Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that Stacy Lemoine has joined the firm as an Account Executive with their Southern California office. Lemoine will lead new business development activities and provide strategic risk management consultation for public, private and non-profit organizations, with …
Alabama wind-policy provider International Catastrophe Insurance Managers (ICAT) has announced that it will no longer accept wind coverage for risks less than $10 million in Baldwin County, Ala. According to Victor McCarley Alabama Independent Insurance Agents executive vice president, ICAT …
Universal Insurance Holdings of North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Universal Insurance Group based in Puerto Rico, announced the creation of Universal Insurance Company of Texas (UICTX). “This is a continuation of Universal’s strategic expansion plan into the North …
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Independent Insurance Agents of Houston have announced that the IIA of Houston will take over the administration of the Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) Program in Houston, effective January 2006. …
Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Dudley Anthony Guglielmo Sr., whose government career dated back to the days of Huey Long, has died at the age of 96. The Associated Press and The Advocate reported that Guglielmo died Saturday at his home. …
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care industry intelligence, announced it has found that Texas HMOs as a whole continued a three-year streak of profits in 2004, and several individual plans improved dramatically. According to the latest issue of the Texas …
In spite of warnings from health care groups, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation plans to cut the rates it pays hospitals treating sick and injured workers. The bureau insures about two-thirds of all employees in Ohio, providing medical and …
New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained a State Grand Jury indictment charging a Middlesex County man with attempted theft resulting from an apartment fire. …
Attorney General Charlie Crist has announced that an investigation into possible price gouging following last year’s hurricanes has led to a settlement that will provide more than $200,000 in restitution for Floridians. The target of the investigation, Fort Walton Beach-based …
Premiums in the commercial insurance industry continued along the path of an 18-month long down market, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, a survey of current policy renewal prices as reported by corporate risk managers. However, mixed signals from the …
