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Chubb Expands North American Claims Leadership with Hazelton, Watt

Chubb has expanded its North America claims leadership team with two appointments: Bill Hazelton has been named head of Chubb North America Claims, and Megan Watt has been appointed to a newly created leadership role, head of North America Complex …

Connecticut Governor Nominates Deloitte’s Mais as Insurance Commissioner

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has announced his choices to lead the departments of public health and insurance. Lamont is nominating Andrew N. Mais of Wilton to oversee the insurance department. Mais specializes in insurance regulation at the Deloitte Center for …

Lloyd’s Names Carnegie-Brown to Succeed Nelson as Chairman

Bruce Carnegie-Brown will become the chairman of Lloyd’s following a meeting of the Council of Lloyd’s where his appointment as successor to John Nelson was approved unanimously. His appointment also was unanimously supported by the Lloyd’s Franchise Board. The council, …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Appoints Emerson to Lead Liability Claims in Canada

Boston-based Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance named Paul Emerson as head of Liability Claims in Canada. Emerson comes to BHSI from the law firm of Clyde & Co Canada LLP. At Clyde & Co, Emerson specialized in coverage advice and litigation, …

4 New Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Appointed in Illinois

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn appointed four new arbitrators to the Workers’ Compensation Commission: Maria Bocanegra is an attorney at Katz Friedman, specializing in workers’ compensation. She previously worked as a judicial assistant to the Honorable David Furman and as a …

Regional Reporting Names Myers As CEO to Succeed Siegel

Loss prevention consulting firm Regional Reporting Inc. (RRI) has named Allan Myers as the company’s new CEO. He will assume responsibilities on September 1 and will succeed Louis Siegel, who will continue with RRI as chairman. Myers has been part …

VanDelinder Retiring from Texas Independent Agent Association

The board of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that IIAT Executive Director/President David VanDelinder is retiring from the association effective Dec. 31, 2014. Regarding VanDelinder’s retirement, Chairman Pat Arthur stated in the announcement released by IIAT: “Every member …

FBI Agent Murphy Joins Grant Thornton in Chicago

Pat Murphy, former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has joined professional services and accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP as a director in its Forensic, Investigative and Dispute Services practice, based in Chicago. Most recently, Murphy served …

Virginia Farm Bureau Investigations Assistant Receives Distinguished Service Award

The Virginia Chapter of the International Association of Special Investigation Units (VA IASIU) has awarded the Robert J. Covington Distinguished Service Award to Tina Bowen, investigations assistant for Virginia Farm Bureau and member of the Board of Directors of the …

XL Adds Excess Auto to E&S Insurance Offering

The insurance segment of XL Group plc added excess auto to its Excess & Surplus (E&S) product offerings and hired Michael Gramm to manage the new product line. Mr. Gramm joins as vice president – excess auto and will be …