Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, recently announced two additions to its staff: Lyda H. Whiteside as account executive, and Lisa M. Wendell as agency account coordinator. Whiteside will be responsible for generating new …
An entertainment company is suing Hendrix College saying the private school in Conway, Ark., backed out of a deal to allow a “Caged Fury” tournament on campus. Bone Krusher Entertainment Inc. made a deal with Hendrix in March to hold …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has elected a new management committee for 2008. Don Jones, president of Crockett Insurance Service, Crockett, Texas, will serve as president of the group. CAA also welcomed new members Aars & Nelson …
Insurors Group LLC has added Cameron Investment Company Inc., dba: Shepard Walton King Insurance Group, located in McAllen and Harlingen, Texas, as one of its members. Shepard Walton King Insurance Group was formed in 1995 when Bob Shepard, Neal King …
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB) is now offering HSB InSight, a new insurance-to-value (ITV) service designed to help insurers address inadequate valuations for business personal property and buildings that cost insurers millions and put policyholders at …
Flooding that’s swamped cities across central and southern Indiana is breaking records set during the state’s most devastating flood in modern times, a deluge that became known as The Great Flood of 1913. That March 1913 flood inundated dozens of …
Specialty insurer The Navigators Group, Inc. reported that its Navigators Management Co. has launched a new umbrella business unit to be known as NAV PAC Umbrella and Excess. NAV PAC focuses on commercial accounts produced by retail insurance agents. Claudia …
Storms that hit Iowa during the Memorial Day weekend have led to about $160 million in claims, according to an insurance information company. The New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office’s property claims unit estimated about 10,000 claims have been filed with …
Burlington, N.C.-based AmWINS Transportation Underwriters launched several new insurance programs for the trucking and commercial auto industry. These national programs include coverage for truck broker’s contingent liability, truck broker’s contingent cargo and workers’ compensation. ATU partnered with the Small Business …
Whether it’s Salmonella in tomatoes or E. coli-tainted spinach, outbreaks of food-borne illness are scaring people away from some foods and shaking their confidence in U.S. food safety procedures. “Food in the U.S. is all kinds of unsafe,” said Arjuna …
