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Apex Risk & Insurance Services Launches in California

Apex Risk & Insurance Services launched in the San Diego, California area. CEO Peter Katkov, a seasoned insurance professional with more 15 years in the industry, founded Apex Risk & Insurance. Apex specializes in personal and commercial property/casualty insurance. The …

Willis Opens New ‘Superyacht’ Office in Barcelona

Willis Group Holdings announced the imminent opening of new Superyacht insurance brokerage office at the prestigious MB92 shipyard in Barcelona, planned for September. In connection with the new facility Willis said it “is offering all visitors a free analysis of …

Sullivan Brokers Enhances Casualty Practice with Addition of Jim Viera

Los Angeles, CA, 06/25/12 – Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that James Viera has joined the firm’s Casualty Practice Group in the position of Senior Broker. “Jim is an exceptional professional wholesale broker with impeccable market …

Swiss Re Team Favored to Acquire Groupama’s Brokerage Unit – Sources

Swiss Re and its private equity partners Apax and PAI are in pole position to acquire Groupama’s GAN Eurocourtage [brokerage] unit for about €600 million ($793.2 million), people familiar with the situation said. The Swiss reinsurance group teamed up with …

Washington, D.C.-based Broker Ames & Gough Promotes Four Executives

Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms and other professional organizations and consulting firms, has promoted four officers. Ames & Gough partners Joan Delorey, Frances Railey and Matthew Gough have …

Wells Fargo Insurance Acquires New Jersey-Based Procomp

Wells Fargo Insurance Services has acquired Procomp Benefit Resources Inc., an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Hazlet, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition will allow Wells Fargo Insurance Services to further expand its …

Aon Risk Solutions Hires Marsh Executive for Pittsburgh Office

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., appointed Marsh veteran John Moskal as executive vice president and regional sales director of the Pittsburgh office. Moskal comes from Marsh, where he spent more than 31 years. Most …

Industry Leaders to Speak at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium

Burns and Wilcox, Chartis, Hub, Lloyds of London, Navigators, Pure, QBE and Tower to share Innovations Dallas, TX – May 16, 2011 – The Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium On September 12-14, 2011, MarketScout will host its fifth annual Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium …

How to Revolutionize Your Insurance Business with Flexible Technology

Insurance Journal & Epic-Premier Present a Free Webcast: May 12, 2011 – Join us as we demonstrate the advantages and benefits of the advanced technology in ConceptOne™, the Enterprise Management Solution designed specifically for the MGA, Brokerage, Program Administrator and …

Towers Watson Names Comis, Albert to Reinsurance Brokerage Team

Towers Watson has named Darrell Comis, senior vice president, and David J. Albert, vice president, in its Reinsurance Brokerage business. Comis, based in the company’s Stamford, Conn. offices, will be responsible for facultative market strategies. Before joining Towers Watson, Comis …