The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings announced that Pedro Purm Jr. has been selected to serve as CEO of its commercial property and casualty insurance operations in Brazil. He “will oversee the creation and operation of a new insurance company, …
YourHomeStuff, a community connecting website designed specifically for homeowners has launched at www.yourhomestuff.com. YourHomeStuff simplifies the process of maintaining and protecting a home, and managing family and other community activities. It can also help homeowners save time and money on …
A Georgia insurance agent who took premiums from a nonprofit pleaded guilty in Bibb County Superior Court to one count of insurance fraud. Broadus W. Marshall Jr. of Macon was sentenced to 10 years of probation, 500 hours of community …
Learn the business. Put your customers’ interests first. Take care yourself. Those are three messages Mark Z. Moores thinks young people young people entering the insurance business should take to heart. He should know. Some thirty years after taking his …
The Dallas Fort Worth area was once again ground zero for a series of severe thunderstorms that pounded the area with baseball size hail on May 24. Four inch hail was reported in several cities including Irving, Carrolton, Southlake, Keller, …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has issued an emergency order that will enable licensed out-of-state claims adjustors to immediately assist Oklahomans who suffered damage and losses from the May 24 tornado outbreak. “This order will help Oklahomans begin to recover …
Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, MHBT, announced that Drew Raetzman has joined the Dallas office as an employee benefits producer. Raetzman will work with clients to help them identify benefits solutions that will best meet the needs of …
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Gateway Insurance Co. (Gateway) in St. Louis, Mo. The ratings reflect Gateway’s adequate …
Denver-based The IMA Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company, announced that Ruth Rohs joined the company as vice president of corporate communications and executive director of the IMA Foundation. She will direct IMA’s strategic communications functions including branding, …
The number of independent agents using real-time upload increased 16 percentage points from 2009 to 2011, says a new industry study. In IVANS’ 2009 Insurance Agents, Carriers & Technology Survey, only 36 percent of agents reported using real-time upload, but …
