June 20, 2007
Sloan Mason has reduced its premium for underground utility contractors, including sewer and water main construction companies. Minimum premiums have been reduced to $25,000 for workers’ compensation/general liability/auto combined. Umbrella limits up to $10 million are available. Coverage is provided …
June 20, 2007
The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released the results of its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2007. According to the report: “California written premium (gross of deductible credits) reported for the first …
June 20, 2007
Beaverton, Ore.-based Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency, a professional lines and specialty lines wholesale brokerage firm, is using i-bind technology system to procure management liability insurance for private company and not-for-profit risks from its National network of retail partners. The …
June 20, 2007
The Oregon Insurance Division announced it will stop issuing printed licenses for insurance producers. Beginning July 1, there will no longer be printed initial, renewal, or replacement licenses. All license information for active licensees will be available on OID’s Web …
June 20, 2007
Apollo Agencies Inc. of Manhattan Beach, Calif., has named John Ferrel vice president. He will oversee all operations of Kinecta’s wholly-owned property and casualty insurance subsidiary. Ferrel has more than 22 years of experience, and most recently served as the …
June 20, 2007
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the 2007 storm season in Kansas so far has accumulated $230 million in losses of insured property and crops during the month of May 2007. “We experienced a terrible loss in Greensburg from the …
June 20, 2007
Swingle, Collins & Associates, a Dallas-based property and casualty-only commercial insurance broker, announced that Kim Strait has joined the firm as account manager. She will be working on a team headed by Chris Peterie, agency principal. Strait joins Swingle Collins …
June 20, 2007
An 11-year-old girl whose family says she became ill after eating peanut butter contaminated with salmonella received a kidney donated by her father on Monday (June 18). Krystina Brugh and her father, John Brugh Jr., were both doing well after …
June 20, 2007
A new survey is reporting that 80 percent of drivers and 64 percent of homeowners in non-coastal areas in two states disagree with state insurance pricing regulations that benefit risky drivers and homeowners in high-risk coastal areas. The “Consumer Opinions …
June 20, 2007
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $360,349 dividend for the Social Services Agencies of Texas (SSA) purchasing group. The dividend is based largely on the group’s growth and favorable loss ratio. “Our members are nonprofit organizations that run pretty lean,” …