Latest Topa Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Topa Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California’s Topa Insurance Company Promotes Yates, Tillinghast
Jan 30 2020 // Topa Insurance Company, one of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Topa Insurance Group – a boutique insurance holding company based in Calabasas, Calif. – has promoted Kelly Yates to vice president of Claims and...
Topa Insurance in California Names Pavlov Chief Operating Officer
Jan 21 2020 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named Denise Pavlov the group’s senior vice president and chief operating officer. Pavlov joined the company in April 2018 as senior vice president and chief...
Topa Insurance Chief Donahue Resigns; Day Assumes Interim Role
Dec 12 2019 // Topa Insurance Group President and CEO John Donahue has announced his resignation from Topa Insurance Group at the end of this year. Donahue relocated to Southern California nearly six years ago for the leading role, and...
Topa Insurance in California Names Rozema Director of Programs
Nov 1 2019 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has named Ben Rozema director of programs. Rozema Responsible for the P&L of all program business as well as the relationships with all program partners and direct oversight...
Execs: Wholesalers at Center of Topa Plans After Acquisition of California Insurer
Aug 19 2019 // Two key executives involved in the acquisition of Topa Insurance Group by Altamont Capital Partners who spoke about the deal were emphatic about one thing: wholesalers will continue to be the center of the company’s...
Business Moves
Aug 19 2019 // National Altamont Capital Partners, Topa Insurance Group Altamont Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group from its long-time owner, Topa Equities Ltd. The...
People & Places
Aug 19 2019 // National Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, has appointed Melissa Hill as head of claims in the U.S. Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the strategic...
Execs: Wholesalers at Center of Topa Plans After Acquisition of California Insurer
Aug 9 2019 // Two key executives involved in the acquisition of Topa Insurance Group by Altamont Capital Partners who spoke about the deal were emphatic about one thing: wholesalers will continue to be the center of the company’s...
Altamont Capital Partners Agrees to Acquire Topa Insurance Group
Aug 7 2019 // Altamont Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group from its long-time owner, Topa Equities Ltd. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The transaction is...
Topa in California Names Yates Assistant Vice President of Claims
Jun 25 2019 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Kelly Yates assistant vice president of claims. Yates will be located in Topa’s Calabasas, Calif. office. Yates has oversight of Topa’s property and commercial auto business and its...
Topa in California Names Griffard Director of Financial Planning And Analysis
Mar 15 2019 // Topa Insurance Co. in Calabasas, Calif., has named Geoffrey Griffard director of financial planning and analysis. He has more than 10 years of experience in financial planning, including serving as a manager of financial...
People
Dec 3 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Wells Media Group Inc. has named Ashley Berg sales and marketing coordinator. Wells Media has also named Kelly de la Mora sales manager of Claims Journal. Berg will be responsible for a variety of...
Topa CFO Morrison to Retire, Genalo Named Successor of California Company
Nov 19 2018 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group announced that Cynthia Morrison, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will retire. Morrison is retiring effective Jan. 31, 2019. Lawrence Genalo, assistant vice...
People
Oct 15 2018 // Stone Creek Insurance Agency is expanding its Spokane, Wash. presence with the addition of four new employees. San Francisco Bay Area-based Stone Creek launched its Spokane office in February. Charles Hook has been named...
Topa in California Names O’Brien Marketing Director
Oct 2 2018 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named Delaney O’Brien director of marketing and communications. O’Brien will develop strategies to enhance Topa Insurance’s public image and cultivate...
Topa in California Names Pavlov Chief Underwriting Officer
Apr 3 2018 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named Denise Pavlov chief underwriting officer. Pavlov will report to President and CEO John Donahue, and oversee Topa’s underwriting, products, program development,...
Topa in California Names Fabela President of Dorchester
Jan 2 2018 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group announced that Jim Schallert, president of Dorchester Insurance Co., retired effective Dec. 31, 2017. Theresa Fabela has assumed the role as president of Dorchester. Fabela...
Eyewitness to Destruction, Hope: TOPA Insurance CEO Shares Caribbean Hurricane Experiences
Oct 3 2017 // When Topa Insurance Group President and CEO John Donahue arrived in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) just a few days after Hurricane Irma hit, one of the first things he noticed aside from the utter devastation was the look...
People
Jun 19 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs. Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif., office. Her duties include managing reinsurance and programs operation. Chang...
Topa Names Chang Assistant Vice President in California
Jun 8 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs. Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif. office. She will manage reinsurance and programs operation, quality control of...
