Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broking subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced a series of London-based hires designed to further build out the firm’s strategic advisory and analytics capabilities across its international platform. Richard Rodriguez will join Guy …
Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Swiss insurance broker Verbag Versicherungsberatungs AG. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Zug, Switzerland, Verbag offers commercial lines, employee benefits, accident & health and high-net-worth …
An unlicensed insurance agent in California has been sentenced in Fresno County Superior Court to 95 days in jail and five years of probation after pleading no contest to grand theft, the state insurance department announced. The conviction and sentencing …
Leading Western industrial powers will for the first time jointly simulate a major cross-border cyber-security attack on the financial sector next month, French officials said on Friday. The exercise, organized by the French central bank under France’s presidency of the …
Portland, Ore.-based Fournier Group has named Jana Solis vice president and risk management and hospitality team leader. Solis has more than 25 years of experience in risk management program design and development as well as global hospitality team operations. Prior …
Curi, a provider of medical malpractice products and services for physicians, has appointed Sean Farrelly as its new senior vice president of Underwriting. In this role, Farrelly will lead Curi’s underwriting operations nationwide, with a focus on evolving the company’s …
Public health authorities in Maine say the state’s sharp rise in hepatitis cases is continuing. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says the increase in cases of hepatitis B and C in the Pine Tree State can be …
Alera Group, a national independent insurance agency, has acquired ARMS Insurance Group, effective May 1, 2019. ARMS, a general agency headquartered in Bethel Park, Penn., has served insurance brokers throughout western Pennsylvania and the surrounding states for more than 25 …
W.N. Tuscano Agency Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Clarks Summit, Penn.-based Insurance Markets Inc. Founded in 1960, Insurance Markets Inc. is a managing general agency (MGA) and surplus lines broker serving clients primarily in Pennsylvania. The Insurance Markets …
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Liberty Mutual Insurance announced a $25 million, five-year collaboration to support artificial intelligence (AI) research in computer vision, computer language understanding, data privacy and security, and risk-aware decision making, among other topics. The …
