Cooper & McCloskey Inc. Insurance Brokers has opened a new office in Walnut Creek, Calif., and has moved Jessi Yap into a full-time post in that office. Yap rejoined the firm in October on a limited bases, but has increased …
St. Louis, Missouri-based POWERS Insurance & Risk Management has opened a new division: POWERS Surety Bonds. The new national division will focus on bond products and services for all surety programs to help safeguard the financial well-being of construction clients. …
Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Seth Word principal and head of agribusiness. At Newfront, he’ll oversee all aspects of cannabis as well as agriculture and horticulture coverage. Prior to joining Newfront, Word founded and lead Cultivate Insurance …
Aon plc named Eric Andersen as president of Aon, reporting to Greg Case, the firm’s CEO. Since May 2018, Andersen and Michael O’Connor had served as Aon co-presidents. Aon said O’Connor is departing Aon to pursue new opportunities after 12 …
Mark Friedlander and Kris Maccini have been appointed to senior communications positions at the Insurance Information Institute to broaden the organization’s traditional and social media operations. III’s Florida communications consultant since July 2019, Friedlander is now its director, Corporate Communications. …
Axel Theis (62), member of the board of Allianz SE responsible for insurance in German-speaking countries and Central and Eastern Europe, is retiring at his own request on March 31, 2020 after more than 33 years at Allianz. The Allianz …
SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based independently owned insurance brokerage, has hired Kaitlin Friedman as alternative market leader. A licensed property and casualty insurance broker, Friedman also provides wholesale support to the SterlingRisk Programs Department. Much of Friedman’s experience centers on …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced further expansion of its European team, naming Daniel Weinmann as head of Customer & Broker Engagement in Germany. Weinmann comes to BHSI with more than 20 years of insurance industry experience. He was most …
Everest Insurance has added four underwriters within its Excess & Surplus Casualty Excess group. The new members of the group include: Kelly Doyle, who joins Everest as a senior underwriter based in the company’s Chicago office. Most recently, Doyle worked …
New York law firm Abrams Fensterman has expanded its Insurance Defense practice with the addition of a team of attorneys – two partners, five associates and support staff members – that specialize in insurance, including fraud and Special Investigation Unit …
