Ohio Casualty Corp. has named Donald McKee its new CFO, effective Sept. 19. The Fairfield, Ohio-based company said McKee will fill a slot left empty since April 1, 2000, when CFO Barry Porter retired. Elizabeth Riczko, the company’s COO, had …
Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not, since the base …
Editor’s Note: This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. See IJ, Aug. 27, 2001, for Part I. Part II Determining causation A major aspect of the ongoing mold-related lawsuits …
By Catherine Tapia This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims, which continues its exploration of specific mold-related lawsuits in California: determining causation, calling in the experts and getting educated. …
Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not, since the base …
When John Latham steps down as president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) in San Antonio later this month, Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., will take on the office as incoming president and continue moving the organization …
Argonaut Group, Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisition of Front Royal, Inc., an insurance holding company headquartered in Morrisville, N.C. for $165 million in cash. The acquisition of the Front Royal insurance companies will add to Argonaut Group’s growing …
Property/casualty insurance mass-marketers with agencies and carriers will address timely industry issues such as marketplace and carrier instability — and survival tools — at the 2001 Annual Conference of the International Mass Marketing Association (IMMA). The conference will be held …
Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. completed the sale of two wholly owned insurance companies to McM Corporation, a Raleigh, N.C.-based insurance holding company and owner of Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina and Wilshire Insurance Company. In addition, McM …
Catastrophe insurance specialist International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC (ICAT) has named Shannon King Regional Underwriting Manager for California and Cathy Schablitsky Regional Underwriting Manager for Florida. King currently serves as ICAT’s Regional Underwriting Manager for Florida. As such she has …
