Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty announced that its “new global marine unit opened for business on January 12th 2009, under the leadership of Art Moossmann in New York and with dedicated marine teams in 14 major service centers worldwide. Allianz …
Seal Beach, CA and Fresno, CA, January 14, 2009 — American Pinnacle Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a holding company of specialty insurance companies, announced today that APP through a two-step transaction has acquired 100% of Commodore Insurance Services, Inc.’s workers compensation …
Joe Peloso joined Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, as a vice president charged with expanding company’s casualty-driven program business. As vice president of liability programs based in New York, Peloso will oversee all of LIU’s …
The state of Vermont is planning to begin issuing enhanced driver’s licenses on Feb. 17. The new licenses will allow holders to cross the United States-Canada border without a passport or other supporting documents. The new licenses are designed to …
The National Safety Council, which campaigned to get U.S. states to enforce seatbelt laws, is taking on cellphones, saying it is starting a campaign to ban all use of mobile phones while driving. Even so-called hands-free devices should be banned …
Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corp., announced that Francois Choquette has joined the Global Benefits practice as senior vice president and leader of the Americas team, which covers the United States, Canada and Latin …
Zurich North America named Ty R. Sagalow as executive vice president and chief innovation officer in the company’s North America Commercial Marketing unit. In his new position, Sagalow will oversee all of North America Commercial’s strategic product development initiatives in …
Marsh has named David L. Eslick as chairman of Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, its new agency for small and emerging growth U.S. companies. Eslick, who has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently was chairman, president …
Seal Beach, CA and San Rafael, CA, January 12, 2009 — American Pinnacle Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a holding company of specialty insurance companies, and Consolidated Specialty Risk Managers (“CSRM”), a specialty A&H Managing General Underwriter, announced today that APP has …
The U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision said on Friday that it approved applications from Hartford Financial Services Group Inc and Lincoln National Corp to become bank holding companies, an important step toward these companies obtaining federal cash. Hartford, a large …
