December 28, 2000
Knowledge Anywhere, a web-based training solutions for corporations and business professionals, has expanded its ready-to-use e-learning offerings to include more than 140 continuing education courses for insurance, securities, certified public accountants and certified financial planner professionals. The courses have been …
December 28, 2000
Guy Carpenter and Co. has hired Gregory T. Doyle as executive vice president of strategic planning and corporate development. In this new role, he will work with senior management in developing the strategic direction of the organization, including global strategies, …
December 28, 2000
Potential claims from asbestos, pollution and tobacco will continue to challenge the insurance industry in coming years, panelists told the Casualty Actuarial Society annual meeting in Washington, D.C. After stabilizing in the early 1990s, asbestos-related claims have surged according to …
December 27, 2000
Amwest Insurance Group Chairman Richard Savage has stepped down and Charles Schultz has taken his place as chairman and interim chief executive officer. Meanwhile, the Calabasas, Calif.-based company said John Savage, chief executive and president, has become vice chairman of …
December 27, 2000
The American Insurance Assoc. has hired Mark Sektnan as assistant vice president for state affairs for AIA’s western region. A long-time capitol staffer and a veteran of the HMO reform effort in California, Sektnan will bring extensive public and private-sector …
December 27, 2000
An agreement between the Insurance Educational Association and The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has resulted in a new working relationship in the Western United States. The organizations will work together in research, program and faculty development and …
December 27, 2000
The Atlantic Mutual Cos. has named Daniel H. Olmsted as senior vice president. He will lead the company’s homeowners’ and personal lines of business for upscale clientele, where he will be responsible for strategic marketing development, market and territory expansion, …
December 27, 2000
In accordance with its plans to concentrate on p/c insurance in Canada, CGNU, the U.K.’s largest p/c insurer, announced the sale of two Canadian life units. Manulife Financial has acquired the former CGU subsidiary Commercial Union Life for around £62 …
December 26, 2000
AXA and its wholly owned subsidiary, AXA Merger Corp. have completed their exchange offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of AXA Financial, Inc., other than shares owned by AXA and its subsidiaries and shares held in treasury by …
December 26, 2000
Insurance Services Office has entered into an agreement with Computer Sciences Corp. based in El Segundo, Calif. And Mynd Corp., based in Columbia, S.C., to acquire Claims Outcome Advisor, a bodily-injury claims-management system. The terms of the transaction were not …