Chicago-based insurance brokerage HubInternational Ltd. said it acquired SanFrancisco-based Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers.Terms were not disclosed.

Hub also said it acquired the assets of Portland, NorthDakota-based insurance and real estate agency Mayport Insurance & Realty. Terms werenot disclosed.

Chicago-based reinsurance brokerage AonBenfield said its catastrophe model developmentunit Impact Forecasting has partneredwith Mississauga, Ontario-based UnicaInsurance to offer new a flood insurance called“WATERtight,” which was created in response to severe flooding inCanada in 2013.

Cayman Islands-based insurer United InsuranceCo. said it was acquired by a group of privateinvestors in New York City led by the Quasha family. Terms were notdisclosed.

Hartford, Connecticut insurance and inspectioncompany Hartford Steam Boiler said it hasacquired Houston-based technology startup Meshify. Thestartup, which connects devices through the Internet of Things,will be part of HSB's IoT services business.

Hartford, Connecticut-based Munich Re/HSB Ventures said it hasprovided an undisclosed amount of additional funding for New YorkCity-based insurance technology startup Slice Labs Inc. to create anon-demand insurance platform.

San Juan, Puerto Rico-based AdvantageInsurance said it opened a subsidiary called AdvantageBusiness Insurance Co.

Cary, North Carolina-based insurance software companySapiens said its has begun offering itsSapien PORTAL, a direct-to-consumer sales platform.

The New York City-based International Association of ClaimProfessionals said it has elected new officers at itsannual conference in September:

• President: Edward R. Quinn Jr., CEO ofRockville Centre, New York-based Rockville Risk ManagementAssociates.
• Vice president: Frederic Gindraux, seniorclaims manager and senior vice president of claims and liabilitiesfor Zurich-based Swiss Re America Holding Corp.
• Treasurer: Thomas E. Joyce, senior vicepresident and chief claim officer of Scottsdale, Arizona-basedNautilus.
• Secretary: Alex M. Sardinia, executive claimsofficer of Richmond, Virginia-based Markel North America.

Peter Fennell, managing director forChicago-based Aon Benfield Inc., remains immediate past president.The new officers will serve a one-year term.

The association also announced that ScottKellers, head of syndicate claims and deputy head ofLiberty Specialty Markets Group Claims at London-based LibertySpecialty Markets, and Greg Myers, head of claimsquality review at Hamilton, Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance, havejoined the board of directors, serving until 2019.