Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell and said she will name a replacement within the next few weeks. Cogswell is not leaving the department, however. She has accepted the position of deputy …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on United Fire & Casualty Co. and its wholly owned subsidiaries to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’. Standard & Poor’s also said that the outlook on these companies …
Crustaceans and clams starred as unlikely informants in a workers’ compensation fraud case in Hancock County, Maine. An almost three-year case of “something’s fishy” finally ended this week with the sentencing of William Fennelly, of Lamoine, to a seven month …
G&S Insurance, Inc., which does business as Discount Shipping Insurance Agency, has acquired Harper Reed Corp. also known as PSI Insurance effective Jan. 1, 2007. Harper Reed has provided an alternate to insuring shipments with the major shipping carriers since …
A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and strong winds to Colorado on Wednesday, prompting airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and forcing highway officials to close the state’s busiest east-west route from Denver east to the Kansas border, 150 …
The Insurance Brokers & Agents Association of San Diego raised almost $19,000 at its December 1st holiday luncheon, the proceeds of which will be divided between two local charities: Burn Institute and San Diego Center for Children. “For more than …
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage of Novato, Calif., has enhanced its medispa program to include some collagen products approved by the Food and Drug Administration and the Portrait System. Spas, doctors, nurses, aestheticians and other professionals can be considered for coverage. …
Employers, a small business insurance specialist, has opened two new offices: one in Phoenix and the other in Irving, Texas. In Arizona, Employers will offer insurance through Employers Compensation Insurance Co., which specializes in lower-hazard, Main Street-type accounts, and has …
The Latin American Agents Association installed its 2007 Board of Directors and officers at its Holiday Gala in December. For 2007, new officers will be: President Gustavo Contreras from Golden Financial Insurance Agency (Montebello, CA); Vice President – Operations Miguel …
Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has appointed Cheryl Hicks territorial sales vice president in California’s northern central valley. Hicks started in the insurance industry as a rater for USF&G, then worked in underwriting and marketing management positions at Industrial …
