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Intuit Launches Pay-as-You-Go Workers’ Compensation Platform

Intuit Inc. announced a new platform that simplifies workers’ compensation insurance payments for small businesses. The platform makes it possible for small businesses to select a pay-as-you-go option from 20 top insurance providers, with premiums calculated in real-time based on …

American Modern Marks 50th Anniversary With New Brand Identity, Logo

American Modern Insurance Group, a specialty residential properties and recreational products insurer, announced a new brand identity as part of a transformation to best serve its agent partners with competitive, complementary insurance solutions for their customers. The rebranding coincides with …

ACE Shareholders Approve Chubb Acquisition by Overwhelming Majority

ACE Limited shareholders voted yesterday at a special meeting to approve all proposals related to the company’s previously announced agreement to acquire The Chubb Corporation. Votes in favor of each agenda item exceeded 98 percent of the total represented and …

Crawford Names Welsh Vice President, GTS East

Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a global independent provider of claims management solutions, has named Robert C. Welsh managing director and vice president for Crawford Global Technical Services (GTSSM). While leading the GTS East region, Welsh will use his varied and …

Energi Launches Workers’ Compensation Triage Program

Energi, a Peabody, Mass.-based industrial reinsurance company that specialize in providing risk management and insurance products to energy companies in the United States and Canada, has launched a new workers’ compensation triage program called Company Nurse. The new injury-reporting program …

York Risk Services Acquires Quick Cat

York Risk Services Group, a claims management, managed care and risk management services provider, announced it has expanded it’s national catastrophe claims response capabilities with the acquisition of Missouri-based Quick Cat LLC. Quick Cat provides commercial daily and catastrophe claims …

Freedom Specialty Insurance Takes Nationwide Name

Effective today, Freedom Specialty Insurance Company will be rebranded as Nationwide. The change was made to leverage Nationwide’s brand recognition, diverse product offerings and financial stability. According to the Company, customers will continue to enjoy the stability of a Fortune …

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Establishes North America-based Marine Team

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions expands its marine business by opening a North America marine office. Starting 1 October 2015, the New York-based team will provide ocean cargo insurance, with additional products to follow. Graeme Schultz, who has over 18 years …

Crawford Global Technical Services Launches European Financial Lines Claims Service

In response to growing regulatory action and tightening legislation, Atlanta-based Crawford & Company launched a new Financial Lines Claims Service throughout Europe headed by Rianne Baumann, liability director for Europe, and John Buckle, liability managing director for the UK. “From …

Heritage to Acquire Zephyr, Expansion in Hawaii Planned

Florida-based Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company, announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Zephyr Acquisition Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zephyr Insurance Company, a specialty insurer in Hawaii. The acquisition will …