April 26, 2013
Chicago-based wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agency, Worldwide Facilities Inc., announced it is expanding and has added James F. Langan as vice president. He will be responsible for promoting the casualty products available from Worldwide Facilities’ many markets. Langan …
April 16, 2013
Chicago-based Kemper Corp. announced that Andrea James has been named president, Kemper Preferred, the business focused on selling packaged private passenger auto and home policies through independent agents. Prior to this role, James joined Kemper Preferred as senior vice president, …
April 10, 2013
The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) announced that Chicago-based managing general agent Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. has joined the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. is an independent, …
March 14, 2013
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has added Max West as senior vice president in its Chicago office West will leverage his more than 15 years of experience as an underwriter and broker of environmental …
March 11, 2013
XL Group plc’s surplus lines team continues to grow with the addition of Matthew Huels who joins as vice president and general liability line of business head. He is based in Chicago and reports to Roxanne Mitchell, president of XL …
February 19, 2013
James Woodard has been named president of Insurance Program Managers at The Sandner Group, headquartered in Chicago. Woodard was previously president of the group’s Alternative Risk Solutions company. The Sandner Group is a subsidiary of Brokers’ Risk Placement Service Inc. Insurance …
February 11, 2013
Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced that Thomas Zacharopoulos, managing principal and the firm’s market relations leader, will assume the role of Chicago operations leader. The move to Chicago from Atlanta is something of a homecoming for Zacharopoulos, …
February 8, 2013
Andy Simkins has joined Worldwide Facilities Inc. as vice president in its Chicago office. Reporting to David Fiske, senior vice president, Simkins is responsible for expanding the company’s property/inland marine lines of business. Simkins began his insurance career in 2009. …
January 17, 2013
A Chicago City Council committee has preliminarily approved settlements in two police misconduct cases that would cost the city nearly $33 million, including $22.5 million for a California woman that apparently would be the largest payout to a single such …
January 16, 2013
Andy Simkins has joined Worldwide Facilities’ Chicago office as vice president, effective Jan. 14. Reporting to David Fiske, senior vice president, Simkins will be responsible for expanding the company’s property/inland marine lines of business. Simkins began his insurance career in …