QBE North America and Jorgensen & Co., a specialist professional liability managing general underwriter, have formed an underwriting agreement to provide accountants and consultants professional liability insurance (APL). According to Don Allard, senior vice president, Specialty Programs at QBE, this …
Surplus lines insurer General Star announced it is combining its contract Property/Casualty and Errors & Omissions divisions into a new delegated business division under the leadership of Matt Brown. The new division will be comprised of the existing contract P&C …
Aspen Insurance announced today that Dominick Tassone has been appointed executive vice president, Programs, for its U.S. business. Tassone’s appointment will be effective from Oct. 1, 2015 when Tom Muller, the current head of Programs for Aspen U.S. Insurance, retires …
JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, announced it is continuing to develop and diversify its Programs and Binding Authority Division with three new appointments. Mark Sleet has joined from Miller where he specialized in casualty business; Sleet has …
QBE North America announced two new underwriting vice presidents in the company’s Specialty Programs unit – Erin Fry and Bob Remy. Fry joins QBE from XL, where she was vice president and head of professional liability programs. She will be …
American International Group Inc. has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in NSM Insurance Group, a managing general agent and insurance program administrator, from ABRY Partners and NSM management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected …
The program insurance business market has enjoyed years of growth and appears on track to continue its expansion. However, while program business is attracting new interest, some participants are cautioning that not all competition is good. Program business premiums grew …
Commercial property/casualty insurance program administrators outperformed the overall property/casualty insurance market last year. Program business premium revenues increased by 9.8 percent, reaching $30.1 billion in 2013 up from $27.4 billion in 2012. In comparison, the total P/C industry grew commercial …
Combined Group, a wholesaler of commercial insurance based in Dallas, has released a new exclusive insurance program available for drycleaners, drycleaner plants, drycleaner receiving stations, commercial launderers, linen suppliers, uniform rental firms, coin-operated laundromats, self-service laundromats & washaterias. Combined Group’s …
Dallas-based CPro Associates has spun off its binding authority and programs unit as a new company, B&H Risk Services Inc., headed by William E. Buckley. Buckley joined CPro in late 2013 to form and develop the new business unit. B&H …
