Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past two years, Crawford has served as the company’s chief operating officer. During Crawford’s 34-year career at Grinnell Mutual …
Grange Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, named Robert V. James, 55, as president and CEO effective Jan. 18. Retiring president and CEO Phil Urban will serve in an advisory capacity until Feb. 26 to ensure a seamless transition of responsibilities. …
Cincinnati Financial Corp. said that Robert C. Schiff, a company founder who retired from the property and casualty insurer’s board in 2004, has died. He was 86. A company news release said Schiff died on Jan. 7 but did not …
C.M. Moore Insurance of Bowling Green and Al Torstrick Insurance of Lexington will be the first franchises in Kentucky for Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), the nation’s sixth largest privately-held property/casualty agency. The two firms become part of KIG’s network of …
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Companies, which includes Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, based in Novato, Calif. and its intercompany pool participants and …
Global insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh appointed Philip Gawthorpe as Multinational Client Service Practice leader for the Midwest Zone. Gawthorpe, who has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience, will be based in Marsh’s Chicago office and report …
The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that auto insurance rates in that state declined for the third consecutive year but homeowners rates have risen slightly. The department based its assessments on data released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners …
Protective Specialty Indianapolis, Ind.-based Protective Specialty has created a new Professional Liability Division, which joins the company’s portfolio of nationwide products by offering Miscellaneous Professional Liability. A subsidiary of Protective Insurance Company, which is rated “A+” (Superior) by A.M. Best, …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Craig Sparks chairman of its board of directors. Sparks has been president of the Union Standard Insurance Company in Irving since 2000. Sparks’ insurance career began the day he graduated from the University …
TAPCO Insurance agents in Alabama and Louisiana may now access the services provided by TAPCO Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO), a Burlington, N.C.-based MGA that specializes in high-volume, middle-market excess and surplus insurance lines. The company says it has the ability to …
