Stephen A. Milne, president & CEO of the Erie Insurance Group announced that, due to the condition of his health, he would retire from the company effective today. Jan Van Gorder, Sr. Exec. VP, secretary and general counsel, will serve …
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 43-year-old Wisconsin woman to repay the state $52,182 after an investigation showed she continued to collect workers’ compensation widow’s benefits after she remarried. Susan Marie Zander allegedly began collecting …
With the deadline just less than a month away, California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low has reminded state Holocaust survivors and their heirs that they must file by Feb. 15 with the International Holocaust Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC). …
State legislators are expected to be asked to remedy an Alaska Supreme Court ruling that held personal umbrella policies are auto liability policies and therefore must offer uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. The ruling in Holderness v. State Farm also held that …
CNA has launched a new, enhanced version of OMMni.com, the interactive and fully automated cargo insurance system which is accessible over the Internet to all CNA’s ocean cargo customers worldwide. Available free of charge to all agents, brokers, and clients, …
Congressman Michael G. Oxley, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, will address 800 independent insurance agents and brokers at the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference this spring. The 2002 IIAA legislative meeting will …
According to PR Newswire, the insurance industry is showing the first signs of distress following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, with major commercial property/casualty premiums uniformly on the upswing and confusion in the market as carriers try to determine what …
The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has completed a countrywide filing of revised commercial lines endorsements for excluding insurance coverage for losses resulting terrorism. In a related matter, AAIS staff will be participating in an upcoming teleconference meeting under …
Illinois-based Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., which provides automotive salvage and claims processing services across the U.S., appointed Edward N. Fares as the company’s new chief information officer (CIO). Insurance Auto Auctions CEO, Tom O’Brien, said the company believes that that …
The Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA), a national insurance agency distribution network, announced that the DiStefano Insurance Agency Inc. of Canal Fulton, Ohio, has established United Independent Agency Alliance as a Strategic Master Agency of SIAA. The DiStefano Insurance Agency …
