The Professional Insurance Agents Political Action Committee (PIAPAC) has named Carter A. “Cap” Peterson of Wayne, Neb., as its 2004 person of the year. Peterson is a national director of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) and a …
eAutoclaims has secured a two-year contract with Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Co., the claims management services firm announced. eAutoclaims said it will provide its national network of body shops and independent appraisers to process Michigan Millers’ automobile and commercial heavy …
Chicago-based brokerage giant Hub International Ltd. appointed W. Kirk James to the newly created role of chief corporate development officer. James has served as vice president, corporate secretary and general counsel at Hub since 1999. Meanwhile, Marianne D. Paine succeeded …
A proxy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that that the CEO of Chicago-based CNA received a 43 percent pay increase last year, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. CEO Stephen Lilienthal received $986,538 in salary and a $1.9-million …
Charles “Sandy” Blunt has accepted an offer to become the new executive director/CEO of North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance, the group announced. Blunt expects to be on the job no later than May 3. Prior to accepting this position, …
Minneapolis-based medical liability carrier Midwest Medical Insurance Co. announced the appointment of Peggy Wagner as assistant vice president of risk management. She is responsible for developing and directing physician, clinic and hospital risk management activities. Wagner served recently as director …
Chicago-based excess and surplus lines carrier Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. announced a new animal liability product to cover hard-to-place risks on many domestic and exotic creatures, the company said in a statement. The coverage is especially targeted toward homeowners who …
Schaumburg, Ill.-based commercial lines insurance giant Zurich North America announced that it is offering easy online access to a wide range of policy documents through its popular eZSB Web site. Key forms, such as declarations pages, schedules, forms listings, signature …
New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey and Commissioner Holly C. Bakke are celebrating what they say are two milestones on the road to a consumer-directed auto insurance marketplace – more than $100 million returned to policyholders and the opening of …
A Vermont state Senate panel is putting the final touches on a bill designed to lower workers’ compensation insurance costs, as business lobbyists complained the measure would raise them instead. The Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs …
