State legislatures are meeting, or will soon meet in most southeastern states to consider insurance proposals, many of which attempt to regulate the industry and prepare for the 2006 hurricane season. Associations in southeast states told Insurance Journal their utmost …
PIA of Fla.: Citizens will be ‘Biggest challenge of 2006’ The biggest challenge faced by Florida insurance agents and a topic which will also be discussed by the Legislature during its spring sessions will be how changes made in 2005 …
A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy F. Fitzgerald, are accused of taking more …
Increasing participation in continuing education events and presenting interesting monthly events are the 2006 goals of the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, according to Susan Granata, president. At the Jan. 9 meeting, Bill Perkins, a …
The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has four key goals to accomplish in 2006 according to Jeff Grady, FAIA president: first, to pass its property insurance market proposal; second, to pass FAIA’s proposal to reform certificates of insurance abuses; third, …
Susan Alford has been named executive vice president and southeast region head for Aon Consulting in Atlanta. The promotion is effective Jan. 1. Alford will be responsible for Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. In …
Establishment of a past president’s scholarship fund, to be awarded to the children of member agent’s employees, has been established by the Inde-pendent Insurance Agents of Georgia according to David F. Lewis, IIAG president. The group plans a comprehensive member …
Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will receive workers’ compensation benefits based on …
Improving the state’s workers’ compensation system, developing coastal property insurance markets and increasing consumer awareness and educating them about insurance issues are key 2006 goals of the South Carolina Big ‘I.’ Frank Sheppard, incoming IIABSC president said tort reform legislative …
Jim Tedesco, 37, has been charged in warrants with two counts of attempted murder in Asheville, N.C. Police reports said Tedesco shot Murray Wilson, 53, and Michael Ezell, 33, during negotiations to purchase Tedesco Insurance. After warrants were issued for …
