Allstate named Mike Fiato executive vice president and chief claims officer. Fiato will oversee the strategic and operational direction of the claims organization, which employs more than 16,000 employees globally and handles more than 6.5 million claims annually. Fiato has …
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 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 …
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, …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …