Salt Lake City Utah
Bithell Named Farmers Insurance VP and Chief Underwriting Officer
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has appointed
Union General Insurance Offers Vacant Market to California Producers
Union General Insurance Services Inc.
Obama’s Budget Shows Only Modest Changes in Health Reforms
The Obama administration's latest spending plan calls for modest changes to the U.S. health care system but does little to incorporate sweeping moves called for Democrats' larger plan to increase …
Florida’s United Insurance to Expand Into 7 Northeast, Southeast States
United Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
C.V. Starr & Co. (California) Appoints Garrison as President and CEO
C.V. Starr & Co. (California) has appointed Michael Garrison president and CEO.
Agents’ Group: On a Cost per Home Value Basis, Texas Rates Are Down
Texas insurance agents — want to show your customers that the common perception that homeowners rates in Texas always go up but never come down is false? Look to your agency management …
Vermont Locals Vow to Rebuild Twice-Torched Historic General Store
Twice burned, the Putney General Store in Vermont is rising from the ashes. On Monday night, the Putney Historical Society hosted a community gathering to update the status of a rebuilding project …
Tannock Named XL Insurance President
XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital, announced the appointment of Patrick Tannock as President of XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd (XLIB) and Country Manager, effective as of …
Munich Re to Post $3.57 Billion 2009 Profit; 95.3% Combined Ratio
Munich Re announced that according to its “preliminary calculations” consolidated profits increased “significantly” in 2009 to €2.56 billion [$3.57 billion, compared to €1.58 billion …
Great American Names Coordinator for Multi-Employer Fiduciary Liability
Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division (ELD), based in Schaumburg, Ill., appointed Synergy Professional Associates of Kinnelon, N.J., as its national production …
Dallas Agency, Agent Partner to Form Lipscomb & Cathey
Dallas-based Lipscomb Insurance Group has partnered with Ronnie Cathey to form Lipscomb & Cathey. Cathey’s expertise includes real estate and marine insurance
Study: Distracted Driving Laws Don’t Stop Crashes
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Massachusetts to Allow Surcharge Appeals for Recalled Vehicles
Massachusetts insurance regulators will allow some Toyota drivers who were involved in accidents linked to unintended acceleration to appeal insurance surcharges assessed by their carriers. The …
Main Street America Launches New Business Owners Policy
The Main Street America Group launched its new Main Line Business Owners Policy (BOP) property and liability product. The insurer also launched Main Street Station for commercial lines quoting and …
Confie Seguros Acquires Vern Fonk Insurance Services
New York-based Confie Seguros, a provider of auto insurance with an emphasis on serving Hispanic consumers, has acquired Puget Sound, Ore.-based
State Farm Begins Sending Non-Renewal Notices in Florida This Week
Thousands of State Farm Florida property insurance customers will be seeing notices in their mailboxes this week saying their policies will not be renewed, a company spokesman said. The first wave …
Louisiana Insurance Department Appoints Cherry to Direct Public Affairs
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has named Lori Joubert Cherry to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs where she will manage the department’s public relations …
Oklahoma Under Emergency Declaration as Winter Storm Shuts Down State
Oklahoma, Gov. Brad Henry declared a state of emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties and state officials implemented emergency response preparations as a winter storm blanketed the state overnight …
Louisiana Comp Costs Per Claim 35% Higher than Most States
The costs per all paid workers’ compensation insurance claims in Louisiana averaged 35 percent higher than the typical study state, according to a Massachusetts-based research group that …
Hurricane Ike Claims Total Nearly $12B in Texas
Hurricane Ike, which
Texas Agent and Former Windstorm Association Chair Dies at 81
Corpus Christi independent insurance agent and former Texas Windstorm Insurance Association chairman, Lloyd L.
Georgia House Lawmakers Send Texting Ban Bill to Study
Georgia lawmakers are taking a closer look at texting while driving legislation proposed last week.
IBA West Pacific Northwest Chapter Joins Big ‘I’ Washington
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has disbanded its Pacific Northwest Chapter and joined forces with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington (Big “I” …
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West Names Officers, Award Winner
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West), awarded the Ramsden/Sullivan Memorial Award to Robert B. Suhr and slated its officers and directors for 2010 at its annual meeting. Suhr is a …
A.M. Best Assigns Wisconsin’s Ellington Mutual Insurance a ‘B+’ Rating
A.M. Best Co
Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Costs per Claim Stabilized
Medical costs per workers’ compensation claim in Texas were stable in 2007, following several years of dramatic decreases, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research …
Michigan Senate Follows House, OKs Ban on Texting While Driving
Michigan lawmakers took a key step
North Carolina Reported 34 Workplace Deaths in 2009
State regulators say there were 34 accidental workplace deaths in North Carolina last year.
Alabama Motel Owner Sued Over Fire Deaths
A wrongful death lawsuit contends a Hoover motel owner and maintenance man are to blame for the deaths of four Mississippi college students in a fire earlier this month. The lawsuit, filed in …
Insurance Agents 40-and-Younger: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Young Agents Survey
Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S.