Boston-based catastrophe modeling company AIRWorldwide said it has expanded thecapabilities of its terrorism risk model to support scenariotesting for the United States and 27 other countries.

Foster City, California-based insurance softwaredeveloper Guidewire Software Inc. saidWaterloo, Ontario-based automotove technology company IntelligentMechatronic Systems Inc. has joined its GuidewirePartnerConnect program.

Guidewire also said it has released its financial results forits fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year endedJuly 31.

Hackensack, New Jersey-based personal lines and commercialinsurance broker Confie Seguros said it hasacquired Washington Park, Illinois-based BMR Agency LLC(First Stop Insurance), Las Vegas-based Osorio and Family LLC(CityWide Insurance) and Miami-based Absolute Insurance AgencyInc. Terms were not dislcosed.

Des Plaines, Illinois-based Applied Client Network, theinternational association of users of Applied Systems software,said it is holding its Applied Net conference Sept. 19-22 in Orlando,Florida.

Chicago-based insurance brokerage HubInternational Ltd. said it hasacquired the shares of Barrie, Ontario-based Sarjeant InsuranceBrokers Ltd. Terms of the acquisition were notdisclosed.

London-based risk management, insurance brokerage and financialadvisory company Willis TowersWatson said it hasestablished a North America public entity practice.

Chicago-based Chicago Underwriting Group, Inc., theprofessional liability underwriting division of Old RepublicInsurance Co., said it is changing its name to Old RepublicProfessional Liability Inc.

Chicago-based CCC Information Services said itis offering a new suite of telematics-enabled claims sofware thatincludes electronic crash detection, automatically initiated firstnotice of loss and predictive analytics.

New York City-based ALM Media Properties LLC, parentcompany of PropertyCasualty360.com and National UnderwriterProperty & Casualty, said that McKinsey Global Institute'sMichael Chui will keynote ALM's Consulting magazine's Consulting Summit: “Digital Disruption &Consulting: Opportunity Meets Demand” at the Roosevelt Hotel onFriday, Oct. 14, in New York City.

New York City-based AIG'sPrivate Client Group said ithas collaborated with the Fort Lauderdale,Florida-based ResolveMaritime Academy and the NewportShipyard in Rhode Island to provide26 firefighters from the Newport Fire Department a two-dayclassroom training on fighting yacht and marina blazes. This tookplace Sept. 13 and 14.

London-based adjusting and claims managementcompany Cunningham Lindsey said itis expanding its Oriel Managed Repair services segment inthe United States.

Bermuda-based specialist insurer Hiscox said it has released thefindings of its eighth annual “DNA of an Entrepreneur” report, which surveyed more1,000 small and medium-size U.S. business owners about thefinancial pressures, stresses, opportunities and challengescurrently faced by entrepreneurs.