CAC Specialty has appointed Karmanee Governor (pictured) as senior account executive to further bolster its healthcare division

Alliant has appointed Nicholas Ambriano (pictured) as managing director and executive vice president to lead its new division

Aon Reinsurance Solutions has promoted Paul Grasso (pictured) to head of treaty Australia and New Zealand

Swiss Re Reinsurance and Iowa-based insurtech Benekiva have formed a partnership to develop an integrated claims management platform

BMS Re, the specialty reinsurance broker, has appointed Erik Soria (pictured) as head of new business solutions and co-head of casualty broking

Sandra Leyendecker (pictured left) has been promoted to head of casualty claims, while Ingo Lorber and Michael Brobach (pictured right) have been appointed as head of property claims and head of executive and professional lines claims, respectively

The IRS has won a case against the DDoI which is expected to have direct implications for microcaptives

W.R. Berkley Corporation, property and casualty insurer, has appointed Jay Weber (pictured) as president of Berkley Southeast Insurance Group

Aon has appointed Andy Neal (pictured) as managing director of the firm’s public sector partnership

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the long-term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) of “a+” (Excellent) of Vermont-based Blue Whale Re

CNH Industrial Capital, CNH’s Industrial’s captive financial provider, has partnered with Assurant, a business services company

Ryan Specialty, a Chicago-based specialty firm, has appointed Sara Kendall (pictured) as deputy chief compliance officer