Monthly Archives: <span>June 2007</span>

How Insurance Agents Can Advertise Online with a Small Budget

QuotesAuction.com, nation’s leading insurance leads provider gives insurance agents an opportunity to take advantage of online marketing without the risk of loosing money. QuotesAuction.com advertises on search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, and others to find motivated insurance consumers. Insurance …

Halter Joins Va.’s Rockingham Group in Research Role

Paul V. Halter has joined The Rockingham Group of Harrisonburg, Virginia as assistant vice president for research and development. In this role he will have responsibility for he development of new property/ casualty insurance products and markets for the company. …

Harleysville Insures Families’ ‘Extreme Makeover’ Homes…for Free

For the next year, the Oatman-Gaitan family of Schenectady, N.Y., will not have the financial burden of paying for homeowners insurance. That’s because Harleysville Insurance, a regional property/casualty insurer based in southeastern Pennsylvania, is providing a free one-year policy for …

Tenn.: Unum Appoints New Corporate Treasurer

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Unum Group announced the promotion and appointment of Kevin McMahon as its new vice president and corporate treasurer. McMahon joined Unum last year in Strategic Planning and Corporate Development and has been actively involved in the company’s capital …

Ga. Drought Damaging Crops, Jacking Up Irrigation Expenses

The sky above Randy Scarbor’s south Georgia cantaloupe fields was overcast, but the clouds were from massive wildfires to the east. May 2007 set records for dry conditions in Georgia. Across the main crop-producing regions of Georgia, the most severe …

N.C. House Panel OKs Standard for ‘Fire-Safe’ Cigarettes

With the cautious support of North Carolina’s tobacco manufacturers, a House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would require the companies to make and sell cigarettes that burn out if left unattended. The so-called “fire-safe” cigarettes are rolled in special …

Tenn.: Alexander Says Sick Nuclear Workers Need Compensation Now

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander is pressing the Bush administration to fully fund a compensation program for sick nuclear weapons workers and calling for Senate hearings on why claims have been delayed. “It has come to our attention that critical components …

Conn. Budget Impasse Could Halt Health Care Measure

Connecticut lawmakers moved closer Wednesday toward providing health insurance to more of Connecticut’s estimated 370,000 people without coverage, but the legislation was threatened by a budget impasse at the Capitol. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the legislature’s majority Democrats …

New California P/C Brokerage Firm Formed

Trident IV L.P., a private equity fund managed by Stone Point Capital, announced that it, along with John G. Hahn and Dan R. Francis, have committed to invest up to $100 million to form Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, a new …

Hawaii $151 Million Unemployment Tax Cut Package Becomes Law

A package passed by Hawaii lawmakers that would save businesses an estimated $151 million over the next three years has become law. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2008, will drastically cut the taxable wage base used to …