RA Bench brokerage sold to USI Holdings Puget Sound Business Journal USI Holdings Corp. said it's bought RA Bench, a Seattle-based wealth management, executive and group employee benefit insurance brokerage, ... USI Holdings Corporation Acquires RA Bench Businesses Business Wire (press release) all 9 news articles »

Risk managers in the market for a TPA had better sharpen their pencils, and bring along an extra notepad.

Holt Joins Higginbotham & Associates Insurance Journal He is a property/casualty insurance broker and risk consultant for middle to large commercial business with concentrated experience in the construction ...

London-based insurance broker Robertson Taylor International has promoted Reba Adams to Vice President of the company's Nashville operation. Adams has been an entertainment, film and live event insurance specialist for over thirty years ...

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Byrne joins Bermuda Reinsurance Club panel Royal Gazette Aon Benfied Bermuda chairman Paul Markey, Lockton Re's North America executive director John Daum and US lawyer Sharon Angelino, a partner at law firm ...

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E&S brokerage firm Connecticut Underwriters has named Darren Valencia as director of its professional lines business. Valencia has 10 years of experience underwriting and brokering ...

BALAMOTIS v. HYLAND, II Leagle.com Id. The court held that the release did not, by its terms, release the plaintiff's insurance broker, Alper Agency, from a claim for failure to procure ... and more »

Aon Corp in savings culture call Director of Finance online The call was made by Aon Corp's employee benefits and risk management division - Aon Consulting. In its pensions manifesto - A Common-Sense Approach - the ...

How has the market reacted to Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. post-earnings ... Learning Markets MMC peer #N/A (AOC) has seen a .00% stock price #N/A over about the last month, while another peer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (WSH) saw a ... and more »

Denver-based IMA of Colorado Inc., a retail insurance brokerage, announced that Cathy Sims has been promoted to vice president - employee benefits, and Sandy Harvath has been promoted to ...

The Case So Far * * In addition to Marsh, Spitzer has issued subpoenas to more than a dozen insurers and brokers, including Aon Corp. and Willis Group Holdings Ltd.--the second and third-largest insurance brokers respectively--over the ...

Was the insurance broker who received constructive notice the general managing agent for the insurer such that notice to the broker can be deemed notice to the insurer? Given the exposure revealed by a review of past coverage ...

Pierson & Smith, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is one of the largest independently owned insurance brokerage and consulting firms in the region. Pierson & Smith, Inc. clients reflect the diversified employer make-up in the metropolitan ...

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Tampa's Google Apps success story Bizjournals.com (blog) It rented space on Kennedy Boulevard across from its current location and landed its first large publicly held client, National Financial Partners (NYSE: ...

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Century Atlantic Founder Zaffino Returns To Insurance Industry FINalternatives He's no stranger to the insurance world, having previously headed casualty practices at Integro Insurance Brokers and Willis North America. ...

PORTAL is a full service benefits and insurance brokerage, outsourced administrator and HR partner serving non-profit entities and mid-sized companies with best practices in high-quality employee benefits, insurance plans, ...

EPIC Names Two Principals in California Insurance Journal EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Beth Ward as a senior principal ...

Brian Conroy, a 29-year-old analyst for the chief financial officer of an insurance brokerage downtown, was sitting at his desk the other day when a coworker in his 40s ambled up. The older man picked up a framed photo of Mr. Conroy and his long-term boyfriend, clearly in a romantic pose. "Which family member of yours is that?" he asked. "I guess I could've put it in a pink frame," Mr. Conroy ...

Mattson leaves Towers to run Aon Consulting’s Northeast region Bizjournals.com - 1 hour ago by Jeff Blumenthal Staff Writer Aon Consulting, the human resources consulting arm of Aon Corp., has hired the former head of Towers Perrin's Philadelphia market to run its Northeast region. Tammy ...

For proof that humans are inherently optimistic in the face of the facts, look no further than their peculiar desire to acquire professional services firms. Marsh & McLennan is another example of how such deals destroy value.