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Matthew Lerner
Verified
Reporter, Business Insurance
New York
Beats
Biography
A resident of New York City, Mr. Lerner has over 20 years of experience as a journalist covering the worldwide steel, metals and chemical markets. Prior to that, he was a marketing communications representative for AIG and worked for a local community newspaper. He holds a BA in Political Science from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).
teco energy, consumer affairs utilities, power plants florida power & light, tampa electric duke energy,nuclear energy natural gas
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Content
By Matthew Lerner Verified| Business Insurance Verified Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions Inc. Monday promoted Maria Long to chief underwriting officer. Based in New York and reporting directly to George Kotsiopoulos, president of insurance, she will overaspects of underwriting for Resilience, the insurer said in a statement. Ms. Long was most recently deputy chief underwriting officer for Resilience. She succeeds Killian Brady, who left Resilience in March, according to an email from a company spokesperson.
By Matthew Lerner Verified| Business Insurance Verified Transatlantic Underwriters Inc. Monday announced the launch of a new property/casualty division and named former Coastal Brokers Insurance Services executive Bernadette Flores as senior vice president of property and casualty. The new division includes six lines of business: commercial general and excess liability; commercial property; inland marine; builders risk; and garage, TUA said in a statement. Ms. Flores was most recently a senior underwriter with Coastal.
By Matthew Lerner Verified| Business Insurance Verified There were 127 announced broker merger and acquisition transactions in the U.S. through March 31, 2025, up 11.4% compared with the 114 transactions announced through this time last year, according to a report Wednesday from consultants MarshBerry Inc. Private capital-backed buyers accounted for 86 of the 127 transactions, or 68%, in 2025, while independent agencies were buyers in 28 deals, or 22% of the market.
Company Info
Business Insurance
Business Insurance is the leading source of news, information and data on risk management, workers compensation and commercial insurance. The publication was founded in 1967 by Crain Communications Inc. Business Insurance publishes a monthly magazine, online news and content, special research reports, exclusive industry rankings and data, as well as events and awards. Business Insurance readers are professional risk managers and executives in the commercial insurance industry, including brokers, insurers, reinsurers, claims managers, consultants and more.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
+1 212-210-0133
Founded: 1967