Mitchell International, Inc., a leading provider of information, workflow and performance management solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and Collision Repair industries, today announced the release of UltraMate? 7, the next major version of one of the industry’s most widely accepted collision estimating solutions for both insurers and collision repairers. In addition to adding [...]

As previously announced by Assured Guaranty Ltd. (“Assured”) Sean W. McCarthy has agreed to assume the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc. Assured has exchanged Mr. McCarthy’s deemed investment in 22,306 share units of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. (“FSA Holdings”) under a FSA Holdings nonqualified deferred compensation [...]

The ongoing recession is taking a toll on the U.S. workers’ compensation industry, but that bane is not without a boon as well. Job cuts, particularly in construction and manufacturing, are putting downward pressure on revenue from written premiums. “It’s certainly clear that the premium base will be declining,” Harry Shuford, chief economist for the [...]

The Corporate Library, the leading source for independent corporate governance information and risk analysis, is pleased to announce “The Future of Corporate Reform,” a conference designed to give public fund managers and trustees the knowledge and tools to create long-term value, shape corporate reform, and repair the markets. The conference will take place at the [...]

After delivering custom third party administration (TPA) solutions to an impressive client base for more than two decades, Crawford & Company announced today that its United Kingdom TPA operation is now Broadspire, a Crawford company. This exciting step in the continuing evolution of Broadspire globalizes the well-respected Broadspire name and provides clients with international [...]

AMERISAFE, Inc. a specialty writer of high hazard workers’ compensation insurance, today announced the appointment of Brendan Gau as its Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Gau, age 34, will join the company June 23, 2009.
Prior to joining AMERISAFE, Mr. Gau was employed by AIM Capital Management in Houston, Texas, which he [...]

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. announced that The Company will be participating in the 2009 Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (FPK) Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference being held on June 17, 2009. The conference will be held at The Roosevelt Hotel New York, located in mid-town Manhattan.
AmTrust President & CEO Barry Zyskind is scheduled [...]

The nation’s fourth-largest privately held insurance firm, Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), has purchased an equity interest in East Coast Risk Management, LLC (ECRM), specialists in risk management services. The transaction, recently completed, will provide KIG-franchised locations with an expanded suite of services.
ECRM is headquartered in North Huntington, Pa. The firm will offer – exclusively to [...]

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) announced today that it has been successfully recertified as an Employer of Choice®. The Employer of Choice designation is granted to public, private or not-for-profit employers that demonstrate effective implementation of best practices in attracting, developing and retaining outstanding people. The certification is for two years rather than [...]

Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc the “Company”) announced that its board of directors has authorized a $0.07 per share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding shares of common stock, payable June 26, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 12, 2009.
EIHI is the parent company of Eastern Life and [...]