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

Barratt Selected as Nevada Insurance Commissioner

Nevada Department of Business & Industry Director Dianne Cornwall announced the appointment of Brett J. Barratt as the new commissioner of the Division of Insurance. Barratt replaces Scott J. Kipper, who resigned the position in June. Barratt, an attorney, has …

Researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility. Do you ever feel like you’re driving blind? Have you ever passed through a stop sign and swore you never saw it? Or nearly sideswiped a car while changing lanes because, gosh darn, …

Second California Insurer Files to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Coverage

The Automobile Club of Southern California has submitted an application to the state Department of Insurance to offer an insurance program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto insurance rates. The voluntary pay-as-you-drive initiative allows …

Marketing Knowledge Equals Sales Power

The interactive revolution has brought incredible advances, not least is the ability to track the effectiveness of e-mail marketing. No longer does the partnership of “hope and prayer” play a role in evaluation and analysis of a marketing campaign. The …

Texas AG: Travelers Must Stop Airing Deceptive TV AdTravelers Insurance said it will comply with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s order to stop airing a television advertisement that the AG says is deceptive. According to the AG’s cease and desist …

Contractual Liability Is Just That

Texas Court: Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Breach of Contract Where contractors are involved, one of the most intractable problems for a carrier in negotiating and settling claims are the contract liability issues. How does a carrier identify if a contractual …

The Hartford Agrees to Roll Back Homeowner Rate Hikes in Texas

Under agreements between the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC), the Texas Department of Insurance, and two subsidiaries of the Hartford Financial Services Group, Texas consumers with homeowner insurance from the Property and Casualty Co. of Hartford or the …

Declarations

A Tremendous Asset “John Wortman has been a tremendous asset to Louisiana during our recovery from the catastrophic hurricanes of 2005. He came to Citizens in a time of great turmoil within the organization and worked tirelessly to set Citizens …

Researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility and challenge long-held assumptions about perceived limitations. Do you ever feel like you’re driving blind? Have you ever passed through a stop sign and swore you never saw it? Or nearly sideswiped a …

People

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has honored Corpus Christi, Texas, independent insurance agent Wallace C. (Wally) Goodman with the Drex Foreman Award; Landon Ogilvie, partner at Gans & Smith Agency in Longview, with the André P. Juneau Young Agent …