Monthly Archives: <span>April 2006</span>

Alexander Joins Integro’s Atlanta Office

Steve E. Alexander, Jr. has been appointed by Integro in Atlanta to serve as a principal in that office. Alexander has 24 years of experience in property and casualty sales and risk management. He joins Integro from the Steve Alexander …

Minn.’s State Health Groups Kick Off Ad Campaign on Higher Cigarette Prices

Several of Minnesota’s leading health advocacy organizations launched a statewide advertising campaign to emphasize the health benefits of the 75 cent tobacco price increase. The radio and newspaper ads highlight the impact that higher tobacco prices have on preventing kids …

Engineers Working, Stretching, Bending Toward Earthquake-Proof Building

Sometime in the not-so-distant future, newly constructed buildings will be able to withstand earthquakes of the magnitude that destroyed San Francisco one century ago, scientists say. Working with super-strong materials that can bend, stretch and compress without breaking, engineers say …

N.Y. Knicks Insured Coach’s Contract

The New York Knicks took out an insurance policy on coach Larry Brown’s contract that would free the team from paying the remainder of the coach’s contract if he’s forced to resign due to health issues, the New York Daily …

Fugitive N.Y. Insurance Fraud ‘Princess’ Arrested

A Manhattan woman who posed as a Saudi Arabian princess in an insurance scam plans to return to New York following her arrest at a Florida shopping mall on a fugitive from justice warrant, authorities said. Antoinette Millard, 42, was …

Bredesen: Tennessee Health Plan ‘Opposite’ of Massachusetts

Massachusetts may be getting a lot of attention for a new law requiring health insurance for all state residents, but in Nashville, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is happy to be taking what he calls the opposite approach. Bredesen, a Democrat, …

Mississippi Officials Warn of Possible Medicare-Related Scam

State officials in Jackson have warned Mississippians to be aware of a potential scam involving Medicare prescription drug cards and Medicare Part C, known as Medicare Advantage. The state insurance department, working with the attorney general’s office, said it was …

Fla. House Proposal Would Use Full Surplus to Mitigate Citizens Deficit

Nearly $1 billion in state tax dollars would go to offset the deficit faced by Citizens Property Insurance under an amendment approved in Tallahassee, Fla. by a House panel that would help out Florida homeowners who are facing having to …

Grippa to Head Brown & Brown’s Daytona Beach, Fla. Retail Operation

Anthony M. “Tony” Grippa has been named as the new profit center manager for the Daytona Beach, Fla. retail operation of Brown & Brown Inc. He will be responsible for overseeing the company’s original and largest retail profit center, in …

Miss. A/G’s ‘Careless’ Comments Shock American Insurance Association

The American Insurance Association has responded to stunningly careless and inappropriate public comments made last week by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, in which he compared insurance companies dealing with Hurricane Katrina claims to “Nazis locking arms, coming at those …