FMGlobal opened the FM Global Learning Center in Norwood,Massachusetts. The 27,000-square-foot more than doubles the size ofthe company's Norwood training facilities, and incorporates activelearning classrooms, technology-packed breakout rooms, interactivewhiteboards, surface computing and 12 experiential SimZone Labs,including a warehouse and data center designed to replicateclients' properties.

Weather intelligence provider Baronannounced its Baron Weather Data Archive, which gives insurersaccess to an archive of historical weather activity, from radar tovalue-added tornado, hail and roadway weather data, in order toproperly assist customers before and after a weather event andprotect against fraud.

Jacksonville, Florida-based workers' compensation servicesprovider One Call CareManagement will open a new office at 1930 WestBennett Street in Springfield, Missouri in August 2017. The companysaid it expects to fill 100 positions by the end of next month. Formore information, visit www.jobs.net/jobs/onecallcm/en-us/.

GC Securities, a division of MMCSecurities and a member of Marsh and McLennan Cos., served asco-manager of pricing bonds and catastrophe-linked swaps to providesurge funding to developing countries facing possible pandemicoutbreaks. The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF)'sinsurance component provides cover for viruses most likely to causea pandemic. Financing is activated when parametric triggersdetermined by public World Health Organization data aretripped.

New York City-based global risk and reinsurancespecialist Guy Carpenter & Co.LLC launced GC Asia Pacific Retro, a new unitoffering dedicated retrocession services to clients in the AsiaPacific region. The unit is headed up by SimonHughes, managing director and BenDunnett, senior vice president.

ZurichInsurance Group achieved and is exceeding itstargets to reduce carbon emissions by 50% and energy consumption by40% per employee three years ahead of its original goal year of2020. The insurer has been operating carbon neutral since 2014.

Burns & Wilcox relocated itsPittsburgh, Pennsylvania office to 965 Greentree Road, Suite 300,on the third floor of a new 100% sustainable solar-powered officehigh-rise called The Bentley. The Pittsburgh office specializes ininsurance for large manufacturers and contractors, ProfessionalLiability including Medical Malpractice and Errors & Omissions(E&O), and Personal insurance including High-ValueHomeowners.

Independence HoldingCompany announced the final results of its tenderoffer to purchase up to 2 million shares of its common stock. Basedon the final tabulation by Broadridge Corporate Issuer SolutionsInc., the depositary for the tender offer (1,386,332 shares) wereproperly tendered and not withdrawn by shareholders, at a purchaseprice of $20 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of$27,726,640. After the tender offer, IHC has 14,991,424 shares ofcommon stock outstanding.

Gary Sullivan, vice president, property &subrogation claims at Erie Insurance and BryanCorder, director of property claim line management withAllstate Financial Services LLC, were elected co-chairs of theProperty Drone Consortium (PDC), whichconsists of insurance carriers, roofing industry leaders andsupporting enterprises. This will be Sullivan's second term aschair.

The Hanover Insurance Group and Chaucer,its international specialty insurance group, acquired Sydney,Australia-based Lloyd's managing general underwriting agency SLEHoldings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Insurance industry software provider MariasTechnology has been acquired from Buckeye State MutualInsurance Company by the Haines family, whose members have operatedas senior management of the company since its founding. Terms ofthe deal were not disclosed.