Heartland Marketing Group, a Texas-based MGA, named Larry Kufel as vice president of Marketing. Kufel has 31 years of marketing, sales, and underwriting experience in personal and commercial lines dealing with independent agents on a national basis. Kufel’s most recent …
Texas insurance officials on July 21 rejected proposed homeowner rate increases by State Farm, the state’s largest home insurer. State Farm had filed for a pair of statewide rate increases on May 31: a 9.1 percent boost to cover costs …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon is preparing to take legal action against Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute over wind and hail coverage that would affect 30,000 homeowners in the state’s coastal parishes. …
If you read what Rod Smith and Jim Davis have to say about issues in the governor’s race, there won’t be much difference between the Democrats. Neither likes how Gov. Jeb Bush has used standardized testing to reward and punish …
Republican U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite asked Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday to call a special session to take additional steps to deal with spiraling cost of homeowners insurance, saying that what Florida has done so far is good, but not …
The ABC Program, a subsidiary of Adrian N. Baker & Co., a national program administrator for regional airports and fixed-based operators, announced that its aviation property program – The ABC Program – has renewed with OneBeacon Insurance Group following a …
Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will release its second quarter 2006 earnings after the market closes on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. A printer-friendly format will be available on the company’s web site shortly thereafter. In conjunction with this release, …
Brown & Brown Inc., with headquarters in Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla., will host an investor update conference call on July 25 at 8:30 a.m. EST to discuss its second quarter 2006 financial results and to release its 2006 second-quarter …
The Chubb Corporation expects to release second quarter 2006 earnings on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 after the close of the market. The information will be available shortly thereafter on Chubb’s website at http://www.chubb.com/. A conference call will take place on …
Dallas-based Unitrin Specialty announced it is now providing its agents with a new tool that helps small businesses plan for and recover from disaster. Open for Business, an Internet-based disaster recovery and risk assessment tool, was developed by the Institute …
