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Insurance Office of America Adds Riggs to Western Region Team

Insurance Office of America has added Mike Riggs as a commercial property/casualty risk advisor specializing in the agriculture and food industries. Riggs joins IOA’s team in its Western region, serving out of the Pleasanton branch location. Before joining IOA, he …

Kaplansky Insurance Appoints Stanton to VP of Business Development

Kaplansky Insurance has appointed Donna Stanton to vice president of Business Development. In her previous role within the agency, Stanton served as director of Business Development. She brings 29 years of sales, leadership and agency management experience to her role. …

Guy Carpenter Appoints Former Gen Re Exec Toffanello as Head of Japan

Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Pietro Toffanello as head of Japan in Q1 2021. In this role, Toffanello will be responsible for managing Guy Carpenter’s business …

Illinois Insurance Director Muriel Leaving; Whalen to Lead Department in Interim

Illinois Department of Insurance Director Robert Muriel is leaving his post on Dec. 11, 2020, the department reported. IDOI’s Chief Deputy Director of Product Lines Shannon Whalen will fill in as interim acting director. Muriel was appointed to the position …

Crawford & Company Appoints Hagenbucher as Managing Director in New York

Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Janis Hagenbucher as managing director for Crawford Forensic Accounting Services, U.S. In this role, Hagenbucher will report to Paul …

UK Insurer Aviva Appoints AIG’s Winslow as CEO of International

Aviva announced the appointment of Adam Winslow as CEO of International. This is a new role at Aviva and Winslow will join the group executive committee, reporting to Amanda Blanc. Winslow will join Aviva in January and will be responsible …

EverQuote Employees Mourn Sudden Passing of Co-Founder, CEO Birnbaum, 47

Seth Birnbaum, the entrepreneur co-founder and chief executive officer of the Cambridge, Mass.-based online insurance marketplace EverQuote, passed away on Nov. 28. A statement released by the company said that Birnbaum’s passing was unexpected and peaceful, and that he died …

Victor Insurance Appoints Former RSA Executive Turner as International Head of Marine

Victor Insurance, the world’s largest managing general underwriter (MGU), announced the appointment of Richard Turner as international head of Marine, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Turner will be responsible for driving Victor’s international marine business with a specific …

Euclid Life Science Names Bailey Vice President of Underwriting in West

Euclid Life Science Specialty LLC has named David N. Bailey vice president of underwriting and executive underwriter. Bailey’s focus will be growing the company’s presence and core book of life science products-work hazard liability and professional liability on the West …

Howden Broking Opens Branch Office in Iceland

Howden Broking, the international insurance broker, announced the opening of a branch office in Reykjavik, Iceland. The office is the first to be established by an international broker in the country, said London-based Howden in a statement. Having worked with …