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SilverPlume Launches Online Benefits and HR Tool

Oct 5 2005 // SilverPlume, a property and casualty insurance industry’s provider of electronic insurance and risk reference material, has launched Sage Benefits & HR, a subscription-based, online library and reference center...

Leavitt Group Dismisses Albuquerque Managing Co-Owner

Oct 4 2005 // The Leavitt Group acknowledged this week that the managing co-owner in its Albuquerque office was dismissed on Sept. 23 for reported misrepresentations made in proposals to 20 current or former clients over a six-year...

Oct 3 2005 // Seattle-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Leslie Mallonee has been named senior vice president and chief information officer. Mallonee’s history in information technology includes his...

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Oct 3 2005 // N.Y. AG Indicts Former Marsh Execs: New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills announced the indictment of eight former executives of insurance brokerage giant Marsh Inc. for their...

NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Rita, Hurricane Philippe

Sep 19 2005 // Rita became the 17th named storm of the current season over the weekend, as maximum sustained winds neared 50 mph (85 km/hr) with higher gusts. Miami’s National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could become a...

Sep 19 2005 // Saylor & Hill has announced that three senior associates of the firm have been promoted to principal. Tim Sweeney, Kevin Mirsky and Chris Williams, each of whom has worked for the firm for more than a decade, will...

Lloyd’s Estimates Katrina Impact at $2.54 Billion

Sep 15 2005 // Following a review by all of its 44 managing agents, who operate its 62 active syndicates, Lloyd’s issued a bulletin indicating that its preliminary estimate of losses from Hurricane Katrina are approximately 1.4...

N.Y. AG Spitzer Indicts Former Marsh Execs for Roles in Bid Rigging, Fraud

Sep 15 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills on Thursday announced the indictment of eight former executives of insurance brokerage giant Marsh Inc. for their roles in a bid rigging...

MMC Names Storms Chairman, CEO of Marsh; Caulfield Appointed at MHRC

Sep 9 2005 // Michael Cherkasky, president and chief executive officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC), announced that Brian Storms has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh Inc., its risk and insurance...

Assured Guaranty Appoints Bajer Managing Director for Europe

Sep 7 2005 // Assured Guaranty Corp., a subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced that Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd., its European unit, has appointed Marc Bajer as managing director and head of its European business. He will be...

Polestar Names Kasper President

Sep 7 2005 // SHRP Names Allstate’s Crockett HR Pro of Year The Society of Human Resource Professionals, (SHRP), the Chicago chapter of the national Society of Human Resource Management, (SHRM), has named Joan M. Crockett, senior...

SHRP Names Allstate’s Crockett HR Pro of Year

Sep 7 2005 // The Society of Human Resource Professionals, (SHRP), the Chicago chapter of the national Society of Human Resource Management, (SHRM), named Joan M. Crockett, senior vice president of human resources at Allstate Insurance...

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Sep 5 2005 // AVRECO, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in Chicago, has announced the appointment of Marcia Gloppe as an underwriter in the professional liability underwriting department, headed by Linda Deiss. Gloppe began her...

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Sep 5 2005 // Ronald L. Alexander has been named president and managing partner of Willis Group Holdings Ltd.’s Tennessee operations in Knoxville, Tenn. Alexander was formerly executive vice president and chief operating officer...

San Antonio Managing General Agency Announces Grand Opening

Aug 26 2005 // Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC of San Antonio, TX announces they are now accepting submissions from Independent Agents for Public Entities in Texas and Alabama with this new wholesale agency created by Tom Ramsbacher,...

Winterthur Names New VP of Human Resources

Aug 22 2005 // Mike Bauer was recently named vice president of human resources at Winterthur U.S. Holdings, Inc., the parent company of General Casualty Insurance Companies. Bauer’s professional affiliations include the Executive...

Aug 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. recently announced the promotion of six staff members at the statewide trade association, effective Aug.1. IIABNY, which represents more than 18,000...

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Aug 22 2005 // The National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) during its 2005 summer conference elected Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Scott Brener president. With members from more than 30 U.S....

Beecher Carlson Expands Health Care Practice; Adds Seven Executives

Aug 18 2005 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management company, announced that it has expanded its National Health Care Practice with the appointment of seven industry professionals. The team expansion increases Beecher...

Howey Joins G.E. Young & Company

Aug 18 2005 // Jim Howey recently joined Denver-based G.E. Young & Company as chief operating officer. Howey, who holds more than 16 years of insurance and risk management experience, was brought on board to drive process and...