July 21, 2006
Specialty insurer Praetorian Financial Group has entered into a partnership with Britt Paulk to launch a Builder’s Risk program. The partnership will initially be launched in Florida and the Gulf states, where Builder’s Risk has been difficult to obtain. Builder’s …
July 21, 2006
Two licensed public adjusters who fraudulently collected more than $400,000 from two insurance companies by submitting bogus contractor agreements have been arrested in Miami by detectives in the Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud. Jose Manuel Soler and …
July 21, 2006
Congestion on Britain’s streets is getting worse, but drivers polled by online insurance broker www.motorinsurance.co.uk have a novel solution: ban elderly drivers from the roads. In a shocking display of ageism, almost half of drivers polled (49 percent) said that …
July 21, 2006
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a statement advising that it is “neither ethical nor proper to attempt to coerce medical providers.” According to William Zachry, vice president of corporate workers’ compensation for Safeway and chair of the …
July 21, 2006
Dallas, Texas – At least one in four small businesses that close because of a major disaster never reopen. That’s why Unitrin Specialty is providing its agents with a new tool that helps small businesses plan for and recover from …
July 21, 2006
Los Angeles-based Mercury Insurance Group has launched “Mercury Theory,” a humorous new advertising campaign featuring a suite of 10, thirty-second TV commercials, as well as an interactive destination website, www.mercurytheory.com. The commercials began airing this week on network affiliates and …
July 21, 2006
Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, appointed Anna Cheng Catalano, a recognized figure in the global petroleum industry, to its Board of Directors. During a career spanning over 20 years with Amoco Corporation and subsequently BP plc, Catalano …
July 21, 2006
Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has introduced more flexible classes for most classes of computer/technology liability insurance risks. The minimum premiums of many high risk classes have been reduced. For the lower risk classes, the minimum premium has been dropped …
July 21, 2006
Travelers has created a new CD, “The Best of Technology Risk Control,” to assist technology businesses seeking information on topics such as business continuity, workers’ compensation and manufacturing safety. The two-disc set was developed to help small technology businesses deal …
July 21, 2006
Businesses insured through Dallas-based America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will be among the first in the Gulf and South Central regions to have access to Open for Business, a free, Web-based tool that allows them to …