Kirsten Jackson has joined Latham & Watkins Los Angeles office as a partner in the litigation and trial department and as a member of the complex commercial litigation practice

The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed HB 6646, which is an act concerning crumbling concrete foundations

The North Carolina Captive Insurance Association board has named Matt Holycross of Taft Companies as chairman for the 2021/22 term

A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” to Quanta Insurance Company, based in Texas

Crawford & Company has launched a Japan desk in Bangkok, Thailand, providing a dedicated facility to support the growing presence of Japanese companies and their affiliates in the South East Asia region

Olivier Gay has been appointed CEO for SCOR Canada Reinsurance Company, succeeding Paul Christoff, effective 11 June 2021

AF Group, an industry leader in offering specialty insurance products, has entered into the assumed reinsurance marketplace through a new partnership with Waypoint Underwriting Management

Concert Group Holdings, a newly formed business dedicated to insurance fronting, has secured an agreement to raise additional capital from its founders in partnership with Century Equity Partners and WT Holdings

The Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe has elected Galit Saar to the AMICE board by AMICE’s annual general meeting of members

AssuredPartners has hired and appointed Nick Napolitano as captive practice leader

DARAG Group has made several senior appointments with Alastair Lauder as group chief actuary, Ciaran Russell as senior actuary, Vivek Bhandari as head of data, Matt Watson as group head of IT and Alastair Whitfield as group head of investments

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A and the long-term issuer credit ratings of “a+” of BNY Trade Insurance, based in Bermuda and The Hamilton Insurance Corporation, which is based in New York