July 14, 2010
Photo Courtesy of Belfast Facebook Page A Belfast, Maine, man is facing charges he set a Mercedes-Benz on fire and then posted photos of the burning vehicle on Facebook. Belfast police say 36-year-old Asgard Tarick Gilbert was arrested on a …
July 14, 2010
Insurance broker Marsh has appointed Sally Roberts as director of U.S. Media Relations. Roberts joins Marsh from Business Insurance, a commercial insurance trade publication, where she most recently was a senior editor. Since joining Business Insurance in 1992, Roberts has …
July 14, 2010
Leadership can’t be taught– or so it’s been said. But according to one management consultant, that’s just one of several myths about leadership that need to be debunked. “Leadership comes from inside. Anyone desiring to be a better leader on …
July 14, 2010
The Hilb Group, a Virginia insurance brokerage launched in 2009 by the founder of what became one of the world’s largest brokerages along with his son, has added its first two partners as it begins building a mid-market commercial insurance …
July 14, 2010
An Atlanta TV station is reporting that State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine appeared in a video promoting a hospice business whose top corporate officer can be linked to $57,000 in campaign donations. According to a report from WAGA-TV, in the …
July 14, 2010
Keystone Insurers Group has added two more franchisees to its expanding list of Kentucky partner agencies. Hall & Clark Insurance Agency in Prestonsburg and Ison Insurance Agency of West Liberty join KIG’s 17 Kentucky partners and more than 210 independent …
July 14, 2010
Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday its investigation of nearly 2,000 cases of unintended acceleration had found no problem with its electronic throttle system, and that driver error was to blame in some cases. The world’s top automaker made the …
July 14, 2010
Standard & Poor’s has concluded that, following a “positive year” in 2009, the “takaful and retakaful (Islamic insurance and reinsurance) sector is likely to continue to grow in 2010.” S&P’s report – Takaful Insurance Has Long-Term Viability And Benefits From …
July 14, 2010
PartnerRe Ltd. said that it “has successfully concluded the previously announced voluntary severance plan for Paris-based employees related to the Company’s acquisition of PARIS RE in 2009.” The bulletin also indicated that the Company has now “completed the integration of …