Public Sector Risk

Named as one of the best companies to work for in Texas in 2009, Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) is a full-service independent insurance brokerage with more than 75 employees and three office locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio.

If the person obtaining the insurance was a "broker"-- that is, was a person who transacted insurance with, but not on behalf of, the insurer--the insured's suit against the insurer will fail.

Edward T. Havermann III has joined Westrope as a broker in its national transportation practice. His territory is the Southeast, which includes Florida.

Mention e-mail marketing to fellow insurance professionals and you may find that many remain hesitant to move away from their tried-and-true snail mail methods.

Regional Excess Underwriters LLC, wholesale broker/general agent and member company of W.R. Berkley Corp., has named Jennifer Wilson as a broker/underwriter in REU's Jacksonville office.

The absence of a major catastrophic event in Florida in recent years has not erased memories of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and the impact of the ensuing hard property insurance market.