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

N.D. Policyholders Confused on Vote to Move Farmers Union Mutual

Some Farmers Union Mutual Insurance policyholders are confused about whether they can vote on moving the state Farmers Union headquarters to Mandan from Jamestown. The insurance company is separate from the farm organization, with different bylaws and requirements, Farmers Union …

Lawyers Seek to Tie Up Minn. UnitedHealth Chief’s Stock Options

Departing Minn.-basedUnitedHealth Group Inc. chief William McGuire is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stock options. But a federal judge is weighing whether to make him get permission before cashing them in. A company-sponsored report has concluded …

Beneducci Named CEO of Fireman’s Fund

The Board of Directors of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has elected Joseph J. Beneducci as CEO of the property and casualty insurance company, effective Jan. 1, 2007. Beneducci previously served as president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Charles (Chuck) …

N.Y. City Comptroller Hits Auto Insurers’ Profits; Insurers Hit Back

Auto insurance companies are profiting at unprecedented levels from New York drivers who are spending more on insurance premiums while the industry pays out less in claims, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. has charged. He called for …

Management Shifts at Georgia Casualty, Association Casualty

Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. and Association Casualty Insurance Co. – properties of Atlantic American Corp. – announced management changes in itheir regional property and casualty operations. Effective immediately, Dianne Morris, current president of Association Casualty in Austin, Texas, will …

Lawrence, Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Auto Insurance Fraud

A Lawrence, Mass. man pleaded guilty this week to an indictment charging that he participated in an auto insurance fraud scheme to bilk insurance companies out of thousands of dollars in false claims, according to state Attorney General Tom Reilly. …

Harleysville Worcester in Mass. Seeks to Switch Domicile to Pennsylvania

Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. in Worcester, Mass. has requested the approval of the Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance to transfer corporate domicile to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harleysville Worcester is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harleysville Group Inc., which, in turn, is …

Virginia Approves Workers’ Comp Price Changes

Virginia Mutual Policyholders OK Stock Conversion, Merger with Alfa

Policyholders of Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. have approved the previously announced plan of conversion with Alfa Corp., the companies reported. Under the agreement, Virginia Mutual will convert from a mutual company to a stock company and simultaneously merge with a …

Fire at 100-Year Old Georgia Church Deemed Arson

A fire that destroyed the sanctuary of a 100-year-old church in Statesboro, Georgia was ruled an arson, Insurance and Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said. Authorities have arrested a suspect after the fire engulfed the Emit Grove Baptist Church last Monday …