Farmers Insurance has appointed Rick Shriver senior vice president of field operations, Southwest Zone. The Zone includes Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Shriver has more than 24 years of experience in a variety of operations, including marketing, sales, …
Renee Lubinski moved among the machines and production lines that produce pizza crust and tortillas at TNT Crust’s Elizabeth Street Plant in Green Bay. She exchanged smiles, shook hands and spent a few moments talking to several workers in the …
Berkley Oil & Gas, a member company of W. R. Berkley Corp., has formed a partnership with J. H. Blades & Co., Inc./Swett & Crawford in Dallas. Blades/Swett operates as a surplus lines broker and managing general underwriter (MGU) specializing …
Chartis has introduced CrimeGuard Choice, a fidelity and crime insurance solution developed by its Executive Liability Division. CrimeGuard Choice responds to the wide-ranging losses a company can suffer due to dishonest acts committed by employees, independent contractors, consultants and others. …
Most insurers are letting consumer technology like smartphones and social media networks get ahead of them, creating a challenge to attract a new generation of customers who are not interested in doing business with agents the way their parents did. …
November 22 2010 – The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Organizations (NAPSLO), the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), and The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (The Council), released a joint letter on November 16, urging state …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected – for the third consecutive time – a workers’ comp rate filing submitted on behalf of insurers by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) seeking a 27.7 percent rate increase. “I will …
The Contractors Access Program of California (CAP), a self insured group, has been declared in default due to insufficient funding required for continued operation, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director John C. Duncan announced. Duncan said the default was …
Given today’s heightened scrutiny on publicly traded companies and the proliferation of securities class action lawsuits, properly insuring corporate directors and officers has taken on profound importance. Determining the appropriate amount of directors’ and officers’ (D&O) liability coverage to purchase, …
The Oregon Insurance Division recently has proposed changing rules to restructure the order in which a person applies for an insurance license to eliminate the pre-approval process. Restructuring the process would eliminate the pre-approval process that is currently conducted before …
