Archive for February 2016

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has created a new “one-stop shop” webpage to make information on private market flood insurance more accessible to Pennsylvania homeowners and renters. In announcing the new webpage, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller said Pennsylvania homeowners, who … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

AssuredPartners Inc. announced Wednesday that it has acquired Suydam Insurance Agency in Somerset, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Suydam Insurance Agency has provided business and personal insurance coverage to clients in the greater New Jersey area … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Captricity Inc., an Oakland, Calif.-based startup that gives businesses in regulated industries easy access to customer data trapped in handwritten forms, has raised $35 million in a Series C round of financing led by White Mountains Insurance Group. The latest … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Health experts are bracing for Zika virus to spread to the United States by April or May, borne by a mosquito that craves human blood, feeds during the day and lives under beds and inside closets. Until now, the best … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler High-risk shoppers maybe one of the best segments for insurance agencies and carriers to target with online and mobile quoting and services. New data from online agency CoverHound shows high-risk shoppers are 93 percent more likely to conduct research for … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

General Motors Co. has asked a judge to reject efforts by a lawyer who first publicly exposed a faulty ignition switch in GM vehicles to undo a settlement fund resolving 1,380 death and injury lawsuits. In a separate filing, the … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Michael Heffernan executive vice president in its construction services group. Heffernan will be responsible for Alliant’s construction operations in San Jose, Calif. He will manage all risk advisory activities associated with key accounts. Heffernan … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced a leadership transition in its U.S. wholesale brokerage business, Risk Placement Services (RPS). The international brokerage firm said David E. McGurn Jr., current RPS chairman, who has been with Gallagher since 1978, is stepping … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Amlin plc announced the completion of its acquisition by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., following receipt of regulatory and legal approvals. MSI has acquired the entire issued and to be … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal