Commercial Lines
RLI Corp. CEO to Retire; Kliethermes Will Replace Him
Property/casualty specialty insurer RLI Corp. said current CEO Jonathan Michael is retiring at the end of 2021, and RLI Insurance President and Chief Operating Officer Craig Kliethermes will succeed ...
Executives On The Move at Arch Insurance and Lockton
Arch Insurance has a new executive in its Surety arm. Lockton added a bew vice president and Business Development consultant for the firm's Midwest Series. *** Arch Insurance hired Stephen Ruschak as ...
RSA Backs $9.6B Takeover Offer From Overseas Rivals
British insurance group RSA is backing a 7.2 billion pound ($9.55 billion) cash offer from Canada's Intact Financial and Denmark's Tryg in one of Europe's biggest financial takeover bids this year. ...
Introducing Skyward Specialty (Formerly Known as HIIG)
Houston International Insurance Group's new CEO Andrew Robinson has taking a big step: Changing the company's name. Going forward, HIIG is now Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, or Skyward Specialty ...
2020’s Most Powerful Atlantic Hurricane Strikes Central America
Hurricane Iota slammed into Central America late Monday with ferocious winds and rain, threatening to cripple a region already reeling from a deadly storm two weeks ago. Iota, the most powerful ...
Businesses Rank Cybersecurity as Top Worry in Risky Age: Marsh & McLennan CEO
Cybersecurity has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new "age of risk," topping the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, in part because cybercrime is so pervasive, ...
Zywave Snatches Up Advisen in Move to Accelerate Global Growth
Insurance technology company Zywave snatched up Advisen, a global insurance data provider, in a deal expected to fuel more rapid international growth. The acquisition includes WCL, a UK-based Advisen ...
U.S. Insurers Made Slow Diversity Gains Over Last Decade: S&P Global
Diversity in the U.S. insurance industry has made only modest gains over the last 10 years, according to government data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. S&P found that the ...