The results are in and they bear repeating. Three-quarters of consumers are very satisfied with the services provided by their insurance agents and remain committed to working with them in the future, according to a new survey of 1,000 American …
Bliss and Glennon Inc., a managing general agent and surplus lines broker, has two new products offering coverage for custom homebuilders and spec homebuilders with remodeling, and, coverage for residential repair and service contractors in California. Coverage for custom homebuilders …
Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance Services LLC has added a carrier insuring small business owners in California. The program is offered through an “A-” V rated, admitted carrier. Target classes include office, retail, lessor’s risk, wholesale/distributors and restaurants. Minimum premium starts at …
The El Camino, Calif., chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society has installed new officers and directors. New Officers are: President Peggy L. Brennan of 21st Century Insurance; President-Elect Allen N. Zeichik of Hertz Claim Management; Vice-President Jim Taylor …
Francis L. Dean & Associates, a national underwriting facility specializing in sports and entertainment, has opened two offices: one in El Segundo, Calif., and the other in Ocala, Fla. The two offices will be managed by underwriters who relocated from …
Western National Insurance Group (WNIG) recently announced plans to merge Western National Mutual Insurance Co. and Farmers Home Mutual Insurance Co. into a single company under the surviving name of Western National Mutual Insurance Co. Western National Mutual previously acquired …
A 22-year-old intern was given the responsibility of safeguarding the personal information of thousands of state employees, a security procedure that ended up backfiring. The names and Social Security numbers of all 64,000 Ohio state employees were stolen last weekend …
In response to testimony from Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland, seven marketers of health care plans to older Americans have agreed to stop selling those plans to Medicare recipients, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced. The voluntary suspension …
Liz Crites, of Hobart, Okla., knew the floor, carpet and karaoke system ruined by floodwaters weren’t covered by her insurance policy, but she managed to find a ray of sunshine in the rain. Crites’ insurance agent, Justin Krieger, was among …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “B++” (Good) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” to Seattle-based Physicians Insurance Mutual Group and its members, Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company and its reinsured subsidiary, …
