People & Places
SterlingRisk hired Jason Walker as chief marketing officer. In his new role, Mr. Walker is responsible for oversight of property/casualty carrier relationships, including product placement for large and select lines.
Kenneth Cole joined Rosenfeld Einstein's employee benefits group as a consultant. Mr. Cole has more than 15 years of experience in consultative sales and customer support.
Starr Cos. appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc.
Swett & Crawford added Vishal Patel and his team from Motel Insurance Brokers to grow the expertise of its brand, Southern Hospitality Underwriters.
Kasey Vaughn was appointed to oversee management of the Burns & Wilcox Morehead City, N.C. office.
New Programs
DeWitt Stern announced a “weather” addition to their Super Bowl Cancellation Policy. The new addition allows businesses to insure their loss of anticipated revenue if a storm snows two or more feet on the New York metropolitan area during the week preceding Super Bowl XLVIII.
Empire Underwriters recently added Workers Comp Insurance programs to insurance agents with non-standard market needs.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Civil law firms Roberts Markel Weinberg PC and Butler/Hailey announced they will merge on January 1, 2014 to become Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey PC.
AmWINS announced an agreement with Fortegra Financial Corp. to acquire Bliss & Glennon, an excess and surplus lines wholesale brokerage and managing general agency and eReinsure, an online platform for reinsurance management.
News
ACORD awarded Applied Systems with several prestigious awards, including Download Vendor of the Year – Total Implementations for 2013, making this the 20th consecutive year that Applied Systems has received this honor.
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