June 18, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot said the city will partner with Gallagher Bassett, an international public sector claims administrator, as well as Gallagher Global Brokerage Risk Program Administrators, to overhaul and professionalize Chicago’s workers’ compensation program after an independent audit …
June 18, 2019
High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), a Michigan-based provider of commercial insurance, personal lines and employee benefits services, has appointed Dave Tuitas as senior partner and chief financial officer. Tuit joins a management team led by High Street executives Scott …
June 18, 2019
Former Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak, who stepped down as the head of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner last month, will join the global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in the firm’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions …
June 18, 2019
Hub International Limited, has acquired the assets of CBIS, LLC, d/b/a “In-Fi” (In-Fi). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2016 by co-founder Jon Chasteen, In-Fi developed a distribution platform for financial institutions, which utilizes technology and automation …
June 17, 2019
President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for Vermont’s Bennington, Essex, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties for flooding in April. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says a preliminary assessment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency identified more than $2 …
June 17, 2019
Authorities in Boston say a fire that started at a vacant property and spread to nearby homes likely caused millions of dollars in damages. The Boston Fire Department tweeted that the cause of Saturday evening’s nine-alarm fire on the border …
June 17, 2019
A New Jersey man who owned moving companies has admitted cheating customers by low-balling estimates and then jacking up prices once the goods were on his trucks. Rami Zubidat of Clifton on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy …
June 17, 2019
The Geneva Association, the global organization of insurance and reinsurance chief executive officers (CEOs), announced the election of four new board members. They are: Yuansiong Lee, co-CEO, Ping An Insurance Co. of China; Charles F. Lowrey, CEO, Prudential Financial; Jianmin …
June 17, 2019
ACORD, the global standards body for the insurance industry, has announced that Riskbook was the winner of the London semi-final round of the ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge (AIIC), with RITA and Optimiz.Claims named as runners up. Riskbook is focusing on …
June 17, 2019
PURE Programs has expanded its coverage for high value homeowners into Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Across the region, PURE Programs will offer coverage for homes with a rebuilding cost of $1 million to $50 million that do not …