E&S/Specialty

Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence cite an overall winner, as well as four category awards in excellence in "Sales and Marketing," "Customer Service," "Technology and Operations," and "Recruitment and Training."

Alan Jay Kaufman has been named an entrepreneur of the year by Ernst & Young for the Michigan and Northwest Ohio region in the Business Services category.

Attorneys may be setting their sights on agents who fail to advise customers to buy cyber coverage, as well as those who fail to protect customers' personally information, a consultant warns, also providing tips for protecting the information and insurance coverage options.

Worcester, Mass.-based insurer The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. says it has completed its acquisition of Chaucer Holdings PLC, a major specialist Lloyd's insurance group.

Bermuda's Hiscox and Montpelier Re, as well as Luxembourg's Flagstone Re, say second quarter severe weather in the U.S. cost them each tens of millions of dollars. Hiscox's estimate of losses from the Japan earthquake is now at the high end of its range.

The collapse of the housing market has led to an uptick in professional liability insurance claims for real estate attorneys, which has contributed to an overall rise in the number of claims filed, according to a survey from insurance broker Ames & Gough.