Liberty International Underwriters has set up a Dallas-based operation dedicated to handling Global Crisis Management (GCM) business for the southeastern and southwestern U.S. Led by Tom Dunlap, assistant vice president and regional manager for southeast and southwest regions of LIU …
Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson knew when he acceded to his post one year ago that his predecessor, Lord Peter Levene, would be a hard act to follow. Levene served for nine years and oversaw significant changes at Lloyd’s …
Swett & Crawford, based in Atlanta, has made several changes to its senior management team. Shaun Hooper, who moved from Swett & Crawford’s parent company, CGSC (Cooper Gay and Swett & Crawford) where he was group chief commercial officer, will …
CRC|Crump has signed an agreement with Preferred Concepts in New York to acquire select assets of the company’s Preferred Brokerage business unit. Terms were not disclosed. J.C. Sparling, who led Preferred Brokerage, will be joining CRC|Crump as a senior vice …
G.J. Sullivan Co. Reinsurance (GJS Re) has launched GJS Re Facultative to focus on providing quality property facultative reinsurance to select insurance company clients on a nationwide basis. John W. Threlfall joins GJS Re to head up the facultative group, …
Timothy R. Kania has been appointed as senior vice president of energy and construction in the U.S. and Latin America for Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s global specialty lines unit. Kania, a 25-year veteran in …
Markel Specialty Programs announced today that is has expanded its partnership with All Risks Ltd. to offer a new program for excess hired/non-owned auto liability with limits up to $1 million through All Risks’ National Specialty Programs division. The program …
Insential, Inc. has joined with Kinsale Insurance Co. to offer Insential’s clients expanded coverage for hard-to-place casualty business. Insential is a national commercial lines wholesale broker headquartered in Plano, Texas with offices in Chicago and New York. Insential will represent …
LevelFirst a diversified wholesale broker and managing general agency headquartered in Dallas, has opened an Austin, Texas, office. Vivian Plein has joined LevelFirst to lead the Austin office. Plein has more than 10 years of excess and surplus insurance production …
AmWINS Group Inc., based in Charlotte, N.C., has completed its recapitalization with the private equity firm New Mountain Capital of New York. As announced on April 17, 2012, the wholesale insurance broker reported that its management and employee shareholders agreed …
