Brand Management & Sales
Integro Appoints New U.S. Leadership in Boston, New York
Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro appointed Ruth Kilduff as chairman and Anne Anderson as president of Integro USA. Both Kilduff and Anderson are Integro veterans. Kilduff leads ...
Smith Is New CMO for Markel
Markel Corp. announced Wednesday that the company has created a new position—chief marketing officer—putting Thomas K. Smith in the role as of July 1. As CMO, Smith is responsible for business ...
Reach Out and (Virtually) Touch Your Clients
The mother-in-law of a colleague of mine, a spry young woman in her early 80s, recently had open-heart surgery. As is sometimes the case even after successful surgery, full recovery can take a while ...
Progressive Boosts Ad Spending, But GEICO Still #1: SNL
Progressive Corp. boosted its advertising spending by nearly $70 million year over year to $595.4 million in 2013, the largest aggregate dollar increase among all U.S. property/casualty insurers, ...
Tech Innovators Threaten to ‘Disrupt’ Asset Mgmt., Financial Services Industries
Tech companies pose a growing threat to traditional asset managers and the financial services industry needs to up its game to meet the challenge, even though the hurdle of regulation is holding back ...
Canal Insurance Appoints New Executives to Leadership Team
Canal Insurance Co. has announced the appointment of Tim Horgan, vice president of transportation and chief marketing officer, and Bob Pace, vice president and chief claims officer, to the executive ...
Tech Startup AssureStart Selling Small Business Insurance in 3 More States
AssureStart, a Seattle-based technology startup that sells general liability and property insurance to small businesses on the Internet, has expanded its service footprint to include Colorado, ...
Marsh to Acquire Majority Stake in Panama-Based Broker Semusa
Marsh has reached a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Semusa, a leading insurance broker and advisor in Panama and Marsh's long-standing local correspondent broker, the company ...