Matt Womack, partner and principal with the Watkins Insurance Agency in Austin, was named the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ André Juneau Young Agent of the Year. The presentation was made by Patrick Kinney, Field Management president for Travelers, sponsor …
Keene, N.H.-based Peerless Insurance said it has issued its first Massachusetts personal auto insurance policy in more than 20 years. The company, part of Liberty Mutual Group, first announced in November it would re-enter the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market …
Texas-based Insurance Alliance has hired Fritz Koehler as executive vice president of Sales. Koehler has many years of experience in the sales arena, with 12 years specifically in the insurance industry. Koehler is a Certified Insurance Counselor, Certified Risk Manager …
Concorrd, Calif.-based Jenkins Athens Insurance Services has repositioned its brand, renaming the company and consolidating all of its services under the new name Jenkins Insurance Group. The new brand and logo emphasizes the importance of the company’s independent legacy and …
The Colorado Division of Insurance announced it is sending staff to the Windsor Disaster Recovery Center to assist residents with insurance questions and problems following the tornado and hailstorms that struck the town in May. “For those affected by the …
The Louisiana Senate has agreed to a bill that would raise auto insurance rates in 2010 for more than one million Louisiana motorists by increasing the minimum liability coverage required for drivers. Louisiana law requires car and truck owners to …
Hundreds of volunteers stacked sandbags atop a levee in small Missouri towns on the evening of June 18, hoping the extra few feet of protection would save the town from record-level flood crests expected to hit this week. National Guardsmen, …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America hired Robert Gordon as the organization’s senior vice president of policy development and research. Gordon most recently served as the parliamentarian, senior counsel, ethics compliance officer for the Committee on Financial Services in …
The American Society of Safety Engineers presented Christine M. Sullivan of Littleton, Colo., with the Charles V. Culbertson Outstanding Volunteer Service award and the Risk Management and Insurance Practice Specialty Safety Professional of the Year award at its annual Professional …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘A+’ junior subordinated long-term debt rating on the $2.0 billion undated, subordinated, fixed-rate callable bonds issued by Germany’s Allianz SE (rated ‘AA’-/Stable/A-1+). “We have characterized the bonds as having intermediate equity content,” …
