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Caliber Collision Expands in Texas Market

Caliber Collision Centers, an operator of collision repair facilities, continues its rapid expansion with the announcement that it has acquired B&G Collision in Temple, Texas. The new Caliber Collision center is the company’s 59th location in Texas. Caliber’s new 20,000 …

$2 Billion Buyout of Claims Processor Sedgwick Close to Complete

KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, is nearing an agreement to buy Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. from Hellman & Friedman LLC and Stone Point Capital LLC for more than $2 billion, according …

GEICO Plans to Hire More Than 400 Employees in Tucson

To keep up with its strong policyholder growth, GEICO plans to hire more than 475 new associates in 2014 in its regional office in Tucson. The GEICO Tucson office, which already employs more than 1,350 associates, is recruiting candidates for …

Homeowners Choice Offers Flood Insurance in Florida

Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., a Florida based provider of homeowners insurance and wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of HCI Group, Inc., announced at a press conference it is the first admitted homeowners insurance carrier to provide flood insurance …

BHSI Launches Builder’s Risk, Tricamo Named Head

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has expanded its property capabilities to include builder’s risk insurance. The company also named Robert Tricamo to head the new specialty property area as vice president, Construction. “Builder’s risk is a natural …

Vermont Disaster Group Gets New Chair

The organization that oversees the private Vermont Disaster Relief Fund has a new chair. The Vermont Long Term Disaster Recovery Group says that Chris Graff has succeeded David Coates, who was named to lead the panel by Gov. Peter Shumlin …

Crane Engineering Acquires Safety Engineering Associates

Crane Engineering, a Midwest-based forensic engineering form, announced it has completed the acquisition of Safety Engineering Associates, a vehicle testing and accident reconstruction firm. With the close of the acquisition, Crane Engineering now provides one of the industry’s most comprehensive …

Caliber Collision Opens New Location in California

Caliber Collision Centers acquired A&R Auto Body and reopened the location as Caliber’s newest center in San Clemente, Calif. Caliber Collision’s newly opened 8,200 square foot collision repair facility officially opened for business yesterday at 235 Calle Pintoresco in San …

Major Global Insurance Company Invests $3.7 Million in Kofax Solutions

Kofax Limited, a provider of smart process applications for business critical customer interactions, announced that a leading international insurance organization has invested $3.7 million in Kofax software to expand and enhance the way it is capturing and processing documents within …

GEICO Hiring Auto Damage Adjusters in Phoenix

GEICO, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, is looking to hire auto damage adjusters in Phoenix with excellent customer service and time management skills as well as a desire to help customers after an accident. Interested candidates …