Westfield Insurance was named Florida Association ofInsurance Agent's (FAIA) 2015 Trusted Choice Company of theYear. This prestigious award was presented to Westfield during theFAIA Convention's General Session at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resortin Orlando. The award was presented to Westfield's Chris Clineand Jennifer Weber by FAIA vice chairman, Brian Scarborough,in honor of Westfield's commitment to agents and the independentagency system.

New ParadigmUnderwriters is delivering a new, unparalleled risk transfersolution which is designed to protect property and businesses frompossible hurricane losses. New Paradigm's Hurricane PM supplementalwindstorm insurance provides affordable first dollar protection foralmost any economic loss.

The Mechanic Group boasts more than 25 years of dedicatedservice to private security, investigation, alarm and backgroundscreening insureds. The company provides a stable, reliable,tested, and fixed cost Workers Compensation Program for CentralStation Alarm firms, including risk management services, such asclaims monitored by their in-house team, carrier-sponsored managedcare and drug-free workplace in some states, and comprehensivelibrary of videotape safety programs.

ACE Commercial Risk Services (ACE CRS)launched several new products that expand its suite of SpecialtyCommercial Products. The expanded products are availablethrough ACE Solutions Fast Track, the online small businessunderwriting solution that rapidly quotes and issues a policy in aninsurance broker's office in 5 minutes or less. The new productsand coverages include: Lessor's Risk BOP, Liquor Liability, Commercial Umbrella, Employment Practices Liability Insurance BOPEnhancement (EPLI), Privacy Liability & Data Breach Insurance BOPEnhancement (Cyber), Professional Liability BOP Enhancement. The ACESolutions Fast Track system has also added new features, such aspre-fill building data, namely year built, construction, occupancy,number of stories, and square footage; building valuationestimator; and business Personal Property estimator.

DALLASWHITE Property Restoration was ranked No. 1130on Inc. magazine's 34th annual Inc. 5000, anexclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing privatecompanies. This was achieved with the company's three-year salesgrowth of 479%. The 2015 Inc. 5000 is the most competitive group inthe list's history.

Verisk Analytics (Verisk) announced that the companyhas been ranked 18 out of 100 on Forbe's magazine's 2015list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Verisk ranked firstamong industry counterparts in the Research & ConsultingServices category. Verisk uses advanced technologies to collect andanalyze billions of records to provide predictive analytics anddecision support solutions in fraud prevention, actuarial science,insurance coverages, fire protection, catastrophe and weather risk,data management, and many other areas.

Knights of Columbus (K of C) has been rated A++ forfinancial strength by A.M. Best. This reaffirms the company'sstrong presence in Catholic communities and its members' loyalty.This is Knights of Columbus' 40th year receiving A.M. Best'shighest award. Last year, K of C, the world's largest Catholicfraternal organization with more than 1.9 million members acrossthe globe, set new records for donating to charity more than $173.5million and 71.5 million hours of service. The organization wasalso named, for the second consecutive year, a 2015 “World's MostEthical Company” by the Ethisphere Institute.

Tryg, has selected Genpact, a global leader indesigning, transforming, and running intelligent businessoperations, for a multi-year engagement to help Tryg reimagine itscore operations. The engagement will incorporate Genpact's LeanDigital approach that embodies its patented Smart EnterpriseProcess (SEP) methodology; its Rapid Process Automation solutionwhich is part of Genpact's Systems of Engagement portfolio; andSmart Decision Services.

SFAHoldings Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition ofMerCap Securities, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based privately-heldindependent broker-dealer supporting Series 6 registeredrepresentatives. MerCap Securities' registered representativesfocus mainly on providing insurance-based solutions to retailinvestors. SFA is an independent, privately owned provider ofbrokerage and advisory services and solutions to independentfinancial advisors nationwide. Based in Paoli, Pa., MerCap supports90 registered representatives in 20 states. Under its currentsenior leadership team, led by president and CEO, Dale Pope, MerCapwill continue to operate as a stand-alone entity.