Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Robert Drew as CEO overseeing all Alabama operations – Mobile, Birmingham and Montgomery. Drew, with Willis for 10 years, the last three of which he has served as CEO of …
SEEC Inc., a provider of legacy modernization solutions for insurance, financial services and manufacturing, and Enterprise Web provider Plumtree Software announced that North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Group (NCFB) has selected SEEC’s Plumtree-powered customer service application. This application will be …
The London P&I Club reported the successful outcome of a recent dispute in the London High Court involving one of its members is an example of the critical value of swift and detailed claims investigations conducted by shipowners and the …
Austin, Texas-based The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announced that Joseph R. Buick, account executive with Hylant Group in Toledo, Ohio, made his mark in risk management education history, becoming the 1,000th individual to earn the prestigious Certified …
North American insurers currently are pursuing global expansion at a pace rivaling that of European insurers’ entry into U.S. markets in the early 1990s. According to TowerGroup, more favorable economics, key demographic trends and the gradual dissolution of international barriers …
Combined Agents of America LLC announced it recently reached the 30-member milestone with the addition of Houston-based Cravens/Warren & Co. Cravens/Warren is located in the northwest quadrant of Houston, an area of great focus for many insurance carriers. “Cravens/Warren is …
Jean M. Lawler, a senior partner at Murchison & Cumming, LLP, of California, has been inaugurated as president of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC), the first woman to hold this position. Lawler was first elected to the …
The Medical Society of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit to block the merger of Oxford Health Plans (NJ), Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Inc., claiming it would create a health care monopoly that would not benefit consumers. The filing of the …
Police closed several streets in midtown Manhattan and banned trucks from bridges and tunnels leading to the city’s financial district Monday, Aug. 2, following a government warning that terrorists were planning to strike the city. Despite the warning’s unusual specificity, …
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has signed into law a bill changing from January 1 to April 1 the date that annual private passenger auto insurance rates take effect. The measure had been backed by the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents …
