Insurance leader GoHealth Appoints Vance Johnston as CFO

GoHealth, Inc. (GoHealth) (NASDAQ: GOCO), a leading health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company, announced today that Vance Johnston will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on December 7, 2021.  As previously announced, Travis Matthiesen, the Company’s current CFO, will transition to the role of Chief Transformation Officer and will work closely with Johnston to ensure a smooth transition. “We are very pleased that Vance will be joining the GoHealth executive team as CFO,” said Clint Jones, co-founder and Chief...

Optimalex wins PropertyCasualty360 Innovation Award

Optimalex is pleased to announce that CEO Dr. Frank Giaoui has won a PropertyCasualty360 Insurance Innovators Award. “We congratulate Dr. Frank Giaoui, Founder & CEO of Optimalex for winning a PropertyCasualty360 Insurance Innovators Award,” said Tamara Gentry, Group Publisher for ALM’s National Underwriter Property & Casualty Divisions. “Innovation is about more than technology. It’s about culture and practices that prevent any entity from becoming antiquated or outdated. The PropertyCasualty360 Insurance Innovators award honors technologists along with those making strides in customer experience; diversity,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Sound Insurance Services

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Caulfield, Victoria-based Sound Insurance Services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2011 by Simon Feldman and Morris Alessi, Sound Insurance is a retail property/casualty broker serving small and mid-market corporate clients in the Melbourne Central Business District and Victoria from its primary office in Caulfield and a smaller office in the Docklands. Feldman, Alessi, Daniel Winkel, Mark O’Sullivan and their associates will continue to operate from their Caulfield location under the direction...

Ambetter from MHS Offers Health Insurance Across Indiana

Indiana residents can choose from a variety of plans that fit their needs and budgets Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace in Indiana runs through January 15, 2022. This year, Ambetter from MHS is offering affordable health insurance options statewide across Indiana through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace. “The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the importance of making healthcare more accessible to help ensure communities can receive the care they need,” said Kevin O’Toole, MHS President and CEO. “Ambetter from MHS has a diversity of...

Global Health Insurance Market Report 2021

The “Health Insurance Market – Forecasts from 2021 to 2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global health Insurance market is evaluated at US$79.254 billion for the year 2019 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.71% to reach US$109.383 billion in 2026.Health Insurance is an insurance solution that provides for the medical and surgical expenses of a person who has taken this policy. It functions in two ways either it provides reimbursement of the expenditure incurred due to...

Insurtech MGA Corvus Insurance Partners With CyberCube

Corvus Insurance, a leading provider of smart commercial insurance products powered by AI-driven risk data, is to use CyberCube’s Portfolio Manager to better analyse and understand cyber risk. In addition to Portfolio Manager, the Boston-based managing general agent (MGA) will also use CyberCube’s Single Point of Failure (SPoF) model and Attritional Loss model as it seeks to grow its business in the current attractive conditions in the insurance market. Corvus Insurance specialises in providing cyber and data breach insurance to enterprises in...

Saudi Arabia Health Insurance Industry to 2026

The “Saudi Arabia Health Insurance Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026″ report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Saudi Arabia health insurance market reached a value of around US$ 6 Billion in 2020. Health insurance is a type of insurance coverage that periodically charges a sum from the policyholder and pays for medical and surgical expenses incurred by the individual in case of a medical emergency. An efficient health insurance plan includes services such...

IAT Insurance Group Names Trent Haas Chief Claims Officer

Bill Cunningham, CEO of IAT Insurance Group, a leading provider of specialty property/casualty and surety products, announced the hiring of Trent Haas to lead the insurer’s claims unit as Chief Claims Officer. Haas brings broad claims background and strong leadership experience to the role. “Trent has claims experience across a variety of lines, including property (homeowners and commercial), general liability, and auto liability, which correspond to our specialty markets,” said Cunningham. “His collaborative leadership style...

Independent Insurance Group, LLC Announces Key New Hires

Independent Insurance Group, LLC (“Independent Group”) announced today two new hires. Nancy Robertson has joined Independent Life Insurance Company as Vice President, Policy Administration, and Shannon Marconi has joined Independent Group as Assistant Vice President, Finance & Accounting. “We are thrilled to welcome Nancy and Shannon to our growing team,” said George Luecke, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Independent Group. “Their roles are crucial to the continued implementation of our strategic and operating initiatives. We look forward to further announcements soon,...

Zurich American Insurance Co. signs agreement to acquire SIS

Acquisition will help Zurich expand supplemental health insurance offerings, including gap medical and occupational accident solutions for employers and workers. Zurich American Insurance Company (“ZAIC”), a leading provider of insurance products and services to businesses in multiple industries, has signed an agreement to acquire Special Insurance Services, Inc. (“SIS”), a Texas-based program manager whose offerings include gap medical and occupational accident insurance products. The acquisition will expand ZAIC’s supplemental health insurance solutions that help businesses and...

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