Monthly Archives: <span>June 2010</span>

Goldberg Joins Gendelman Insurance

Bruce Gendelman Insurance Co. has hired Christopher J. Goldberg as vice president of its new division that will concentrate on relationships with advisers for wealthy families. Goldberg will be working with financial advisers, attorneys, bankers, and CPAs to ensure that …

Surplus Line Association of Wash. Administers Flood Insurance Program

Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and more than two dozen insurance companies have launched a new program to help Green River Valley businesses struggling to find flood coverage. The “Washington Flood Market Assistance Plan” will act as a matchmaker, …

Keystone Insurers Group Adds 3 More Indiana Agencies

Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added three Indiana franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Hummel Insurance Group, Associated Agencies and Rosemeyer Agency bring the Indiana franchise total to 25 and join KIG’s network of …

Cincinnati Welcomes Food Vendors, But $1M in Insurance Required

Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, workers and residents have some new quick-lunch choices as the city opens three lots for mobile food trucks. Vendors must have a health department license and proof of at least $1 million in liability insurance. Vendors of …

Indiana Asks Recent Storm Victims to Report Damage

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is asking state residents who sustained damage from recent storms and flooding to report it online. The agency wants everyone with damage since June 13 to report it at its Web site, www.in.gov/dhs. Individuals …

Texas Prepares as Tropical Storm Alex Heads Toward Hurricane Status

As of 10 a.m. CDT on June 29, Tropical Storm Alex was nearing hurricane strength in the western Gulf of Mexico and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects it to reach hurricane status later in the day. The storm is …

Louisiana Hurricane Recovery Board Disbanding

The Louisiana Recovery Authority’s board ended its multibillion dollar rebuilding work on June 24, nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. The LRA board of directors – a volunteer board largely chosen by the governor – devised the plans …

Hurricane Alex to Hamper BP’s Gulf Oil Disaster Containment Effort

Tropical Storm Alex is expected to reach hurricane strength on Tuesday, with high winds and vast waves set to hamper BP Plc’s latest efforts to contain the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Shares in London-based energy giant BP fell …

Eastern Alliance Names Adams Marketing Executive for Tennessee

Joe Adams has joined Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (EAIG) as a marketing executive in its Tennessee territory. EAIG is a Pennsylvania-based insurance group specializing in workers compensation insurance. Adams will be based out of EAIG’s new Franklin, Tennessee office, a …

ACE’s Greenberg Urges Ratification of U.S./Korea Trade Pact

ACE Limited’s Chairman and CEO Evan G. Greenberg issued a statement in which he commended “President Obama for announcing his commitment to ratify the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.” Greenberg added that ratification of the agreement would “strengthen our commercial ties, …