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Westfield Insurance Adds Hahn to Lead Marketing, Communications

Westfield Insurance, a super-regional property and casualty insurance carrier based in Westfield Center, Ohio, has hired Robyn Hahn as the new role of Group Marketing and Communications Leader. Hahn will assume overall responsibility for the planning, development, implementation and execution …

LP Insurance Names Crockett to Nevada Sales Team

LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Wes Crockett to its southern Nevada sales team. Crockett will be responsible for developing new business relationships as well as retaining and servicing existing clients. Crockett was most recently a senior associate at the …

Liberty International to Expand Chilean Business with Purchase of Penta Security

Liberty International Holdings Inc., member of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announced the expansion of its presence in Chile by agreeing to acquire an additional insurance company, CompaƱia de Seguros Generales Penta Security S.A., the fourth largest non-life insurer in …

N.H. Seeks to Update Insurance Rules for Health Care Provider Networks

The New Hampshire Insurance Department is moving forward with changing its rules for health care provider networks, but some insurance companies aren’t yet sold on a key part of the proposed approach. Department officials say the rules are ripe for …

All Risks Launches Wind Program for Occupied Dwellings, Vacant Buildings

QuickIns, a division of All Risks, Ltd., has launched a new non-admitted wind market on its online and phone quoting platform, QuickIns.com, for tenant occupied dwellings and vacant buildings. This A.M. Best A-rated carrier offers property and liability coverage (monoline …

SNL’s Top 15 Reinsurers: M&A Fails to Push Europeans Out of Leader Spots

SNL Financial published a list of the top 15 global reinsurers last week, showing the major European reinsurers in the top four spots. The ranking is based on 2014 assumed reinsurance premiums for both non-life and life businesses. SNL’s analysis …

Damage Assessment Tops $20M in Storm-Hit New Jersey Counties

Southern New Jersey towns hit hard by severe storms that ripped through the area last month could be in line to get federal aid to help offset cleanup costs. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials spent a second day in the …

NGM Insurance Introduces Expanded Workers’ Comp Program in Virginia

The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Virginia via its network of independent insurance agents throughout the commonwealth. “The expanded pricing levels in Virginia, available through our additional writing companies, enables …

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles Announces Change in OUI Law

The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles recently announced that starting July 1, motorists who are charged with operating under the influence (OUI) of alcohol, drugs or both, and as a result, have their licenses suspended administratively by DMV will be …

Connecticut Workers’ Comp Commission Unveils New Mediation Program

The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) on July 1 launched a new program providing mediation opportunities for possible settlement of contested cases. Under the program, parties in a litigated matter may request the services of a commissioner to help mediate …

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