The U.S.-India Business Council has announced the appointment of Mr. Richard Mucci, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New York Life International, LLC, the international arm of New York Life Insurance Company, to its Board of Directors.
The U.S.-India Business Council is the premier business advocacy organization representing 280 of the largest U.S. companies investing in [...]

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Sirius International Insurance Corporation (Sirius) (Sweden). The outlook on both ratings remains stable.
The ratings reflect Sirius’ strong risk-adjusted capitalisation, very good operating performance despite low investment income and very good business profile in Scandinavia.
A.M. Best [...]

W. R. Berkley Corporation announced the formation of Gemini Transportation Underwriters, a new division of Carolina Casualty Insurance Group, LLC. Gemini Transportation Underwriters will specialize in underwriting transportation excess liability insurance, such as railroad liability and vehicular coverage.
Rocco P. Modafferi, CPCU has been named president of the new Boston-based division, effective immediately. Mr. Modafferi has [...]

Stewart National Title Services, a division of Stewart Title Guaranty Company, announced the addition of two of the title industry’s most experienced international business development professionals, Mitch Creekmore and David Wiesley, and the formation of a new title services unit, the Multinational Title Services Group, that will specialize in providing title services to companies that [...]

Merrill Corporation, a leading global provider of technology-enabled services for the legal, financial, health care, real estate and other corporate markets, today announced that its electronic data discovery (EDD) solution, including consulting, forensics investigation, data acquisition, processing and Merrill’s Lextranet® case management and review tool, earned a top-tier position in the Am Law 13th Annual [...]

Aon eSolutions, the client technology arm of Aon Corporation participated in honoring its client Marriott International at the Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference luncheon, where Marriott received the Theodore Roosevelt Workers’ Compensation & Disability Management Award — called the “Teddy Award” for short.
Each year, the Teddy Award committee honors companies and non-profit organizations for [...]

Insurers Administrative Corporation, IAC (www.iacusa.com), and TelaDoc Medical Services (www.teladoc.com) jointly announced today that IAC will distribute TelaDoc’s comprehensive telehealth tools and physician or patient-selected cross-coverage programs. IAC, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a member of the IHC Group (www.ihcgroup.com), an organization of insurance carriers, managing general underwriters, third-party administrators and marketing affiliates that have [...]

Gevity a leading professional employer organization (PEO) that provides HR services to businesses nationwide, released today workplace fitness tips from Olympian Trey Hardee along with Gevity’s own “Workplace Fitness Tips for Better Business Performance.” These tips are designed to help businesses get fit, improve productivity and reduce healthcare costs.
Source: Gevity
· Olympic decathlete Trey Hardee [...]

W. R. Berkley Corporation announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Oslo, Norway-based NEMI Forsikring ASA, which focuses on specialty lines of insurance. Terms of the letter of intent were not disclosed and any agreed-upon transaction would be subject to the completion of final due diligence, execution of a definitive [...]

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Thomas C. Ramey and Wilhelm Zeller to its Board as independent directors. Both will serve as Class II Directors.
Michael Butt, Chairman of AXIS Capital, said: “We are delighted to welcome Thomas C. Ramey and Wilhelm Zeller to AXIS Capital’s Board of Directors. [...]