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Chubb Names New Leadership in Casualty Major Accounts for North America
Jul 14 2017 // Chubb today has made new leadership appointments within its Global Casualty and Excess Casualty lines of business for its North America Major Accounts division, which serves large U.S.- and Canadian-based companies...
Lockton Adds Zapantoulis to Marine Team in New York
Jul 13 2017 // Lockton has hired Christina Zapantoulis as the leader of its marine team in its Northeast U.S. operations, based in New York City. Lockton is a global professional services firm and the world’s largest privately...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for New York’s Country-Wide
Jul 12 2017 // A.M. Best has revised its outlook to negative from stable for Country-Wide Insurance Company, a family-owned auto insurance company based in New York, N.Y. A.M. Best also affirmed Country-Wide’s Financial Strength...
New York’s U.S. Senators Urge Quick Federal Action on Flooding
Jul 12 2017 // New York’s U.S. senators are urging officials in Washington to quickly approve a disaster declaration for areas along Lake Ontario affected by recent floods. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democrats,...
Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of New York’s Unilite
Jul 12 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Unilite Insurance Agency Inc. (Unilite). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Lake Success, N.Y., Unilite was...
XL Catlin Appoints AIG’s Ochsenkuehn as Head of Global Programs
Jul 12 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the appointment of Sonja Ochsenkuehn as head of Global Programs with worldwide responsibility. Ochsenkuehn’s remit is to drive the network performance and best in...
Willis Towers Watson Announces New Leadership for North America Brokerage Unit
Jul 11 2017 // Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has made several senior appointments in its North America Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) business. Mark Rusas has been appointed CRB Northeast region leader, where he will be...
Risk Strategies Company Hires Two to Employee Benefits Practice in New York
Jul 11 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has hired Kate Genovese and Pauline Sobelman to its employee benefits practice group. Sobelman joins as senior vice...
Business Moves
Jul 10 2017 // Cross Insurance, Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts...
People
Jul 10 2017 // Lawley, an independent insurance broker headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., has launched its life science insurance practice, led by life science veterans Jose Carbajal and William DeStefano. The team will be based out of...
New York Launches Online Re-Licensing for Insurance Agents and Brokers
Jul 7 2017 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has launched an online application to speed up the re-licensing process for agents and brokers whose original licenses have been expired more than two years. The...
5.4M U.S. Homes at Risk from Sea Level Rise, Report Using Census Data Shows
Jul 6 2017 // Nearly 10 million people living in 5.4 million homes have a high risk from rising sea levels and will be adversely impacted by climate change, according to a new report that takes data from U.S. Census tracts near the...
Q&A: How Driverless Car Technology Could Impact New York and Other States
Jul 6 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways. Prior to this law going...
Aetna Settles on New York for New Headquarters in 2018
Jul 5 2017 // Aetna Inc., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, will move its corporate headquarters to New York City next year, making it the latest company to leave Connecticut as the state raises taxes and deals with a budget...
Alliant Hires New York’s Kenny to Facilitate Eastern Expansion
Jun 30 2017 // Alliant has hired Kevin T. Kenny to its Alliant Americas division. In his new role, the New York-based executive vice president and managing director will play an integral role in expanding the middle market...
New York Subway Train Derails, Scaring Passengers and Injuring Dozens
Jun 29 2017 // A subway train derailed Tuesday as it entered a station, tossing people to the floor, forcing hundreds of shaken-up passengers to evacuate through darkened tunnels and delivering another jolt to a transit system plagued by...
‘WannaCry’-Like Cyber Attack Spreading to Firms Globally
Jun 27 2017 // A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the U.S. and South America, hitting port operators in New York, Rotterdam and Argentina, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and disabling operations at...
More New York Malt Barley Farmers Eligible for Crop Insurance
Jun 27 2017 // Malt barley farmers in 44 upstate New York counties are now eligible for crop insurance from the federal government. Malt barley is a necessary ingredient in beer and spirits, and the lack of crop insurance had hindered...
New York Woman, Three Others Charged with Killing Her Mother
Jun 26 2017 // Authorities say a 22-year-old New York woman and three other people have been charged in the killing of the woman’s mother for insurance money. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says the suspects include...
Confie Completes Two Acquisitions in New York
Jun 22 2017 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has completed two acquisitions in New York. In the Bronx, N.Y., area, Confie acquired Tremont Spirit Insurance Inc. Tremont is a provider of...
