Yearly Archives: <span>2018</span>

Mitchell International Enters Merger Agreement with Pennsylvania’s Genex

Mitchell International, a San Diego, Calif.-headquartered provider of technology, connectivity and information to the property and casualty insurance and collision repair industries, and Genex, a provider of clinical solutions to the workers’ compensation, auto and disability insurance markets, have entered …

Frenkel & Company Hires Ferber as a Principal in New York

Frenkel & Company, an EPIC Company, has hired Joseph Ferber as a principal in New York. Ferber will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. In his new role, Ferber will be responsible for …

Just Like Many British Homes, UK Insurers’ Shares Are Subsiding This Summer

Just like a lot of British houses this summer, U.K. insurance stocks are sinking. The country’s non-life insurers sector had its steepest drop in more than a year-and-a-half on Friday after its biggest constituent, RSA Insurance Group Plc, warned this …

Everest Insurance Names Presidents of Risk Management Group, Specialty Underwriters

Everest Insurance announced that Mike Karmilowicz has been promoted to president of Everest Specialty Underwriters and Dave Sandler has been promoted to president of its Risk Management Group. Karmilowicz joined Everest Insurance in 2015 from Zurich. He previously also worked …

Insurance Pros’ Guide to How to Dress, Behave, Speak at InsureTech Conference

It’s billed as the “world’s largest gathering of insurance leaders and innovators.” So, of course, as an insurance leader and/or innovator you will be one of the 6,000 attendees at the ITC—the InsureTech Connect Conference at MGM Grand in Las …

UK Regulator to Probe Personal Lines Providers for Overcharging Customers

Telecoms and financial services companies face an investigation by Britain’s competition regulator after consumer body Citizens Advice complained that customers who do not switch providers were being “ripped off” . Such customers were being overcharged 4.1 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) …

Australia’s Financial Institutions Put Profit over Customers, Mis-Sold Insurance: Inquiry

Australia’s big banks and wealth managers pursued profit ahead of their customers’ interests and saw regulatory compliance as a cost rather than a guide to proper conduct, a scathing interim report from a commission of inquiry said on Friday. The …

AXA XL Canada Taps Ashall from Aon Reed Stenhouse for Broker & Client Mgmt. Team

AXA XL Canada has added Jonathan Ashall to its Broker & Client Management team. Ashall is based in Toronto and reports to Urs Uhlmann, CEO and country manager AXA XL Canada. Ashall joins AXA XL from Aon Reed Stenhouse where …

Most UK Firms Unprepared for EU Exit; Hard Brexit Could Bring Investment Cuts: Survey

Most British firms are unprepared for Brexit, but a fifth plan to move all or some of their business to the European Union in the event the U.K. fails to reach a deal with the bloc, according to one of …

Missouri District to Pay $423K to Settle With Teen Injured in Mud Pit

Springfield Public Schools in Missouri has agreed to pay $423,106 to a settle a lawsuit alleging that a teen was critically injured in a mud pit because staff failed to properly supervise students at a back-to-school event. The Springfield News-Leader …