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American Financial Group Decides to Exit Lloyd’s, Putting Neon into Run-off

American Financial Group (AFG) disclosed it will exit the Lloyd’s of London insurance marketplace in 2020, which it joined in 2008 through an acquisition. AFG will place its Lloyd’s subsidiaries including its Lloyd’s managing agency, Neon Underwriting Ltd., into run-off. …

Iowa Company Awarded $610K in Damages, Plus Interest, in Construction Dispute

A federal judge in Nebraska has awarded more than $610,000 to an Iowa company that sued after it said it wasn’t fully paid for masonry work at a national veterans’ cemetery in Omaha. Seedorff Masonry, of Strawberry Point, Iowa, sued …

Report: Impaired Driving Arrests Increased in Minnesota in 2019

The number of people in Minnesota arrested for driving while impaired grew by nearly 5% last year, partly due to people driving with cannabis, opioids and methamphetamine in their system, according to a state agency’s report. The Minnesota Department of …

Hub International Acquires Assets of Michigan’s Cranbrook Bloomfield Insurance Agency

Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage based in Chicago, has acquired the assets of Cranbrook Bloomfield Insurance Agency LLC (CBIA) in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CBIA is an independent insurance brokerage providing …

AssuredPartners Acquires Star & Shield Insurance Services of Florida

AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Star & Shield Insurance Services located in Tallahassee, Fla. The team of 11 will remain under the operational leadership of Frank Russo and Allyson Olver. The agency currently reports $2 million in annualized revenues. Star & …

Maximum Adds Burns to Florida Team

Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has hired Kevin Burns to its Tampa, Fla.-based team. Burns has nearly a decade of experience in the property and casualty sector and will continue to broaden his reach and industry …

Nexus Specialty to Offer Admitted Trade Credit Products through Crum & Forster

Nexus Specialty Inc., part of MGA Nexus Group, has formed a new program agreement with Crum & Forster that allows Nexus to underwrite their trade credit products on a fully admitted basis in the U.S. Nexus Specialty Inc. has been …

Report: Salaries at California State Fund Being Questioned

Salaries at California’s State Compensation Fund are being called into question by some people in the state Capitol, it’s being reported. State Fund recruited a high-priced team of former executives from the private sector to turn it around after years …

Tysers (a.k.a. Integro) Completes Acquisition of Specialist Lloyd’s Broker RFIB

Integro Insurance Brokers Holdings Ltd., the parent of U.K.-based firm Integro Insurance Brokers Ltd., which trades under the Tysers brand, announced it has completed its acquisition of Risk Transfer Group (RTG), the privately owned principal parent company of RFIB, an …

Pool Re Takes Steps to Make Terrorism Cover More Accessible to U.K. Businesses

Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced it is taking steps to help reduce costs and improve the accessibility of terrorism insurance for businesses in the U.K., in part by expanding the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The …