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

NAIER Announces CSR Award Winners

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announced the selection of the state winners of the 2003 Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The award originated in 1991 to recognize the contributions of outstanding customer service representatives within the …

Travelers Bond Enhances Executive Liability Package Policy

Travelers Bond (www.travelersbond.com), a division of Travelers Property Casualty Corp., has expanded the coverage offered in its executive liability package policy, The Wrap(SM). Available by endorsement, the new enhancements include expanded coverage for the employment practices, fiduciary liability and directors …

NICB Says Port, Border Areas Special Targets for Vehicle Theft

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that nine of the top 10 metropolitan areas for vehicle theft are in or near ports and Canadian and Mexican borders or within easy reach of them. For the second consecutive year, the …

HRH to Build “Habitat for Humanity Houses”

Virginia-based Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company, the world’s tenth largest insurance and risk management intermediary, announced that the HRH Charitable Foundation and the company’s employees have committed $1 million and an undetermined number of volunteer hours over the next two …

PIANJ Hails Signing of N.J. Auto Reform Bill

The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. hailed Governor James E. McGreevey’s signing of S.63/A.2625, reform legislation aimed at combating the State’s auto insurance crisis (See Article in today’s ‘National” News). The PIANJ had actively supported the Bills. “The …

Pa. Governor Unveils Med-Mal Liability Reform Plan

Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has released details for a proposed series of immediate and long-term measures to reform Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice liability system. The press bulletin called the Governor’s proposal “a comprehensive solution to the current crisis developed after …

NYSID Authorizes Internet Option for Continuing Education Requirements

In a move designed to facilitate access to its Continuing Education Program (CE) for all NY producers, New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced that the Department has revised requirements to enable producers to obtain all required …

R&SA to Sell Puerto Rico Subsidiary

The U.K.’s Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group announced that it has agreed to sell its Puerto Rican subsidiary, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (Puerto Rico), Inc., to Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples de Puerto Rico for around £38 million ($61 …

Arkansas Indicts Johnson on Fraud Charges

U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Bud Cummins and State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, announced a 20-count federal indictment has been handed down against Jeffrey Ray Johnson for his alleged role in a scheme to fraudulently collect …

Brown Named Outstanding N.C. CSR of the Year

The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that Tracy Brown was named Outstanding CSR of the Year for the state of North Carolina by the Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of Certified Insurance …