Insurance
People Moves: AAdvantage Insurance Group Hires Bilyeu as Business Development Specialist
AAdvantage Insurance Group Hires Bilyeu as Business Development Specialist AAdvantage Insurance Group recently hired Zac Bilyeu as a business development specialist. Bilyeu will focus on commercial sales, recruiting, and training, as well as generating prospects, developing new relationships and handling …
Read More Texas Mutual Approves $340M Dividend Distribution
Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced today that its board of directors voted unanimously to approve a $340 million dividend distribution in 2023. Dividends will be distributed to an estimated 69,000 Texas business …
Read More People Moves: BHSI Promotes 2 Regional Leaders for Europe, Middle East; Lockton Re Taps Guy Carpenter’s Hunter as a Senior Broker
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and Lockton Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes 2 Regional Leaders for Europe, Middle East Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced …
Read More 150 Years Later, Dixon, Illinois Bridge Collapse Among Nation’s Worst
DIXON, Ill. (AP) – Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine dissolved distasteful memories of a long, brutal winter. Christan Goble held the 3 1/2-year-old girl in a crowd of more than 200 …
Read More accūrō Solutions acquires Iowa’s Splashlight Solutions
Laccūrō Solutions, which manages medical bill review and payment processes for payers in the property and casualty industry, has acquired Splashlight Solutions, a national workers’ compensation bill review service provider based in West Des Moines, Iowa. The purchase price was …
Read More People Moves: MGA DUAL North America Appoints 3 Industry Veterans for Leadership Roles; AXA XL Insurance Names Duke as Head of Pricing, Mid-Market Team
MGA DUAL North America Appoints 3 Industry Veterans for Leadership Roles DUAL North America Inc., a subsidiary of Howden Group, has appointed three industry veterans to leadership and key underwriting roles through promotion and new hires. Jim Jinhong was promoted …
Read More New Jersey Appeals Court Affirms War Exclusion Does Not Apply to Cyber Attack
The appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court has upheld a state trial court opinion that the war exclusion in drugmaker Merck & Co.’s all-risk property insurance policies does not apply in the case of the cyber attack that the …
Read More Lawmakers from Western States Want More Done to Confront Wildfire Crisis
Lawmakers from several western states want the U.S. Forest Service to do more to address a wildfire crisis that they say will surely destroy more landscapes, communities and livelihoods as long-term drought persists around the West. They grilled Forest Service …
Read More Hub Acquires The Wooditch Company in California
Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of The Wooditch Company Insurance Services Inc. in Irvine, California. The Wooditch Company team will join Hub LAOC. The Wooditch Company is a privately held commercial insurance, risk management and employee benefits services firm …
Read More Leavitt Group Expands with Another North Carolina Agency Acquisition
Leavitt Elite Insurance Advisors, part of the multi-state Leavitt Group, has merged with another North Carolina agency. Simmons Insurance Agency, with offices in Pilot Mountain and Mount Airy, was founded in 1973 and has been managed by Pam Morgan since …
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