Ryan Specialty Group acquired transportation specialist Crouse and Associates in San Francisco, California. The Crouse team is now a part of RT Specialty, the wholesale brokerage division of Ryan Specialty. Crouse has additional offices throughout California and Oregon as well …
Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA Life Agency Inc. Terms of the deal were not announced. …
Virginia’s largest school district has reached a settlement with parents and advocacy groups over the treatment of students with disabilities. The Washington Post reported that the settlement effectively ends more than two years of litigation against the Fairfax County Public …
Erie Insurance Names Leemhuis as Vice President, Corporate Risk Officer Erie Insurance has named Dorothy Leemhuis as the company’s next vice president and corporate risk officer, effective January 1. In this role, Leemhuis will lead the company’s enterprise risk management …
Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Maryland. The company said all of the 27 agency presidents will remain active in the business and …
Finland is working to stop a flood of text messages of an unknown origin that are spreading malware. The messages with malicious links to malware called FluBot number in the millions, according to Aino-Maria Vayrynen, information security specialist at the …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson, and two new roles at MS Amlin and broker Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Marsh’s Monaghan as GB Industry Transportation Leader Insurance …
The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group, announced it has acquired Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks Ltd., based in Northampton, England. Peter Hill is a leading specialist trade credit insurance and surety broker, with a particular focus …
British Columbia, home to Canada’s biggest port, is bracing for its most intense deluge after a series of damaging rain storms and historic flooding. A so-called atmospheric river is threatening to dump more water on parts of the far west …
Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the assets of Expat Marine Ltd. (EML), a specialist insurance broker providing employee benefits and general insurance products and advice to clients in Hong Kong. Financial terms of the deal were …
