Universal said the new company, American Platinum Property and Casualty Insurance Company, will write homeowners' multiperil and inland marine coverages on homes valued in excess of $1 million, which

Kevin H. Kelley has left his post as chief executive officer of American International Group's Lexington Insurance Company and president of AIG Domestic Personal Lines to become CEO of Ironshore Inc.

Burns & Wilcox hired David Derigiotis as a professional lines underwriter in its Special Risk Division, located in Farmington Hills, Mich. He will be responsible for underwriting the company's professional lines products, including

Zaloom Assoc. has been acquired by Jimcor Agency Inc. Zaloom will be a division of Jimcor Agencies and will be located in the Montvale, N.J. office. Gerald Zaloom will join Jimcor as president of the newly established Zaloom Associates Division. For

Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC has appointed Elizabeth Keys as chief financial officer. Previously, Keys was senior vice president and CFO of Syncora Holdings. She has also held a number of senior level positions at General Motors Corp. She began

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2009 officers: o Roger Sevigny, New Hampshire insurance commissioner, is president. Sevigny was appointed New Hampshire insurance commissioner in 2003. Prior to that,

Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corp., appointed Matt Smith as senior vice president and leader of the defined contribution practice in the U.S. He will serve clients with design, implementation and

Burns & Wilcox has promoted Laura Colbert to director of sales and marketing and Chandra Kwaske to underwriting manager at its Farmington Hills, Mich., office. Colbert, with 15 years of insurance industry experience, is responsible for developing