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Flitcroft Named Managing Director of Gen Re Australia, Regional Treaty Manager
Jun 24 2015 // Gen Re announced that Andrew Flitcroft will assume the role of managing director of General Reinsurance Australia and regional treaty manager for the Asia Pacific region, effective July 31. He will take over for Pietro...
Amlin Appoints Few as Global Managing Director of Reinsurance
Jun 22 2015 // London-based Amlin has appointed James Few as global managing director of reinsurance, effective from August 1, 2015, subject to regulatory approval. He will be supported by Christian Bieri, who continues to lead...
South Carolina Jumps Aboard Workers’ Compensation Alternative Bandwagon
Jun 15 2015 // A South Carolina lawmaker has introduced workers’ compensation option legislation that would allow qualified businesses in the state to offer their own injury benefit plan to employees. The state is the second one...
Allstate Announces Recruiting Campaign
Jun 15 2015 // Allstate Corp. announced its plan to grow its exclusive agency count and hire more licensed sales staff and financial professionals in the Northeast region. Allstate said in May that it seeks to appoint 63 new...
Workers’ Compensation Eyes Telemedicine As Treatment Option
Jun 12 2015 // Cost savings, better access to care, immediate triaging of injuries and faster claims closings are just some of the benefits of telemedicine, according to workers’ compensation experts, who also say its use is...
Virginia Gov.: Elephant Auto Insurance to Add 1,173 Jobs in Henrico County
Jun 10 2015 // On day two of a European trade mission, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has snared nearly 1,200 jobs for his state. The economic development announced Tuesday from Cardiff, Wales, involves a $2 million investment by Elephant...
HSBC to Cut Up to 50,000 Jobs; Targets Growth of Asia Insurance Business
Jun 9 2015 // HSBC pledged a new era of higher dividends on Tuesday, laying out plans to slash nearly one in five jobs and shrink its investment bank by a third to combat sluggish growth across its sprawling empire. Chief Executive...
ACE Names Khoshabi as Managing Director, MENA; Dixon Named Special Adviser
Jun 8 2015 // ACE Group has promoted Mojgan Khoshabi to the role of regional managing director for ACE in the Middle East and North Africa, effective July 1. She will move to the new position from her current role as underwriting...
Alliant Hires Moylan as Managing Director for Construction Services in Md.
Jun 3 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired David C. Moylan for its Construction Services Group as managing director of International Surety. In his new role,...
Alliant Insurance Services Names Strassner Managing Director in California
Jun 2 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services has named Jeffrey Strassner a managing director in surety in its construction services group. Strassner is based in the Los Angeles, Calif. office. He is charged with expanding the commercial...
What Supreme Court’s Head Scarf Ruling Means for Employers
Jun 1 2015 // A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. can be sued for denying employment to a woman wearing a head scarf will compel companies large and small to brush up on the nuances of bias and do more to...
Supreme Court Backs Muslim Woman’s Job Bias Claim Over Head Scarf
Jun 1 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious...
NCCI State of the Line Report Reveals Positive Outlook for Workers’ Compensation Market
Jun 1 2015 // The workers’ compensation industry had a pretty good 2014 in which its combined ratio improved for the third consecutive year, premium grew for the fourth consecutive year, and claim frequency declined about two...
Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Accused of Getting Son No-Show Job at Insurance Co.
May 29 2015 // Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos got his son a no-show job with a medical malpractice insurer who was lobbying the Legislature, according to a federal indictment. Father and son “engaged in a...
AEGIS London’s Managing Director Moves to Canopius as Group CEO
May 21 2015 // AEGIS London announced that Stuart Davies, the company’s managing director, has resigned to take up the group CEO role at Canopius. At Canopius, Davies succeeds Michael Watson who remains the company’s...
Cyber, Talent, Data Among Game Changers for Insurers
May 18 2015 // Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the insurance industry today, according to a group of prominent underwriters and...
How On-Demand Economy Is Changing Workers’ Compensation
May 15 2015 // The workers’ compensation industry must contend with a fast-growing on-demand economy where jobs are filled via apps and more employees are temporary contractors. “Technology is changing how we think about...
Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts
May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
Crawford & Company Adds Managing Director to American Aviation Team in Miami
May 5 2015 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management programs, added Ken Forsyth to its Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) as managing director Aviation – the Americas effective April 23, 2015....
IFG Cos. Names Denton Executive Managing Director in California
May 4 2015 // IFG Cos. has named Michael R. Denton executive managing director in property. He is based in IFG’s Irvine, Calif. office. Denton assumes responsibility for leading and managing the brokerage property division,...
