A plan to transfer 4,100 health insurance policies from Mutual of Omaha to Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont fell apart over questions of creating a subsidiary for the deal. Mutual of Omaha, which is getting out of individual major medical …
A New Hampshire legislative panel with responsibility for reviewing regulatory changes has cleared the way for a streamlining of the state’s automobile insurance system. The Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules on Jan. 20 let Regulation 1400, which was drawn …
When the terrorist attacks hammered Connecticut’s insurance industry and legislation to blunt asbestos claims was faltering, Republican Gov. John G. Rowland traveled to Washington to lobby for help. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rowland has been …
Workers’ compensation is the fast food of the insurance industry. Nobody notices it very much until there’s a case of indigestion, despite the important role it plays in the economy. As costs continue to increase, however, so does the search …
Only three of the 19 companies still writing private passenger auto insurance in Massachusetts will offer discounts to safe drivers this year. Five years ago, there were one-third more writers of the coverage and most of them offered good driver …
When J.R.R. Tolkien, the creator of The Lord of the Rings, wrote those words in the ’30s he wasn’t thinking about the place the automobile would eventually occupy in American life. Nor does his saga of Middle Earth even mention …
“Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Issues,” will be the subject of two upcoming Public Policy Seminars sponsored by Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an industry trade group. According to SIIS, each seminar will offer two hours of Texas Department of Insurance Continuing …
At a recent meeting of the national leadership of the American Automobile Association (AAA), the American Insurance Association (AIA) urged a cooperative effort between motorists and insurers to call for the standardization and use of Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in …
MaximFinancial, based in Dickinson, Texas, announced the recent appointment of Corey Magliolo to executive director of financial services. A Dickinson native, Magliolo has served the organization as a financial advisor for more than two years, providing clients with planning and …
Managing general agency RSI International announced several new appointments in its Arlington, Texas office. Nick Arenare has joined the office as claims manager. Arenare began his career with GAB in 1994 and has spent the past six years at Cunningham …
