Hurricane Alex is expected to have caused no more than $200 million in insured losses because insurance sales in Mexico are low and the area is not densely populated, according to risk modeler AIR Worldwide.

Brown & Brown Inc. said its subsidiary, Brown & Brown of South Carolina Inc. has acquired Charleston, S.C.-based insurance broker Commonwealth Insurance Group, LLC.

Insured losses for the United States in June totaled about $200 million due to hail and flooding in the Northern Plains and tornado damage in the Midwest and Ohio Valley, Aon Benfield said.

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Kingsway Financial Services Inc. said it has named Larry G. Swets Jr. its new chief executive officer and president.

John Gibson has been named chief executive officer of AlphaStaff Group, Inc., one of the nation's largest professional employer organizations. He also will serve as a member of the board of directors.

Deborah Alvord, director of TPA services at CatMan Do, Inc., has been awarded the professional insurance designation Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter by the American Institute for CPCU.