Bickmore Risk Services & Consulting (BRS), one of largest independent, non-brokerage risk management administration, actuarial services, and consulting firms, announced today that Michael Kaddatz, CPCU, ARM, has joined the firm as Director, Administration and Consulting.
Mr. Kaddatz brings to BRS over 30 years of risk management consulting experience to governmental agencies, pooling organizations, and individual enterprises. [...]

As a result of the development of a new long-range plan for 15-year-old Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, the firm’s senior management team has announced a series of strategic moves that have focused the Roseville-based company on its core competencies.
CEO George “Mac” McCleary detailed the plan, highlighting the divesture of an insurance brokerage operation and other [...]

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. released the following statement today in response to the Department of Defense’s release of the TRICARE contract awards:
“Health Net Federal Services is disappointed not to be selected by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for the Managed Care Support Contractor in the TRICARE North [...]

BWise, a global leader for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software solutions and Tauw Group, engineers and consultants specializing in the improvement and management of the natural environment, built-up environment and infrastructure, announced today their partnership to bring joint services to the market. By joining forces, Tauw Group and BWise can help organizations realize better [...]

Crawford Canada’s Bill Johnstone has been named senior vice president of Crawford & Company’s Global Technical Services (GTS) for the Americas, a newly created position designed to more effectively coordinate and grow this market-leading service, the Company announced
GTS is a major differentiator for Crawford worldwide in the high-end, complex loss adjusting market. With our strong [...]

In a time of financial turmoil, the insurance industry faces an unprecedented opportunity to begin selling on value and not on price, Joe Plumeri, Chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings the global insurance broker, told delegates at Insurance Day’s Summit Bermuda here. Delivering the keynote address at today’s event, Plumeri said that the [...]

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 U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc announced that Stephen L. Deschenes has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Annuities Division. In this role, Deschenes will oversee Sun Life’s annuity business line, working with the company’s marketing, actuarial and distribution units to build best practices and create a diversified portfolio [...]

Connolly Healthcare, a permanent Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has signed a five-year license agreement with Milliman Care Guidelines.
Connolly will use the Care Guidelines content and software to review Medicare claims in 15 states — West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, [...]

Ethos Investigative Services, a St. Petersburg-based risk mitigation company, announced recently it will now conduct business under the name Ethos Risk Services.
The name modification is meant to more accurately represent the wide array of features that Ethos offers. The company boasts investigative services and field adjusting/subrogation divisions that together provide clients nationwide with dozens of [...]