January 24, 2007
Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is expanding its Online Billing Service Center to allow its commercial lines customers to make online payments and view their account summaries and payment histories. Commercial customers can choose Electronic Fund Transfer …
January 24, 2007
Federal officials have expanded the disaster relief available for areas of western Kansas hit by severe winter storms in late December, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts said Monday. The Federal Emergency Management Administration will reimburse state and local governments up to …
January 24, 2007
State Farm Insurance has agreed to settle a Mississippi class action brought by more than 600 policyholders involving property claims related to Hurricane Katrina and reopen thousands of additional Katrina claims. There is no cap on the amount that may …
January 24, 2007
Canada’s Kingsway Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to acquire Mendota Insurance Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. The transaction includes Mendota’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Mendakota Insurance Co. and Mendota Insurance Agency, Inc. Mendota is …
January 24, 2007
Rhode Island’s highest court this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by a licensed nurse who sued her former boss over a bad job reference. Paula Kevorkian said Judith Glass, her former supervisor at the Pawtuxet Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, …
January 24, 2007
The Florida Legislature on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill members hope will lower Floridians’ skyrocketing property insurance rates and sent the measure to Gov. Charlie Crist, who has demanded meaningful relief for home owners. The House passed the bill 116-2 …
January 24, 2007
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale said he will seek re-election to the post he has held since 1975. Dale, 66, had been considering retiring from public office, but felt the needs of Mississippians dealing with rising insurance costs in the …
January 24, 2007
The Blue Hills Ski Area in suburban Boston has shut down indefinitely while the private operator of the state-owned facility scrambles to find new liability insurance coverage. The ski area hopes to have coverage in a matter of days, but …
January 23, 2007
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake rattled buildings in northeastern Indonesia Sunday, causing panicked residents to flee homes, churches and shopping malls in fear of a tsunami that never came, officials and witnesses said. A woman died after suffering a heart attack, apparently …
January 23, 2007
Chinese insurer gets $4 billion capital injection to prepare for share sale China’s biggest reinsurance company, China Reinsurance Group Co., has received a $4 billion capital injection from a government agency in preparation for a stock market debut this year, …