Ken Evans, territory manager for OneBeacon Small Business in Canton, Mass., has been named this year’s recipient of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.’s Company Professional of the Year award. The formal presentation took place last weekat PIACT’s Annual …
The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) announced that its claims and appeals processes have concluded. More than $300 million in awards were distributed to more than 48,000 Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The ICHEIC was established in …
The New Mexico legislature has passed a bill allowing consumers to place a security freeze on access to their credit report. Just before the legislative session ended, Senate Bill 165 passed, allowing at the request of the consumer and subject …
States are taking a more proactive approach to fighting insurance fraud, with a 6.4 percent overall rise in fraud convictions between 2004 and 2005, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. In its recent study of 47 state agencies, CAIF …
Hamilton Brewart Insurance Agency in Upland, Calif., has named Marci Schullo to an account executive. Schullo has more than 20 years of experience in the property/casualty industry. Most recently, she was an account executive in the Glendale, Calif., office of …
The Board of Directors of the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has moved its headquarters to Sacramento, Calif. “Sacramento is where all the key players in the political and regulatory arena are based,” said Alliance President Gary Jensen. The …
With “firm but flexible regulation” in place, Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak says her state is an attractive draw for the captive insurance market and she hopes to encourage continued broad interest. “We are about to bring a captive …
Seattle-based Safeco’s board of directors has appointed Charles Rinehart as director. Rinehart will stand for election at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 2, 2007. Rinehart is the former chairman and CEO of H.F. Ahmanson & Co. Before …
The success of politicians in economically hard-pressed areas of southeastern Oklahoma has been tied to “bringing home the bacon,” a euphemism for how many government dollars can be obtained for local projects. But if federal investigators are right, state funds …
The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that state Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected vice-chair of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Her election took place at the organization’s spring meeting in New York. …
