Eric James has joined Preferred Employers Insurance, a Berkley company, as the company’s newest Sales & Distribution Manager. As a workers’ compensation insurance specialist, Eric brings his regional expertise in underwriting and sales to our Northern California team. Eric’s leadership will focus on establishing broker relationships, assisting producers in achieving sales targets and growing sales volume profitably in the greater Sacramento area. “Eric is the perfect addition to our team because of the breadth of experience he brings to the...

Fueled by oversubscribed Series A, global insurtech emerges from stealth with an all-star C-suite of insurance and technology innovators to transform performance-priced fleet insurance

The “Insurtech Global Market Report 2022, By Product, Technology, Offering, Deployment, Application” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global insurtech service market is expected to grow from $8.07 billion in 2021 to $10.42 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.2%. The change in growth trend is mainly due to the companies stabilizing their output after catering to the demand that grew exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. The market is expected...

Highstreet Insurance Partners (“Highstreet”) announced today that it has acquired Michigan-based Paragon Underwriters. Paragon Underwriters is a program manager that focuses exclusively on attorneys and law firms. “We are delighted to have Paragon Underwriters join our Specialty Risk group of agencies at Highstreet,” said Scott Wick, Founder & CEO of Highstreet. “Paragon Underwriters brings their legal insurance expertise, coupled together with an exclusive professional liability program providing greater coverage to our law firm clients. This partnership continues to...