Trean Reinsurance Services, LLC., a division of Trean Corporation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean P. Ryan as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President to support Trean Re’s continued growth and increasing market presence in providing unique and customized risk management solutions to small to mid-sized insurance companies, captives, risk retention groups, [...]

OneBeacon Government Risks, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group today announced its new online risk management training center available on its website: www.onebeacongov.com. The center is designed to deliver insights and resources to help public entities efficiently mitigate their risks.
“Public entities face unique potential exposures on a day-to-day basis,” said Jeff Richardson, President of [...]

Assurant Solutions, a leading global provider of extended service plans and extended warranties, today reaffirmed its commitment to consumers who have purchased a Circuit CityAdvantage service plan. The company added that no action is required to confirm the validity of individual plans.
Assurant Solutions, which is part of Assurant, Inc said it administers most of the [...]

Zurich, a leading global property and casualty insurance provider, today announced the availability of its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Liability Insurance and Geologic Sequestration Financial Assurance (GSFA) offerings. These specialized products are designed to meet the unique insurance needs of CCS projects from design over operational phases through to closure and post closure events [...]

FinCor Holdings Inc. a leader in the health care risk management and insurance industry, today announced A.M. Best has affirmed the A- (Excellent) financial strength rating for the company’s insurance subsidiary, MHA Insurance Company. A.M. Best also affirmed the B+ (Good) financial strength of another FinCor subsidiary, Washington Casualty Company (WCC), and revised its outlook [...]

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced today that the Company will be participating in the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investor Conference, to be held on December 2 and 3, 2008. The conference will be held at The Grand Hyatt New York.
Meadowbrook’s President and CEO, Robert S. Cubbin, is scheduled to present at 9:15 a.m. Eastern [...]

BancInsure, Inc., announces that Bill Hess has been named Director of Professional Lines Underwriting.
“I am confident that Bill’s extensive experience and industry knowledge will continue to serve us well,” said Bruce Livingston, Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer of BancInsure. “He brings to BancInsure an expertise in banking and insuring bank exposures that have proven [...]

As U.S. financial organizations plot their course for 2009, many are waiting to see how the federal government will handle the current financial crisis under a new presidential administration. Successful organizations will be those that are not only able to adjust to a changing regulatory landscape, but ones that can also demonstrate they are embracing [...]

The ACE Group of Companies launched a new audio podcast discussing the emerging issues connected with global environmental programs in today’s marketplace. In the podcast, William P. Hazelton, Senior Vice President, ACE Environmental Risk, ACE USA and Karl J. Russek, Senior Vice President, Environmental Risk, ACE International, discuss their co-authored report, “Going Global: Emerging [...]

RLI Corp. RLI announced the launch of an architects and engineers (A&E) professional liability division – named RLI Design Professionals – and has hired Louis Leonard “Lenny” Waldhauser IV to lead the new operation as vice president. Waldhauser will be responsible for management and staffing of the new business unit for RLI on a national [...]