American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS) has hired veteran Andrew Pritchard to lead the efforts of AmWINS’ Financial Risk Specialist Team (FIRST) in pioneering innovative insurance solutions for the global Asset Management industry, including but not limited to, Hedge Fund, Investment …
The Lighthouse Companies has expanded its Take1 entertainment insurance program through a new underwriting partnership with Fireman’s Fund. Fireman’s Fund will be the exclusive carrier for Take1. The expanded all-lines package retains Take1’s industry leading inland marine form and is …
A new panel of North Dakota legislators would review workers’ compensation cases and have the power to suggest changes in policy or laws governing the government agency overseeing them, Workforce Safety and Insurance. According to the Associated Press, the proposed …
The Oklahoma House Media Services Division reported that the House passed a lawsuit reform effort, approving a comprehensive measure designed to help boost the state’s economy while preventing abuse of Oklahoma’s legal system. Lawmakers passed House Bill 2047, the Justice …
The Kansas Insurance Department announced that Kelly Levi has been named director of the government and public affairs division. Levi comes to the insurance department from Kansas State University, where she was associate director of development for the College of …
Overland Park, Kan.-based agency franchisor Brooke Corp. announced that 2004 earnings totaled $6.7 million, or 65 cents per diluted share, on 2004 revenues of more than $101 million. Annual earnings increased about 61 percent from 2003 earnings of $4.1 million, …
Toledo, Ohio-based agency Hylant Group announced the promotion of James B. Allen to vice president of risk management and vice president legal counsel. In the newly created position of legal counsel, he will assume the additional role of inside legal …
Dallas-based nonstandard personal automobile insurance provider, GAINSCO INC., announced that at its regular quarterly Board of Directors meeting Robert J. Boulware, president and chief executive officer of ING Funds Distributor LLC, was elected a director to fill the position recently …
Rumors that several insurance companies plan to drop hurricane coverage in Mobile, Ala. has consumers abuzz and requests being made to the Alabama Legislature to do something to prevent homeowners from losing their coverage. Sen. Gary Tanner, D-Theodore, disclosed recent …
What can one tell about a person by the kind of motorcycle they ride? Plenty, according to a recent countrywide online survey conducted by The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, the number one seller of motorcycle insurance in the U.S. …
