Cook Maran, headquartered in Melville, N.Y., has hired 18-year insurance veteran Chris Anzelone as a client advisor. He will operate out of the Cook Maran location in Melville. Anzelone previously served as director of Sales and Acquisitions at Davenport Financial …
Allianz Partners, a Henrico, Va.-based insurance company, has hired Jeff Wright as chief financial officer and Jim O’Connor as head of Operations. Wright succeeds Diane Babson, who took an assignment with another Allianz Partners business unit, while O’Connor fills a …
AM Best has placed the credit ratings of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries under review with negative implications. These actions are a reaction to the sudden departure of Mark E. Watson III, Argo’s chief executive officer, but …
The board of VIBE Syndicate Management announced, effective Dec. 31, 2019, its Syndicate 5678 at Lloyd’s will be placed into a planned run-off. “It was with considerable regret that our board reached the conclusion that the business does not have …
Re/insurance market Lloyd’s announced its decision to merge the Council of Lloyd’s and the Franchise Board, effective from June 1, 2020, after receiving widespread support from across the market. The news follows five months of consultation across the Lloyd’s market, …
Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has hired Anthony Amoruso as senior agency recruitment specialist in Florida. Oscar L. Miniet, regional executive vice president, made the announcement, saying that Amoruso’s primary role will be to …
Coalition, a cyber insurance company for small and midsize businesses, has launched a free, publicly available cybersecurity and risk assessment tool that assesses the expected probability and severity of a security incident for a company. Using Coalition’s proprietary underwriting platform …
Ed, the reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced it has appointed John Turner as chairman of Ed Bermuda. In this newly created role, Turner will “provide hands-on support to realize the potential of the recently formed operation” in Bermuda. He …
A Vermont farmer says he lost more than 2,000 chickens and turkeys when last week’s flood waters inundated their Richmond farm. Bruce Hennessey, of Maple Wind Farm, says they had moved the animals to higher ground prior to the storm …
A woman who worked as a bookkeeper has been charged in Maryland with fraudulently obtaining approximately $1 million from her employers. Lisa Fore was charged Monday in federal court with four counts of mail fraud and one count of aggravated …
