Posts by Hometown Insurance
People Moves: Starr Names Magee VP, Int’l Head of Financial Lines & Professional Liability; Hub Int’l Taps Hartman as EVP, Strategic Client Service Operation
Starr Insurance announced that Christopher Magee has joined Starr as vice president, international head of Financial Lines and Professional Liability, a new position focused on growing the business outside the U.S. and helping clients manage their risks around the world. …
Read More McGriff Acquires Wisconsin’s Alternate Risk Resources
McGriff announced that it has acquired Alternative Risk Resources (ARR), a Wisconsin-based commercial brokerage firm that specializes in captive insurance. The transaction expands McGriff’s presence in the captive insurance market with a firm that has been active in the industry …
Read More Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys Facing Civil Suits in Las Vegas Alleging Sexual Assault Decades Ago
Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in Nevada, one by a woman who alleges he raped her on his tour bus in Washington state in 2001 and …
Read More California Regulators IJ More Gas Storage Capacity at The Site of Massive Methane Leak
California regulators last week approved a controversial proposal to greatly increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which sickened thousands of families and forced them from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. Despite opposition …
Read More Report: Climate Change Boosts Risk of Extreme Wildfires 25%
A group of scientists used machine learning to quantify empirical relationships between temperature and the risk of extreme daily wildfire growth in California to show the influence of temperature on the risk – and they found that climate change boosts …
Read More Climate Change Means Californians Need Flood Insurance Now, Too
Californians know wildfires and earthquakes; hurricanes, not so much. So when Tropical Storm Hilary inundated Southern California in normally bone-dry August, it showed just how exposed homeowners are to a growing financial risk from unpredictable climate-driven flooding. Standard homeowners insurance …
Read More Guy Carpenter Names Enoizi CEO of Europe
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment of Julian Enoizi as CEO of Guy Carpenter Europe effective immediately. Enoizi will be based in Europe and report to Laurent Rousseau, CEO of Guy Carpenter Europe, Middle East …
Read More World Losing Race to Meet Climate Goals, COP28 President Says
The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president of the upcoming COP28 summit said on Tuesday, as African leaders called for changes to what they say is an unfair international climate finance system. The …
Read More People Moves: DUAL Appoints McGinn From Allianz as UK CEO; Howden Germany Taps Aon’s Breeck to Lead New Large Corporate Clients Unit
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the Howden MGA DUAL and at the broker Howden Germany. A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Appoints McGinn From Allianz as UK CEO DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm …
Read More Pennsylvania’s McConkey Insurance Acquires Gallen Agency of Berks County
McConkey Insurance & Benefits, a locally owned independent insurance agency based in York, Pennsylvania, announced its recent acquisition of Gallen Insurance Agency, located in Berks County. According to Michael Harter, president and CEO of McConkey, the acquisition of expands McConkey’s …
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