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Everest Insurance Names Presidents of Risk Management Group, Specialty Underwriters

Everest Insurance announced that Mike Karmilowicz has been promoted to president of Everest Specialty Underwriters and Dave Sandler has been promoted to president of its Risk Management Group. Karmilowicz joined Everest Insurance in 2015 from Zurich. He previously also worked …

AXA XL Canada Taps Ashall from Aon Reed Stenhouse for Broker & Client Mgmt. Team

AXA XL Canada has added Jonathan Ashall to its Broker & Client Management team. Ashall is based in Toronto and reports to Urs Uhlmann, CEO and country manager AXA XL Canada. Ashall joins AXA XL from Aon Reed Stenhouse where …

Missouri District to Pay $423K to Settle With Teen Injured in Mud Pit

Springfield Public Schools in Missouri has agreed to pay $423,106 to a settle a lawsuit alleging that a teen was critically injured in a mud pit because staff failed to properly supervise students at a back-to-school event. The Springfield News-Leader …

New Property Insurer, Journey, to Include Texas in Initial Roll Out

Texas is one of three states in which a new property/casualty insurance company plans its initial roll out. In addition to Texas, Florida-based Journey Insurance Co., formed by United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) in partnership with Tokio Marine Kiln, …

Texas’ Harris County Sets Aside $14.5M for New Flood Plain Maps

Harris County has earmarked $14.5 million for updated flood plain maps more than a year after deluges from Hurricane Harvey swamped parts of Houston. The Houston Chronicle reports commissioners accepted $6.5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds. The county …

Hahn Named President of Westfield’s Small Business Unit

Westfield Center, Ohio-based property/casualty insurer, Westfield, has named Robyn Hahn as president of its Small Business unit. Hahn more than 25 years of diverse experience in the insurance industry and has held senior leadership roles at national and international insurance …

Puerto Rico’s Small Businesses Were Underinsured for Maria Damages

Only a tiny fraction of small businesses in Puerto Rico was fully insured for losses arising from last year’s Hurricane Maria, which hit revenue or raised costs for more than three-quarters of them, according to a Federal Reserve report on …

AXIS Insurance International Names Cullum to New Role, Head of Business Development

AXIS Insurance, the insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced that Paul Cullum has been appointed to the newly created role of head of Business Development for AXIS Insurance International Division. Cullum will be responsible for helping to …

Claims Technology Firm Snapsheet Names PwC’s Yoder as President

Virtual claims technology firm Snapsheet has appointed insurance industry veteran Jamie Yoder as president. Yoder will lead activities across Snapsheet’s business lines, including virtual appraisals, fleet and rental management, Snapsheet Transactions and digital engagement and claims management. Yoder joins Snapsheet …

Frenkel Benefits Hires Tunno as a Principal in New York

Frenkel Benefits, an EPIC Company, has hired Nicholas Tunno as a principal in New York. Tunno will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. Tunno joins from the New York office of Marsh & …