Monthly Archives: <span>September 2002</span>

Golf Course Workers’ Comp

Nuts & Bolts: Allenbrooke Insurance has available a program for golf course workers’ compensation. This is a brokerage business. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000. Carrier: “A” Rated. States Available: California (more to follow). Contact: Todd Cady, (888) 366-9999

Seasonal Business – Fall/Winter

Nuts & Bolts: Union General has a program for seasonal businesses such as harvest festivals/Oktoberfests, pumpkin patches, haunted houses, Christmas tree lots, snow removal services, winter carnivals, and hay/sleigh rides. Carrier: Rated “A+.” States Available: California. Contact: Manfred Mundelius, (925) …

Surety Bonds

Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, through its Commercial Division has launched a new surety bond program for California producers. The program features competitive rates for a wide range of contract and commercial surety classes. Target categories are contractor …

Why Costs Go Up and What Your Customers Can do to Save Money

As renewal notices go out in the mail, insurance agents across California are answering calls from their policyholders, some of whom are facing the rising homeowners and auto insurance rates. Unfortunately, several factors have caused the auto and homeowners insurance …

Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Directors & Officers Coverage

Living in the nation’s energy capital, Houston, is never boring. During the oil and gas boom-times, the city is in perpetual motion and lawyers are running around doing deals. During the bust periods, the lawyers get busy fighting over all …

Securing Building Sites in the Wake of Sept. 11

With the remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, building and site security has become an increasingly important issue to companies all over the nation and the world. Nowadays, it is simply not prudent to be lax on security, especially …

Insurance Journal Acquires Claims Guides Directories

Wells Publishing Inc., which has been publishing Insurance Journal for the past 79 years, has added Claims Guides to its list of publications. Claims Guides, which will be published in 37 different regions across the country, will premiere in Dec. …

The State of the Surplus Lines Market with Michael J. Hall

Insurance Journal publisher Mark Wells recently spoke with Michael J. Hall, chairman of M.J. Hall & Company Inc. and president of Golden Bear Insurance Company, both headquartered out of Stockton, Calif. Hall shared his thoughts on the current state of …

Corporate Members Approve a Major Course Change for Lloyd’s

Friday the 13th of September will henceforth be known at Lloyd’s as the day that members approved a plan that will radically alter the way the London market is conducted. Ignoring any bad luck associated with the date, Lloyd’s announced …

Condition Critical: Med Mal Liability Markets in Dire Need of Rescuscitation

By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers leaves physicians and other health care providers—especially …