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New Orleans Hospital Settles Post-Katrina Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in New Orleans and its corporate parent have settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a 73-year-old woman who died after Hurricane Katrina …
United Heartland Insurance Names Cooper President
Steve Cooper has been appointed president of United Heartland, a national workers’ compensation insurer based in New Berlin, Wis., and a subsidiary of
Lawmakers Turn Up Heat on Treasury Chief Geithner Over AIG
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NSM Acquires Condon & Skelly Collectible Vehicle Insurance
NSM Insurance Group acquired Condon & Skelly Collectible Vehicle Insurance, effective Dec. 31, 2009. Founded in 1965, Condon & Skelly Collectible Vehicle Insurance began as a small niche …
CSE Sponsors Essay Contest To Promote Driver Safety
San Francisco-based Civil Service Employees Insurance Group (CSE Insurance) has launched the 2010 CSE Youth Scholarship Program, an annual essay competition designed to promote awareness of driver …
Perschetz Joins Baker & Daniels
Arthur D. Perschetz has joined Baker & Daniels as counsel in the law firm’s insurance and financial services group. He will also serve as a senior adviser with B&D Consulting, an …
IMA Adds Allen, Davies-Downing in Wichita, Kansas, Office
Mark Allen and Christy Davies-Downing have joined the Wichita, Kan., office of insurance broker IMA Inc.
Audit Questions Security of Louisiana Citizens’ Computer Systems
Louisiana's property insurer of last resort allowed too much access to computer systems, opening the door for potential fraud, and failed to take enough steps to make sure that policy applicants …
EAGiL Acquires Goebel Insurance Agency
Goebel Insurance Agency of Philadelphia has been acquired by Eagil Financial Group, a New Jersey-based firm that provides financial planning services to high net worth clients.
Mississippi High Court Orders New Trial on Drunk Driving Charge
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that Mary Reed Evans is entitled to present evidence in an effort to disprove prosecutors' contention that her blood alcohol level was over the legal limit …
Hard Driver Thefts Costs Tennessee Insurer $7 Million
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee says the theft of computer hard drives containing personal information on hundreds of thousands of members has already cost the insurer more than $7 million. The …
Zurich Insurance Launches in Bahrain
Zurich Insurance Company, a division of Zurich Financial Services,
PartnerRe’s January Non-Life Treaty Renewals ‘Stable’
Bermuda,-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that during the January 1, 2010 treaty renewal season it expects to write and bind approximately $2.6 billion of non-life premium. The bulletin added that …
U.S. Businesses Face Increasing Threats From Chinese Cyber Attacks
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Illinois Fines Insurance Agent, Agency $100K and Revokes Licenses
The Illinois Department of Insurance has revoked the licenses to sell insurance of Daniel Martin Deitz of Bloomingdale and his Schaumburg-based agency Danny Martin CLU and Associates (collectively …
Tapco Opens Underwriting Service Center in Dallas
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Travelers Sees Record Profits
The Travelers Cos. saw its fourth-quarter profits climb 60 percent, driven largely by investment gains. The insurer posted record net income for the quarter of $1.285 billion and full year net …
Homes Evacuated in San Antonio as Retaining Walls Give Way
A soil shift in northwest San Antonio led to the evacuation of dozens of homes over fears that two retaining walls could collapse near widening gaps. Engineers are trying to try to determine why …
The W Group Merges with Cincinnati’s Hylant Group
Cincinnati-based insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, and the W Group, a privately owned firm offering employee benefit services, announced they have merged. The combined organizations will form one …
U.S. Bans Texting by Drivers of Large Trucks, Buses
The U.S. government Tuesday banned hand-held “texting'' by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a …
AIG Asks Financial Product Employees to Take Retention Pay Cut
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Keystone Insurers Adds 4 More Kentucky Agencies
Limestone Insurance, Lexington Insurance Agency, Inc., Durrett Insurance and Insuramax have joined Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), bringing KIG’s number of agencies in Kentucky to six. …
Zurich Enhances Global Risk Assessment Module
Zurich Financial Services has announced “key enhancements to its Global Risk Assessment Module (GLORAM). The program is designed to assist businesses in coping with their risk management …
IPCC Acknowledges Himalayan Glacier Error; Defends Overall Assessment
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has admitted that its Fourth Assessment Report contained an error – in one paragraph of the 938 page document – in asserting that global …
Socius Insurance Names Zimmerman VP in Miami
Socius Insurance Services Inc., a San Francisco-based management liability and property
Driscoll Joins Colemont Insurance’s San Francisco Office
Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Susan Driscoll has joined the company's San Francisco office as a casualty broker. Driscoll
BB&T Insurance Services of California Names Justyn Senior VP
San Francisco-based BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announced that Wesley G. Justyn has joined its San Francisco office as a senior vice president
Federal Figures Show Reduction in Joblessness in Oklahoma
Oklahoma was one of only four states to show lower unemployment in December, compared with the month before, with a drop of half a percentage point to 6.6 percent, according to federal …
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Adds Options to Deductible Program
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is expanding a deductible program put in place last year.
