ProspX, Inc., the leader in on-demand collaboration and automation solutions for the commercial insurance industry, announced that it has teamed with Assurex Global, which represents $28 billion in annual premium volume, to deliver Assurex Global XpertConnect™. Assurex Global is using the ProspX platform to connect brokers, agencies and carriers in over 80 countries around the [...]

KPD, the Oregon based insurance and risk management company, announced they have merged with Portland insurance agency Jones Kendall Sauer. The insurance office will be located at One Lincoln Center near Washington Square.
“We are excited about the merger,” said Jim Ginger, President of KPD Insurance. “Jones Kendall Sauer has been providing professional personal and commercial [...]

Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced that it has appointed Curt Melville as Chief Operating Officer and Marc Blevens as Director of Sales and Agency Relations. Eastern Life & Health Insurance Company (ELH) is a wholly- owned subsidiary of EIHI.
Melville joined ELH in 2007 as Vice President of Underwriting. In that role, he was responsible [...]

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 [...]

ICW Group Insurance Companies, which partners with 3,800 agents and brokers across the United States, is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in the state of Illinois.
The super-regional carrier’s industry-leading claims services and forward-thinking risk management has helped thousands of companies create a safe and productive work environment, while lowering the costs associated with workers’ compensation [...]

Ameriana Bancorp, parent company for Ameriana Bank, announced that Ameriana Insurance Agency, a bank subsidiary, has completed a previously announced purchase of the book of business of the Chapin-Hayworth Insurance Agency Inc. Chapin-Hayworth is a multi-line property and casualty insurance agency located in New Castle.
Chapin-Hayworth Insurance agents Ruth Hayworth and Gail Byers and customer service [...]

FIS Software, a provider of enterprise level end to end insurance policy administration systems, today announced that Binghamton, New York based Columbian Financial Group (CFG) has completed the implementation of FIS’s Agency Management System (AMS), a component of FIS’s flagship ALIS policy administration platform. With AMS, CFG now manages its independent agent workforce using a [...]

ProspX, Inc., the leader in on-demand sales collaboration and automation solutions for the commercial insurance industry, today announced that INSURICA Insurance Management Network, formerly North America Group, has selected the ProspX platform to further support the launch of its new branding and positioning campaign. By networking core industries and disciplines together and enabling easy collaboration [...]

FUTURITY FIRST Insurance Group, a nationwide, independent career agency insurance organization launched in January 2008, has just reached the one-year mark, announced Edward Berube, President and CEO of FUTURITY FIRST.
FUTURITY FIRST is the first life insurance start-up in a decade to build a full-scale, national distribution organization funded exclusively with private equity capital. The organization, [...]

ProAssurance Corporation announced that all required regulatory approvals have been granted in connection with its proposed sponsored demutualization of the PICA Group (PICA), the nation’s leading provider of professional liability to doctors of podiatric medicine. The proposed demutualization is being submitted to PICA shareholders for their approval at a special meeting to be held on [...]