Atlanta-based commercial insurance brokerage and consulting firm Beecher Carlson has appointed Kevin Grady as managing director based in its Nashville, Tenn., office. Grady, who has 20 years of experience in analytics, will focus on the management of Beecher Carlson’s ZOOM …
A man, his son and a co-worker hired to clean a putrid dry well at a waste transfer station died Monday when the son fell into a space filled with toxic fumes and the other two went to help him, …
Nelson Metheney has joined the team of Lassiter-Ware Insurance as a bond producer. Metheney previously worked as the vice president of bonding for Humphrey, Stump and Haynie Insurance in Salem, Virginia. Metheney was also a professional baseball player, pitching for …
LoriAnn Lowery has resigned her position as the President of Lloyd’s North America after a little more than a year on the job. Sue Langley, Lloyd’s Director, Market Operations and North America, said Lowery, who recently married, had resigned for …
Upward pressure on property/catastrophe reinsurance rates in the U.S. eased at the July 1, 2009 renewal, as capacity in the market remained sufficient without being abundant, according to a briefing published today by Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC. Consistent with …
C.V. Starr & Co. is broadening its product mix with PrimeSTARR, a product for small to medium- sized commercial trade and general contractors. PrimeSTARR is being offered through Starr Indemnity. It boasts primary limits up to $2million/$4million in conjunction with …
The Alabama Department of Insurance has begun using new insurance producer examinations, according to Commissioner Jim Ridling said New outlines to be followed in the examinations have been placed on the department’s website. Ridling said the state willl begin using …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said insurance agents in several states have been called by scammers posing as insurance regulators in order to collect personal data that would make I.D. theft possible. “While we haven’t had any cases of …
American International Group Inc. got a new slate of government-backed directors at a subdued annual meeting on Tuesday, effectively revamping its board after the insurer’s $180 billion taxpayer bailout. The meeting attracted far fewer investors than in years past and …
Florida drivers shouldn’t expect state troopers to let them off with just a warning if they are caught driving with their seat belt unbuckled now that a a new law has gone into effect. The Florida Highway Patrol plans to …
