People & Places

Carmon Hughes joined Rosenfeld Einstein's benefits administration team as a shared services specialist.

Markel appointed Tim Pasik as managing director, excess and umbrella for its product line leadership team.

Liberty Mutual Insurance appointed Constance Bayne as president of its Mid-Atlantic Business Insurance operations. Ms. Bayne is responsible for the growth of the business throughout the Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia.

New Programs

Cross Insurance announced the formation of its Healthcare Practice, which will focus on the needs of the healthcare industry while expanding the agency's healthcare risk management footprint throughout New England.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Hub International Ltd. acquired the shares of Gibson's Insurance Agency Ltd., a Manitoba, Canada-based insurance brokerage. Gibson's will become part of the Hub International Horizon operations.

News

Westfield Group is the winner of a NICE Systems 2014 Customer Excellence Award, which recognizes customers who have demonstrated outstanding innovation and business performance using NICE's Customer Interaction Management solutions. Westfield Group was acknowledged specifically for “Excellence in Implementation.”

Farmers Insurance is looking to add 85 agency owners throughout the state of Washington to grow its presence in the state. Farmers is also offering incentives to qualified military veterans and reservists to help tap the state's expanding consumer market.

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Around the industry: July 8, 2014

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