Monthly Archives: <span>March 2003</span>

Calif. Public Works Ops Manager Arrested for WC Fraud

Doyle E. Champlain, 45, of Orangevale, Calif., was arrested without incident and booked into the Placer County Jail on five felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of attempted perjury. If convicted, Champlain could face up to five …

AXCESS Secures Through CNA’s Western Surety Selects PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP as Auditor

AXCESS Insurance announced today that the company has secured Fidelity Insurance Coverage through Western Surety. A division of CNA Surety (NYSE: SUR), Western Surety is an AMBest “A+” Rated insurance company with a Financial Size Category of VIII ($100 Million …

AXCESS Secures Through CNA’s Western Surety Selects PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP as Auditor

AXCESS Secures Through CNA’s Western Surety Selects PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP as Auditor NEW YORK / EWORLDWIRE / March 12, 2003 — AXCESS Insurance announced today that the company has secured Fidelity Insurance Coverage through Western Surety. A division of CNA Surety …

Motorcycle, ATV

Nuts & Bolts: American Reliable Insurance Company is launching a competitive market for both standard and non-standard motorcycle risks. The program will be marketed through select General Agencies, and Independent Agents (Ariz only). Carrier: American Reliable Insurance Co. Rated “A- …

EPL

Nuts & Bolts: Navigators Pro, a division of Navigators Manage-ment Company, a subsidiary of The Navigators Group Inc. has introduced EPL Analytex, its Employment Practices Liability Policy. EPL Analytex responds to the needs of small to medium-sized corporations for an …

E&O

Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers announced a new errors & omissions program for agents. Managing general agents and wholesalers are also acceptable in the program. New agents/agencies will be considered subject to experience requirements and agencies with lapsed coverage …

RLI Reports 9 Cent-Per-Share Dividend

Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. has declared a first quarter cash dividend of 9 cents per share for shareholders of record as of March 31, 2003, payable April 15, 2003. This will be the company’s 107th consecutive paid dividend, bringing the …

The Hartford Names Candy Cope Director of Stop Loss Sales and Marketing

The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that Candy Cope has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for Integrated Medical Solutions, The Hartford’s business unit that sells and services individual and aggregate medical stop loss insurance. She succeeds Robert Callihan, …

ACE INA’s Dominic Frederico to Receive 2003 Franklin Award From Philadelphia CPCU Society

The Philadelphia-based members of ACE INA, a part of the ACE Group of Companies, announced that Dominic J. Frederico, chairman of ACE INA Holdings Inc., will be the twenty-first recipient to receive the prestigious Franklin Award from the Philadelphia Chapter …

W. R. Berkley Increases Dividend 11%

W. R. Berkley Corporation announced that its Board of Directors had voted to increase the cash dividend to the annual rate of 40 cents per share from the previous rate of 36 cents. “This represents an 11 percent increase over …