Keenan & Associates,a privately held brokerage and consulting firm based in Torrance, Calif., announced that Bernard Colen has joined the company as senior vice president in the public agencies property/casualty practice. Colen has nearly 40 years of experience in workers’ …
For 2009, the New York State Insurance Fund reported workers’ compensation premium of $1.31 billion and disability benefits premium of $16.6 million. The competitive fund wrote 41 percent of the state’s workers’ compensation market. NYISIF’s net written premium was down …
InVEST, the insurance industry’s career education program, has awarded $56,500 in scholarships to 58 college-bound students pursuing insurance-related degrees, including 10 students from New York. Patrick Moore, chair of the National InVEST Board of Directors, past president of the Independent …
Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality. The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with technology that helps a …
The White Sulphur Springs, Mont., city council has passed an insurance requirement for the owners of certain breeds of dogs with reputations for aggressive behaviors. The ordinance requires owners of pit bulls, Doberman pinschers and Rottweilers to purchase $500,000 in …
For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their options, according to experts. Insurance Journal is partnering …
A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. LABA is not the first group geared toward insurance agents with …
City of Hope’s National Insurance Industry Council (NIIC) announced it will honor Kevin Kelley, CEO of Ironshore, with The Spirit of Life Award, City of Hope’s most prestigious philanthropic honor. City of Hope is a research and treatment center for …
When uttered together by a client, the five words in the headline of this article are — potentially — very dangerous words. Note the following claim and ask yourself, “Could this happen in my agency?” The insured apparently has a …
