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People Moves: Safety National’s Zervos Retires as Regional VP

Zervos Retires as Regional Vice President – Underwriting Safety National has announced that Dennis Zervos is retiring as regional vice president – underwriting on June 2. Zervos has spent over 30 years in the industry, joining the St. Louis, Missouri-based …

People Moves: Anderson Joins Safety National Cyber Team; Coalition Hires First CFO

Steven Anderson joins Safety National’s Cyber Insurance Team Steven Anderson has joined the Safety National cyber insurance team as Director of Cyber Underwriting. Anderson will be based out of the company’s Dallas office. With nearly 30 years of industry experience, …

People Moves: Safety National Shuffles Management, Names Hercules New CEO

Safety National Casualty Corp. said as of June 14 it made changes to its executive management structure and moved Duane Hercules from president to CEO. Mark Wilhelm, formerly chairman and CEO, became executive chairman. Here, Wilhelm will be responsible for …

Why This Is Not a ‘Standard’ Hard Market and Other Views on Today’s Insurance Market

Interesting. Fluctuating. Moderating. Fun. Those are the words that Patrick M. Gallagher, chief executive officer of Gallagher Global Brokerage for the Americas, used to respond to a question about the state of the insurance marketplace during a virtual conference hosted …

People Moves: Furlong Joins accūrō Solutions; Safety National Hires O’Grady

accūrō Solutions Hires Furlong as Chief Strategy Officer accūrō Solutions has hired George Furlong as chief strategy officer. He brings experience in workers’ compensation and managed care to the new medical bill review and provider payment technology company. Most recently, …

People Moves: The Hartford’s McKenna to Falvey; Safety National Hires Kostro

Falvey Insurance Group Appoints McKenna as Chief Underwriting Officer Falvey Insurance Group has hired Mike McKenna, formerly of The Hartford, as chief underwriting officer to oversee the underwriting for its group companies: Falvey Cargo Underwriting, Falvey Shippers Insurance and Safe …

3 Policyholders Receive Safety First Grants from Missouri’s Safety National

St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National, through its annual Safety First Grant Program, has awarded three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was awarded to Yale University to host a series of …

Safety National Awards 3 Safety First Grants

St. Louis, Missouri-based insurer, Safety National, has awarded its annual Safety First Grant to three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was awarded to Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs …

Hylant’s Timmel Joins Safety National to Lead Cyber Insurance Development

Spencer Timmel, has joined Safety National as national director of Cyber and Technology. In his new capacity with Safety National. Timmel will be responsible for leading Safety National’s effort to become a provider of cyber liability and other related coverage. …

Industry Needs to Address Gaps in Workers’ Compensation, AMCOMP Panelists Say

At the American Society of Workers’ Compensation Professionals (AMCOMP) Fall Meeting held recently in New York, Mark Walls, vice president of communications and strategic analysis at Safety National, and Kimberly George, senior vice president at Sedgwick, discussed a lack of …