deal that comprises two affiliate insurers and two reciprocal insurance exchanges in New York and New Jersey. The agreement …
Specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. has appointed Jordan Gantz as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of the U.S. Specialty Casualty unit. Gantz currently serves as senior vice president at Ironshore Risk Agency, responsible for the national wholesale casualty operations …
Five more insurance agencies have joined the Keystone Insurers Group in Kentucky, bringing to 11 the total number of KIG agencies in the state. The latest to join are Hayes-Utley-Hedgspeth, Moore Insurance, Cambridge Insurance, Wooten Insurance and Johnson-Pohlmann. These five …
Swiss Re, Berkshire Hathaway Swiss Re concluded an agreement with Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska to cede, a “closed block of yearly renewable term individual life reinsurance business, written prior to 2004.” The transfer is retroactive to Oct. …
Elmer R. Jordan, past president of the Independent Agents and Brokers Association of the San Fernando Valley, Calif., has sold his agency to his daughter Karen Jordan-Quigley. The new name of the agency is Karen & Michael Quigley Insurance Agency. …
PacWest Alliance, Shaw Group The Shaw Group of Eureka, Calif., and its affiliates: Anderson, Robinson & Starkey Inc.; Shaw & Petersen Insurance Inc.; PS Insurance Inc. dba Shaw Insurance Services; and Harbers Insurance Agency Inc. are the newest members to …
Allianz annonced that, effective January 1, 2010, Manuel Bauer will be CEO of the new growth region – ‘Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa’ (CEEMA). He succeeds Klaus Junker, former CEO of the New Europe region, who …
