Turner Steps Down as Marketform CEO & Director
Insurance Journal
In December 2007 American Financial Group Inc. became the majority shareholder in Marketform Group Limited securing the company as a key UK and international specialist insurer underwriting a diverse range of commercial insurance.

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Brown & Brown Strengthens Benefits Area; AJG Acquires S.C. Agency
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based insurance broker Brown & Brown announced late yesterday that it acquired O'Fallon, Mo.-based Independent Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc., a pharmaceutical benefits management consulting and compliance services firm with clients throughout the ...

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Veteran Gambled and Won in Starting Own Agency
Insurance Journal
Caldwell looks back on that job as good experience, “a good introduction” to the insurance business, learning about various personal lines and commercial lines products. “I began talking with other agency owners and came to thinking about where I would ...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. buys South Carolina-based retail insurance broker
Insurance Business Review
Illinois-based insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Riley & Associates, a South Carolina-based retail insurance broker. Riley & Associates, established in 1936, provides property/casualty insurance and risk management services to ...
International firm buys Mount Pleasant insurance brokerCharleston Regional Business
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Retail Insurance Broker Riley & AssociatesNASDAQ
Gallagher Acquires South Carolina-Based Riley & AssociatesInsurance News Net (press release)
Insurance Journal -MarketWatch (press release)
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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires South Carolina's Riley & Associates
Insurance Journal
Riley & Associates Inc. is a retail insurance broker with personal and commercial clients primarily in the southeastern United States. The agency specializes in insurance coverage for the hospitality, moving and storage, transportation and marine ...

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State of Prosperity
PropertyCasualty360
With almost full employment and a billion-dollar budget surplus, few states or their citizens may be feeling much sympathy for North Dakota. But the extraordinary growth does have its drawbacks, both for the state in general and its insurance providers ...

Gorman Joins DUAL Ireland Team as Financial Lines Underwriter
Insurance Journal
She joins DUAL from Marsh where she was a commercial broker focusing on financial lines. DUAL said the appointment is part of its strategic expansion plan, “which continues to add new expertise and geographical reach to its financial lines account. ...

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Western Insurance Forms On Point Risk Solutions in Southern California
Insurance Journal
based Western Insurance Holdings Inc., a property/casualty holding company, has formed On Point Risk Solutions. On Point Risk Solutions, also in San Diego, provides an array of property/casualty services to commercial property and liability insurance ...

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Broker tips insurance companies will change attitude on flood premiums
Warrnambool Standard
INSURANCE broker Dennis Morgan believes companies will soon back-pedal on dramatic premium increases for flood-risk homes. The MGA Insurance Brokers principal told The Standard some insurers had jumped the gun by adding compulsory flood cover to home ...

Solstice Benefits Launches New Broker Quoting Tool
MarketWatch (press release)
The tool will allow Brokers to generate instant Dental and Vision benefit quotes for employee groups under 50. To date, Solstice Benefits is one of the only ancillary benefits organizations to offer a tool of this kind to the Insurance Broker community ...

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Willis Group Names Cavanagh New CEO Of Willis Re Unit >WSH
Wall Street Journal
Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings PLC (WSH) appointed John Cavanagh as the new chief executive for the company's reinsurance arm, Willis Re. Cavanagh, who has been executive vice president and managing director of Willis Re since 2009, ...
John Cavanagh Appointed Willis Re CEOMarketWatch (press release)
New CEO at Willis ReInsurance Daily
Cavanagh Appointed Willis Re CEOInsurance Journal
Insurance News Net (press release)
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Silk City Tap Room sues Northampton insurance broker over death
GazetteNET
By LAURIE LOISEL NORTHAMPTON - The owners of a bar where a fight led to tragedy three years ago have sued their insurance company, alleging the firm failed to insure them properly. Silk City Tap Room, 99 Main St., Florence, filed suit Friday against ...

Silk City Tap Room sues Northampton insurance broker over death
GazetteNET
The bar's insurance carrier, Great American Insurance Company and Liberty Surplus Insurance, denied coverage for the claims. The Jan. 13 suit claims that Webber and Grinnell failed to provide advice about what coverage would be sufficient. ...

EPIC Expands Coverage for Pizza Delivery Operators
Insurance Journal
The program now includes customized commercial excess liability coverage designed for pizza delivery operators. EPIC's program, referred to as SLICE (safety, loss control, insurance, coverage and expertise), is written by an AM Best A-rated company and ...

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WATCH IT LIVE: Hoboken council addresses new insurance broker, graffiti, more ...
The Hudson Reporter
18 at 7 pm to address the potential hiring of a politically-connected insurance broker for the city, as well as a measure that could make parking closer to the corners legal. The parking ordinance, which is up for a public hearing and final vote on ...

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Chartis Realigns Global Business Units
Insurance Journal
“As Chartis continues to evolve as a company, we are deploying our global resources in a manner that will create a more efficient regional framework to improve delivery of our insurance solutions and add value for our customers. ...

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E&S Insurance Execs Have Heads Shaved for Good Cause
Insurance Journal
Instead it was all for a good cause as part of an effort organized by North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc., setting a record for fundraising for the St. Baldrick's Foundation to fight childhood cancers. ...
Eight Insurance Industry Executives Shave Their Heads as Part of AmWINS Record ...MarketWatch (press release)
OFF BEAT: Group of insurance industry executives shave heads for St. Baldrick'sBusiness Insurance

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Texas Windstorm Insurer Names New Controller and VP of Claims
Insurance Journal
He has held a variety of positions including field multi-line claims adjuster, and branch, regional, and home office claims leadership roles for national insurance entities including those with significant property insurance business in Texas. ...

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Schubmehl Joins Swett & Crawford Chicago as Property Broker
Insurance Journal
She also previously served as assistant vice president of underwriting for Mid Continent Casualty Insurance in Tulsa, Okla., and as a production underwriting manager for Deep South Surplus of Tennessee, a managing general agency. ...

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Swett & Crawford Appoints Transportation Underwriter in Pennsylvania
Insurance Journal
These groups provide access to commercial insurance products and programs, including property/casualty coverages, products liability, reinsurance, professional liability, commercial and public auto liability as well as a host of customized binding ...

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