Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance broker, has named Michael D. Paulsen as Vice President in the firm’s Chicago office.
Paulsen, 38, of Chicago, is responsible for new business development and client advocacy for property/casualty and employee benefits clients. He has extensive experience counseling a wide array of middle market firms in transportation, manufacturing, senior housing [...]

Extend Health announced that Richard Wheeler, former managing partner of Prescription Benefits, Inc., and Cathy Donahoe, former Director of Human Resources at Omniture, Inc., are joining Extend Health’s executive management team. Mr. Wheeler joins Extend Health as Senior Vice President for Public Sector Accounts. Ms. Donahoe joins as Vice President of Human Resources. Commenting on [...]

ICW Group Insurance Companies, which partners with 3,800 agents and brokers across the United States, is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in the state of Illinois.
The super-regional carrier’s industry-leading claims services and forward-thinking risk management has helped thousands of companies create a safe and productive work environment, while lowering the costs associated with workers’ compensation [...]

Statement from Dr. Donald Palmisano, spokesman for the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights and the former president of the American Medical Association (2003-2004) in response to President Obama’s speech to the American Medical Association House of Delegates Annual Meeting in Chicago today:
I want to thank President Obama for coming to Chicago today. He came with [...]

C.V. Starr & Company, a subsidiary of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc., is pleased to announce that it will begin offering its Resolute PortfolioSM products, designed specifically for Private and Public Companies as well as Not For Profit Organizations, through Starr Indemnity & Liability Company (Starr Indemnity) for business effective June 1, 2009 and [...]

Old Republic International Corporation announced that its Board of Directors approved the payment of the regular quarterly cash dividend of 17 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on March 13, 2009 to shareholders of record on March 4, 2009.
The latest cash dividend payment is set at the higher rate initially approved for the [...]

Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, announced the creation of a one-of-a-kind property insurance program that can provide up to $500 million of annual capacity, in the aggregate, for windstorm losses incurred by all participating oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico in a given policy year.
Marsh’s Cost and [...]

Northern Trust announced it has been appointed to provide an insurance accounting and financial reporting outsourcing solution for ProMutual Group, a leading provider of medical liability insurance in the Northeast. ProMutual Group, with an investment portfolio of approximately $1.9 billion, is the first client to benefit from the full statutory accounting solution developed by [...]

The US economist Robert Shiller is to be awarded the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics for his contributions to the field of financial economics. “Through his innovative work exploring the dynamics of asset prices, Robert Shiller has become a pioneer in the field of financial economics. His findings on the volatility of share prices, [...]

Fidelity National Financial, Inc a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services, announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share. The dividend will be payable March 31, 2009, to stockholders of record as of March 17, 2009.
Fidelity National Financial, Inc is [...]