Zurich is now offering all commercial property/casualty agents, whether Zurich-appointed or not, free access to 50 specialty insurance programs. Agents can access the programs through a Web site at www.ZProgramsMatch.com. This Web site, first launched in January 2009, was previously …
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. now offers a miscellaneous professional liability policy with premiums beginning at less than $1,000. The Hartford offers miscellaneous professional liability coverage through its Hartford Financial Products (HFP) unit. The coverage is available as a …
OneBeacon Technology Group announced enhancements to its @vantage for Information Technology product designed for hardware, software and telecommunications companies. Two primary coverage areas have been broadened to recognize the continually emerging risks technology firms face today. With OneBeacon’s data privacy …
Reaffirming their commitment to the Westside business community, White Sutton & Company Insurance Services announced Trey Harding as the practice leader of its Main Street Business Division. Since 1952, White Sutton & Company Insurance Services is recognized as a leading …
Crime rates declined in both violent and property crimes in the United States last year, according to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released today. Preliminary 2009 statistics indicate that violent crime in the nation decreased 5.5 percent and …
Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) provides “real-time mapping and prediction of tropical cyclone wind fields worldwide.” The firm is co-sponsored by Aon Benfield, with RSA and Crawford & Company. It has just released a “pre-season outlook report to coincide with the …
White Sutton & Co. Insurance Services, based in Santa Monica, Calif., named Trey Harding as the practice leader of its Main Street Business Division. A Westside Los Angeles native, Harding held an underwriting position at Allied Insurance, a Nationwide Insurance …
New York insurance regulators have handed out some sizable fines in the last several months, including one for $360,000 to a large national insurer that mischarged auto insurance customers. Clarendon National Insurance paid the fine for violations of state insurance …
Several of Florida’s insurers with affiliated managing general agencies (MGAs) have come in for criticism recently but there is no widespread problem with the MGA model, regulators and insurance industry executives agree. In a new Insurance Journal video interview, they …
Deana Lykins has been named president of the Insurance Council of New Jersey (ICNJ), the a trade association for the state’s property/casualty insurance industry. As president, Lykins will oversee the operations of the organization and serve as primary spokesperson for …
