Monthly Archives: <span>February 2004</span>

Crawford & Co. Adds Trio of Industry Veterans

Atlanta-based Crawford & Company recently announced that Kerwin Williams, Donald Gray, and Cathy Gordon have joined the company and will assume several key roles in the organization. Williams, an insurance veteran who joins Crawford after serving the industry for more …

ProAssurance Participates in Raymond James & Associates 25th Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Alabama-based ProAssurance Corp. will participate in Raymond James & Associates 25th Annual Institutional Investors Conference being held Feb. 29 through March 3, in Orlando. ProAssurance executives will be discussing the company’s recent business developments and market opportunities. In conjunction with …

Tampa Medical Clinic Records Seized, Owners Arrested

Investigators with Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, seized hundreds of records from a medical clinic and arrested the three owners on charges of organized scheme to defraud, insurance fraud and grand theft following a joint investigation …

Chubb Renews and Expands at Sears Tower

MetLife announced that the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has signed a long-term lease renewal and expansion for its Regional Midwest Office at Sears Tower totaling 110,831 square feet. The deal makes the insurance carrier the skyscraper’s ninth largest tenant …

Massachusetts Agents Cite Crisis in Homeowners Market on Cape Cod

The lack of availability of insurance for properties in Cape Cod coastal communities and in some Massachusetts urban areas has reached “crisis” proportion in the opinion of the state’s insurance agents, who are calling on lawmakers to increase the offerings …

PCI Says N.Y. Workers’ Comp Benefit Increases Must Be Balanced with Reform

The New York Assembly Labor Committee on Tuesday reviewed a bill to introduce workers’ compensation benefit increases that industry experts and the New York Workers’ Compensation Rating Board reportedly fear will increase premiums by at least 25 percent. “We don’t …

USDA Expands Discounted Crop Insurance

Farmers in 13 states now have the opportunity to reduce the cost of their crop insurance by up to 10 percent, in an innovative program approved recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crop1 Insurance Inc. announced today that …

ACE Prof. Risk Appoints Scott Lambert VP Regional Operations; Establishes E&O Team

ACE USA Professional Risk, a part of ACE Diversified Risk, announced the appointment of Scott Lambert as Vice President, Regional Operations with overall responsibility for managing U.S. regional retail operations for ACE USA’s miscellaneous professional liability errors and omissions (E&O) …

Sedgwick Claims Management Opens Canadian Office

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. has announced the opening of Sedgwick CMS Canada Inc., in Mississauga, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. It marks the first international location for the U.S. claims and productivity management services provider. “Sedgwick CMS has for …

ACE Overseas Appoints Peter Seymour Sr.VP-Marine

Gary Schmalzriedt, Chairman and CEO of ACE Overseas General (AOG), announced the promotion of Peter Seymour to the post of Senior Vice President, Marine for AOG, with responsibility for all of ACE’s marine business outside the U.S. AOG is a …