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. [...]

PartnerRe Ltd.announced that David Zwiener has been appointed to fill a vacancy on its Board of Directors effective July 7, 2009.
Mr. Zwiener, aged 54, is an experienced insurance industry executive. Between 2000 and 2007 Mr. Zwiener was President and Chief Operating Officer of the property and casualty operations at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. In [...]

Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. announced that Mark E. Pape has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors to fill a vacancy on the SUA Board. Mr. Pape, a seasoned insurance executive, is currently a partner at Tatum LLC, the largest executive service firm in the nation focused on providing temporary CFOs and other employees [...]

Dan Arvizu, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been elected to the board of directors of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Arvizu succeeds Jerry Porras, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Porras is retiring from the board, which he joined in 1998.
Arvizu has headed NREL, the [...]

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per ordinary share and $0.484375 per share payable on its 7.75% Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares, Series A. The dividend on Endurance’s outstanding ordinary shares will be payable on March [...]

Insurance industry veteran Kaj Ahlmann has joined the RLI board of directors.
Ahlmann is a retired chairman, president and CEO of Employers Reinsurance Corporation, a division of GE, and currently operates his own consulting business, Six Sigma Ranch, LLC, offering advice to financial services firms, including insurance companies . He also serves as a director for [...]

The board of directors of MetLife, Inc.announced that the company will hold its 2009 annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. The board of directors established March 2, 2009 as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. (ET) and take place in New [...]

Assurant, Inc. a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable on March 9, 2009 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on Feb. 23, 2009.
Future [...]

American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. announced that Harris Chorney has been appointed to serve on its Board of Directors and on the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. Chorney’s appointment fills the vacancy on the Board created by the previously announced resignation of Joseph Fisher. Mr. Chorney will stand for re-election at the Company’s 2009 [...]

announcement that Dr. Terri Vaughan has been appointed CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will result in a vacancy on the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA) Board of Directors.
“IMSA congratulates Terri Vaughan on her appointment, as both her experience and knowledge will prove invaluable in the face of marketplace challenges and anticipated [...]