Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced the appointment of Diane Nance-Ona as territory manager for Nevada. Nance-Ona will implement operational strategies and marketing plans to enhance existing agency relationships and identify prospects for agency expansion and …
Specialty property and casualty insurance holding company, National Interstate Corp., headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, has been chosen as the most trusted small-cap company on the Forbes 2010 Most Trustworthy Companies list. The Forbes list recognizes companies that consistently demonstrated transparent …
Equity Risk Partners (ERP), an insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm focused exclusively on the needs of the private equity industry, has added Charles Blackmon as senior principal – Executive Liability in its Chicago, Ill., office. Blackmon joins Equity …
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the $35 million settlement of two class action lawsuits against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the deal was not fair to some policyholders. The appellate court ruling could prove costly to …
A prohibition against insurance companies dropping coverage for homes or businesses that contain corrosive, Chinese-made drywall has advanced in the Louisiana Senate. The bill by Sen. Julie Quinn, R-Metairie, would bar property insurers from canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing …
Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., whose subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small businesses, will review the company’s first quarter 2010 financial results during a conference call and Web cast Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 10:30 …
Fraud bills are blooming like azalea bushes around the East this spring, and statehouses are rife with upside potential for substantive new fraud laws in 2010. This counters the recent logic that many state lawmakers are too busy trying to …
Relatives of a Baltimore fire department recruit who died during a live-burn exercise have filed a $35 million lawsuit against the city. Racheal Wilson died in February 2007 after becoming trapped inside a vacant rowhouse that the department set on …
Vermont’s Department of Labor says companies enrolled in a state voluntary worker safety program have fewer reports of job-site injuries and illnesses than the national average. The Burlington Free Press reports two performance measures are tracked: the work site’s total …
A small community of Mennonites in south Georgia is close to winning the right to insure itself rather than using auto plans required by the state. A bill allowing the 100-member community to self-insure rather than buy car insurance — …
