The The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. (PIACT, PIANH, PIANJ, PIANY) has unveiled a new set of continuing education (CE) courses for insurance agents. PIA’s programs are developed by committees of …
The Gleason Group, a Philadelphia-based property and casualty insurance broker, announced the spin-off of its technology unit that develops and implements the company’s GleasonESP hazard management system. The new concern will be known as Gleason Technology Inc., and will focus …
Pennsylvania-based Erie Indemnity Company has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed offering of up to 4,000,000 shares of the company’s Class A non-voting common stock to be sold by a selling shareholder. …
New York Governor George Pataki signed into law a bill that will make more affordable health insurance available to small businesses run across New York State that are owned and operated by single-person businesses. The new law, which was signed …
Now that the Florida Department of Insurance has wrapped its hearings on mold issues, staff is ready to go to work on recommendations for Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher. The last of four mold hearings was held Sept. 19 in Pensacola. …
The Arkansas Department of Insurance has issued a rule that establishes standards for developing and protecting customer information, Rule and Regulation 77-Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information. It was drafted in compliance with the federally mandated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was passed …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher has approved certificates of authority for three new insurance companies to operate in the state. He noted that more than 200 insurers have entered Oklahoma since he took office in 1999. “By attracting companies to …
The Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATTF), together with the Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force, conducted a six-month undercover sting operation, “The Fast and the Fraudulent” resulting in felony arrest warrants issued by the Santa Clara County, Calif. District …
Recent moves by several California local governments’ to pass onerous financial privacy “opt-in” ordinances are wrongheaded and will only serve to drive financial services companies from the state, decreasing consumer choice, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. The ordinances …
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) appointed Brian Schreiber vice president, Strategic Planning. Schreiber is managing director of AIG Global Investment Group, Inc., with responsibility for mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments for AIG and its member companies. He joined AIG in …
