Puerto Rico News

NAS Insurance Services Appoints Casas as Underwriter

Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has appointed Sandra Casas as underwriter and facility manager for its technology products. Casas brings a broad underwriting experience in technology errors and omissions, cyber and media liability, and miscellaneous E&O. She previously worked for …

Castle Inspection Service Announces Partnership with Myriad Development, Inc.

Partnership Means Increased Inspection Management Options Salt Lake City, Utah (March 24, 2008) – Castle Inspection Service, a Division of Overland Solutions, Inc. (Castle) and Myriad Development, Inc. are pleased to announce Castle’s decision to license Myriad’s Risk Manager Inspection …

Caribbean Storm Waves Threaten Islands

An Atlantic storm threatened to pummel Puerto Rico and other islands with waves as high as 30 feet (9 meters) beginning late Wednesday, forcing tourists and other Holy Week vacationers to seek alternatives to the beach. The storm spawned tornadoes …

Universal North America Introduces Auto Coverage in Texas

Universal North America Insurance Company (Universal) announced it has begun offering automobile insurance coverage in Texas. Universal, a multi-regional personal lines carrier, already provides homeowners insurance and other coverages to more than 140,000 residents in five states, including Texas. According …

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear 5 Age Bias Cases This Term

There is only one anti-bias law — the one against discrimination based on age — that would cover all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, if such laws applied to them. The justices, ranging in age from 53 to 87, are …

RiskMeter Report Now Covers Entire Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

CDS Business Mapping LLC, added Maryland and Virginia to its RiskMeter Online storm surge report. By adding these states, RiskMeter Online now offers real-time, storm surge reports for the entire Atlantic and Gulf coasts, as well as Hawaii and Puerto …

Quirk & Company Adds Vázquez in Management Position

Luis A. Vázquez was recently named manager of Commercial Lines and Quality Assurance for Quirk & Company, an insurance wholesaler headquartered in San Antonio. In addition to Quality Assurance and regulatory compliance, Vázquez’s focus will be on the growth of …

Universal North America Expands to Arizona and Nevada

Universal North America, a personal lines carrier based in Sarasota, Fla., will begin writing homeowner policies in Arizona and Nevada this month. Other personal lines products, such as auto and umbrella coverages, will become available soon. Expansion into Hawaii, Georgia …

Guaranty Fund System Continues to Deliver

At the heart of every property and casualty insurance contract lies a promise to soften the blow of misfortune. But what happens when an insurance company becomes financially troubled, fails and is no longer able to uphold its end of …

Barrales, Herrera Join Flagstone Re – Latin America

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited announced that Miguel Barrales has been appointed CEO of Flagstone Underwriters Latin America Ltd. A.I. He joins Flagstone from Swiss Re where he was Vice President, Client Management for P/C and Life & Health Reinsurance business, …