Mark Tisdale Mark Tisdale has joined Insurance Journal as regional manager responsible for advertising sales emerging from firms located in the Southeast and Midwest regions. A native of the Cleveland area, with a journalism degree from Kent State, and a …
Des Moines, Iowa-based property/casualty carrier EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced restated earnings for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004, due to an error in the calculation of investment income for the third quarter of 2004. This …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced it has imposed stiff sanctions against a Florida man found to be recruiting and training Texas agents to sell unauthorized health insurance plans. Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor signed a consent order against Herbert …
Austin, Texas-based Guaranty Insurance Services Inc., announced that Nick Grant, its executive vice president, will head up cross-sell efforts between the agency and the other members of the Guaranty Financial Services family, including Guaranty Bank and parent-company, Temple-Inland. “This position …
ACE Europe, part of the global ACE Group of Companies, has launched its ACE Dataguard product in the UK to help businesses recover revenue and information that is corrupted or destroyed through cybercrime or as a result of accidental damage. …
Catastrophe specialist International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC (ICAT) announced that Rod Smith has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing for the Eastern seaboard. Based in Atlanta, Smith will be responsible for ICAT’s producer relationships along the East coast …
Doctors at several Maryland hospitals who are fed up with rising medical malpractice insurance costs are considering doing without the coverage, or “going bare.” The strategy, used by thousands of Florida physicians, tends to transfer liability risk to hospitals. Hospitals, …
Tobacco company Lorillard says it has won an individual smoker trial with claims related to the asbestos in the original Kent filter and claims related to tobacco use. In a unanimous verdict, a Manhattan state court jury rejected plaintiffs’ claims …
American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS), the Charlotte, N.C.-based independent wholesale insurance broker, has formed a new specialty team to focus exclusively on management and professional liability products. Called Financial Risk Specialist Team (FIRST), the unit is being led by Bill …
A carnival ride accident that threw a Massachusets man to his death last month was caused by a chain reaction that started when the safety bar holding the man and his companion in place failed, causing their weight to shift …
