January 12, 2010
C.M. Moore Insurance of Bowling Green and Al Torstrick Insurance of Lexington will be the first franchises in Kentucky for Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), the nation’s sixth largest privately-held property/casualty agency. The two firms become part of KIG’s network of …
January 12, 2010
Insurance and risk management firm, The Gibraltar Group, headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, has introduced a new insurance program to address the risks faced by the dairy industry. Businesses served by the new program include dairy farmers, cooperative organizations, transportation companies …
January 12, 2010
Atlanta-based Lewis & Clark LTC RRG, Inc., a nationwide provider of liability insurance to long-term care facilities, has merged with Sophia Palmer Nurses RRG, Inc. of Florida. Sophia Palmer RRG was established in 2006 to provide nurses in Florida with …
January 12, 2010
ACE Private Risk Service, part of the ACE Group, has expanded the availability of its ACE Platinum Portfolio policy, a personal insurance program for high net worth clients, to Colorado. In addition, Clare S. Schachter has been appointed territory manager …
January 12, 2010
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. reports it has enhanced its ocean cargo insurance offering and related loss control capabilities. This product provides worldwide coverage on goods in transit via vessel, air or land, including coast-wise and inter-coastal shipments. It can …
January 12, 2010
Global property/casualty insurer Chartis Inc., formerly AIG, has named Thomas Scherer as senior vice president and general counsel, responsible for worldwide legal operations. Most recently, Scherer worked for seven years at Swiss Re Group where he served as special litigation …
January 12, 2010
Analyzing physicians’ practice patterns may hold valuable clues about how to curb the nation’s rising health care costs, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. According to a Johns Hopkins study published in the January edition …
January 12, 2010
The New Hampshire House is holding hearings on two bills today that would prevent the state from requiring sprinklers in homes. The bills would stop the state from enforcing amendments to building codes that expand requirements for sprinkler systems. Last …
January 12, 2010
On a bitterly cold morning in Anchorage, Alaska, the Hurricane Hunters lift off to scout a weather track that may bring snow to the Northeast or flooding rains in California in the next five days. The winter mission of the …
January 12, 2010
It could take until November 2018 to get the full story behind the U.S. bailout of insurance giant American International Group because of an action taken last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In May, the SEC approved a …