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Holmes Murphy Adds Payne as Organizational Wellbeing Practice Leader

Ali Payne has joined insurance services firm Holmes Murphy in Waukee, Iowa, as practice leader for Organizational Wellbeing. Payne brings more than 19 years of experience developing holistic, innovative solutions to enhance both the employee experience and engagement. Payne spent …

Tower Hill Specialty Expands Into Arkansas

Tower Hill Specialty is now offering manufactured housing and dwelling fire insurance policies in Arkansas. Optional coverage features include equipment breakdown and service line endorsements. The equipment breakdown option provides coverage for items such as appliances and HVAC systems. Discounts …

South Carolina Governor Looks to Tackle State’s Flooding Woes

Gov. Henry McMaster started his Saturday in a South Carolina town devastated by flooding twice in three years to try to help make things better in the short and the long term. McMaster and other volunteers helped clean trash and …

AIG Consolidates Reinsurance into New AIG Re; Taps Marsh’s Schaper as CEO

American International Group announced the formation of AIG Re, which consolidates the company’s assumed reinsurance operations, including Validus Re, AlphaCat and Talbot Treaty, into one global business. AIG completed its acquisition of Bermuda reinsurer and specialist insurer Validus Holdings last …

Aspen Insurance Launches Cyber Risk Management Platform ‘SSIMPLE’

Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced the launch of its cyber risk management platform, SSIMPLE, which was developed to assist clients in the prevention and detection of, and response to, privacy and network security incidents. …

Maine Farmer Becomes Board Chair of The MEMIC Group

From broccoli to the board room, Lance Smith has cultivated a reputation for collaboration, hard work and common sense. A partner in Smith’s Farm, the largest producer of broccoli and one of the largest growers of cauliflower in the East, …

Explosion Levels New Jersey Home, Injuring Lone Occupant

An explosion leveled a home in New Jersey on Monday, injuring the lone occupant, who was pulled from the burning rubble by an off-duty police officer and first responders. Heavy flames and a large plume of smoke rose from the …

Enrollment Opens for Dairy Farm Insurance Program

Vermont dairy farmers can now sign up for an improved insurance program to help them when the gap between milk prices and feed prices reaches a certain level. The new insurance program was created as part of the 2018 farm …

Vietnam Culls More Than 2.5M Pigs to Contain Deadly African Swine Fever: Officials

Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is in danger of infecting every province of the country, an agriculture ministry official said on Tuesday. The virus, which is …

Legacy Specialist Compre Completes 3 Run-Off Acquisitions

Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed three transactions involving Basler Versicherung AG (Baloise), Helvetia Swiss Insurance Co. Ltd. (Helvetia), and an undisclosed European insurance group. Compre has acquired each company’s share of the Gibbon Pools, …