The Risk Management Society has cancelled its 2020 annual conference and exhibition that was due to take place in Denver, Colorado from the 03 to the 05 May due to COVID-19

Crawford & Company has appointed Jeff Carr as global relationship leader within its global client development team led by Benedict Burke, chief client officer, global client development

The Self-Insurance Institute of America has cancelled its Self-Insured Health Plan Executive Forum due to COVID-19

Lance Abbott, president of BevCap Management, has been elected as chair of the Captive Insurance Companies Association’s board of directors

Matt Atkinson has been promoted as senior vice president, business development for Artex Risk Solutions’ North American division

The current hard market offers risk managers a great opportunity to show internal stakeholders the value that a captive can bring and provide them with a greater understanding of how the captive works, according to Marine Charbonnier of AXA XL

Vermont has postponed its captive insurance industry trade mission to Mexico that was due to take place on 24 March as a result of the COVID-19

Ed Koral has been hired as a managing director with BDO insurance, based in the firm’s New York office

Artex Risk Solutions has named Stewart McLaughlin as business development director for Europe

Strategic Risk Solutions has appointed Kirk Cyrus to head of its Barbados operations, succeeding Chris Evans, effective 1 May

Aon is set to buy Willis Towers Watson in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of approximately $80 billion

The Captive Insurance Companies Association has cancelled its 2020 International Conference because of safety concerns due to COVID-19