La.’s Gov. Blanco calls special session Despite calls from some legislators to wait, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco called for a special session of the state legislature to meet Dec. 8 through 17. The focus of the session will be …
Miss. recovery impeded by business insurance hikes Hurricane Katrina only damaged the eaves of Morris Strickland’s shopping center a few miles from the Ocean Springs, Mississippi beach. The damage cost less than $2,000, and stores leasing space in Eagle Plaza …
Fla. businesses bemoan skyrocketing insurance costs Small business owners in the Jacksonville, Fla., area are feeling the pinch of skyrocketing property insurance premiums and more than half of them said they will need to pass those costs on to consumers, …
People The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to Peter van Aartrijk, chief executive officer. Maureen …
Florida’s Gov.-elect Charlie Crist expressed confidence recently that lawmakers would be productive in a special session to address the state’s property insurance problem. He said he favors some of the goals in a bill prepared by Gov. Jeb Bush, including …
4% The increase in medical malpractice premiums collected by insurers in 2005 over 2004 in Tennessee. Insurers collected $341 million. Insurers paid out about 14 percent more in Tennessee cases in 2005 than the year before, including $119 million in …
A federal judge has ruled that a Gulf Coast couple can sue their insurance agent for negligence after he allegedly allowed their flood insurance policy to lapse only days before Hurricane Katrina wrecked their home. Michael and Lucille Catchot sued …
In its Nov. 20 issue, Insurance Journal ran the wrong photo with its story, Southeast regulators united in call for national disaster plan. This is the real Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale. We apologize for the error.
Monoline Auto Classes, Small Commercial Businesses Nuts & Bolts: Zurich’s small business agents now have more than 500 monoline auto classes to sell. The company has opened an additional 257 existing America Premier classes for monoline auto and added 238 …
Construction has started on a new state fire academy in Lewis County, W.Va. The $6.3 million building, scheduled to be finished in June near the Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Conference Center, will replace the current academy in Morgantown where firefighters …
