Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Jerome Faure will step down from the position of chief executive officer, Global Reinsurance, on January 1, 2016 and will retire from Endurance …
San Diego, CA, May 27, 2015 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, welcomes Jeff Hoffman as Vice President of Specialty Property. In his new role with Atlas, Jeff will be responsible for overseeing department underwriting …
West Virginia received poor marks in a new report that examined traffic fatalities and road and bridge conditions in rural areas. Twenty-nine percent of major rural roads in West Virginia were in poor condition in 2013, the sixth highest rate …
A judge in Florida has tossed a portion of a lawsuit that alleged negligence against a cement company in the death of a 12-year-old central Florida girl who committed suicide after being bullied. Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death from …
Property insurers in Mississippi have until October 1, 2015 to respond to the Mississippi Insurance Department’s (MID) first call for homeowners’ insurance policy data that will be used to satisfy the requirements of the new Mississippi Property Insurance Clarity Act. …
A little more than four years after a powerful tornado destroyed most of Smithville, Miss., Monroe County residents are cleaning up from another twister. Monroe County Emergency Management Agency Director Robert “Bunky” Goza said no one was killed or injured …
Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. has appointed of Britt Newhouse, chairman, to the additional role of interim CEO of U.S. Operations. This appointment is effective immediately. At the same time, the firm announced the departure of Andrew Marcell, former …
A long-running effort in Connecticut to extend workers’ compensation benefits to police officers who receive mental health injuries on the job cleared a key hurdle on May 22 after years of defeat in the General Assembly. While the bill passed …
Two New York state lawmakers from Queens have introduced bills to regulate motorized bicycles used commercially with safety and insurance requirements. Sen. Jose Peralta and Assembly member Aravella Simotas propose that the Department of Motor Vehicles maintain a registry, establish …
The Iroquois Group hired Matt Fawber as regional manager in Pennsylvania. Fawber will be part of the Iroquois Group’s Mid-Atlantict team. Fawber joins Iroquois after 20 years on the carrier side of the insurance industry. He started his career with …
