Archive for January 2016

Leavitt Group Benefits Services of Boise has named Shane Robertson to its employee group benefits team in Idaho. Robertson will advise employers in developing customized employee benefits plans and navigating the complexities of the Affordable Care Act. He has eight … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Kryz Novotnaj vice president and national director of health informatics in its employee benefits group. Novotnaj will be based in the Walnut Creek, Calif. office, and he will lead the expansion of Alliant’s health … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Foreign oil tanker owners are expected to make a slow return to Iran despite the lifting of many sanctions as insurers tread carefully, leaving shipping players unwilling to pick up cargoes as quickly as Tehran has wanted. A nuclear deal between … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Specialty insurance and reinsurance carrier Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. announced the appointments of Frank Mike-Mayer as chief underwriting officer and Mark Wade as chief claims officer, both serving as key executives for the company’s U.S. operations. As chief underwriting … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Lloyd’s of London announced that a set of common core data requirements for cyber risks has been agreed by collaborating with modeling firms AIR Worldwide and RMS, along with RMS’ partner, the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. Both AIR and … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

America’s system for ensuring that medical devices are safe failed at every turn when dirty endoscopes began spreading deadly superbugs, according to a Senate investigation released today. The report, from Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, blames device manufacturers, hospitals, and … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The state of Connecticut is launching a new website to help fight fraud, waste and abuse in state government. Officials say the website, located at FightFraud.ct.gov, will make it easier for the public to report suspicious conduct. It will also … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

All Risks Ltd., an independent wholesaler based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, has hired Steve Davis as underwriting manager in the National Specialty Programs unit. In this role, Davis will continue to grow the existing programs, as well as share responsibility … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) announced Thursday that its longtime president and chief executive officer, Francis A. Mancini, will retire from the association at the end of 2016. MAIA said it has formed a search committee to oversee … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal