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QBE North America Appoints Owens to SVP of Operations, Specialty Business Group QBE North America announced that Carla Owens joined the organization as senior vice president, Operations for the Specialty Business Group. Based in New York City, Owens will report …

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Barraclough Named President of Admiral Insurance W. R. Berkley Corporation announced the appointment of Scott R. Barraclough as president of N.J.-based Admiral Insurance, succeeding Steven S. Zeitman, who has been named chairman. The appointments are effective immediately. Barraclough joined Admiral …

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Brentwood Reinsurance Intermediaries Names Hodson Senior Vice President Brentwood Reinsurance Intermediaries Inc. (BRII), a provider of insurance and reinsurance brokerage services, has appointed William (Bill) J. Hodson, of Burlington, N.C., as senior vice president. With broad-based knowledge and worldwide experience, …

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CNA Appoints Hallstrom Assistant Vice President, Cyber Insurance Chicago-based CNA announced the recent appointment of David Hallstrom to assistant vice president and industry leader, Cyber Insurance. In this role, he is responsible for CNA cyber product management. He reports to …

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QBE North America Appoints Johnston CEO of North America Operations QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Group, named Russell Johnston chief executive officer, North American Operations. Johnston will join QBE on May 31, 2016 and be based in …

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Cutshaw Appointed Garden City Group CEO Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a global independent providers of claims management services to insurers and self-insured entities, named Kenneth A. Cutshaw president and chief executive officer of the Garden City Group, LLC (GCG). Cutshaw, …

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QBE North America Appoints Skrynecki Senior Vice President, Standard Lines Programs QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Insurance Group, appointed Glenn Skrynecki Standard Lines Property & Casualty Program senior vice president. Based in New York, Skrynecki will report …

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AIR Releases Industry’s First Open Source Cyber Scenario Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced it has released the industry’s first open source deterministic cyber risk scenario. AIR plans to release a series of deterministic cyber scenarios over the next 12 …

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Assurant Names Mergelmeyer COO As part of its ongoing strategic realignment, Assurant, Inc. announced that Gene Mergelmeyer will be appointed to the role of chief operating officer, effective July 1, 2016. In his new role, he will be responsible for …

Grote Appointed QBE SVP of Commercial Lines P&C

QBE North America announced the appointment of Walter Grote as SVP, Commercial P&C on Friday, October 2. He will be based in the Chicago office. In this national role, Grote is responsible for leading QBE’s commercial lines insurance business which …