OneBeacon Insurance Group announced the formation of its newest specialty business – OneBeacon Energy Group, which targets upstream and midstream mid-market energy risks, as well as alternative and renewable energy sources.
Initial coverage offerings include monoline property, monoline general liability, and general liability combined with auto liability. These are available to the exploration and production, [...]

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 [...]

Climate change, sustainability and energy are the focus of the new Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company Knowledge Site (www.knowledge.firemansfund.com), which launches today during the national Greenbuild conference where Fireman’s Fund is participating as an exhibitor and sponsor.
The Knowledge Site was designed to present climate change and sustainability issues from different perspectives while focusing on proven solutions [...]

Allstate announced it has selected Matthew Winter, 52, as president and chief executive officer of Allstate Financial. Winter will be responsible for leading Allstate Financial’s effort to provide life insurance and retirement products to middle-income Americans. He will serve as a member of the corporation’s senior management team, reporting to Thomas J. Wilson, Allstate’s chairman, [...]

enkins Insurance Group, a Leavitt Group affiliated agency, is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott W. Reynolds as a Vice President. Scott will lead Jenkins’ new Energy Practice with a focus on the Renewable Energy industry.
Reynolds has been in the insurance industry for 28 years with extensive experience in the Energy field. He was [...]

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 [...]

The ABC-TV Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s rebuilding of a home for a Suffield, Conn. family will bring community members together from across the state, united in the goal to help a family in need. Joining this effort is local health service company CIGNA, which will send volunteer employees for worksite cleanup on Monday, June 29, [...]

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”), a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector, today announced it has acquired Conning & Company (“Conning”), a leading global provider of expert solutions and services to the insurance market. The sale by Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“Swiss Re”), under undisclosed terms, will include Conning’s U.S. [...]

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 [...]

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced that Tracy L. Rich will join the company as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective July 1.
Rich’s legal career spans more than 30 years and includes work in both the public and private sectors. As Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, [...]