The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (the Big “I”) has created an employment services firm – Agent’s Choice Staffing Services, Inc. – which is designed to specifically serve the independent insurance agency and their staffing needs. IIAV has partnered with …
Congress began debating financial regulatory reform today, with the Bush Administration advocating a dual federal and state regulatory system for insurance companies similar to the banking system as part of the reforms. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. told the …
Kentucky golfers and anyone who owns a golf cart within five-miles of a golf course entrance have the go-ahead to putter around on public roadways, per recently signed legislation. In a measure that may also be of interest to those …
Insurance Journal’s annual Golf & Leisure issue features a collection of photographs from some of the insurance industry’s best golf and charity tournaments nationwide. Agents, brokers, wholesalers, and insurance carriers are invited to submit their golf-related photos for possible inclusion …
World Trade Organization mediators in Geneva put the final touches to new negotiating texts on Thursday that will serve as the blueprint for an outline deal in the WTO’s long-running Doha round, trade officials said. The chairmen of talks in …
The U.S. agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation’s food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because the bacteria that animals carry evolves. “I don’t think we’ll ever see a totally bacteria-free environment in …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on non-life insurer Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen S.A. and life insurer Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen na Zycie S.A., core entities of Poland-based composite insurance group PZU, to stable from negative. At the same time, …
The number of traffic fatalities is up in Vermont this year, but state officials say they can’t point to a reason why. There were 12 fatalities in June, up from seven in May and eight in April. Through the first …
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed the following members to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission: Edward W. Tonini, of Frankfort, is the adjutant general of Kentucky for the Department of Military Affairs. The appointment replaces Donald C. Storm. Robert N. Francis, …
A Connecticut business owner has been sentenced to one year of home confinement for participating in a scheme to steal furniture from The Hartford Insurance Company. Terrance Healy of Windsor, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Bridgeport to four …
