Monthly Archives: <span>February 2012</span>

Reuters: Dubai Finance Centre to Allow Transactions in Chinese Yuan

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the United Arab Emirates’ financial hub, expects to permit transactions in Chinese yuan from this year, industry sources told Reuters on Thursday. The change would represent an important step in China’s drive to encourage …

ACM Continues Expansion with Opening of Tampa Bay Office

San Diego, CA, 02/23/12 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator, has opened an additional office in Tampa Bay, Florida to leverage the Company’s growth in its East Coast, Southeast and Southern U.S. property claims operations. …

South Carolina’s Small Glass Shops Seek to Crack Giant Safelite’s Clout

How automotive glass repair companies are allowed to access glass claims has become a contentious issue in South Carolina where independent shops are trying to break a national company’s hold on the market. South Carolina lawmakers are considering an amended …

Kansas Failing to Reduce Train-Related Deaths

The number of people killed in train-related accidents in Kansas has remained steady in the past 20 years although there has been a dramatic decrease in such fatalities nationwide, according to federal statistics. About 16 people were killed by trains …

Success or failure on paper

Success or failure on paper By: David Connolly iQ Consulting They are the primary form of communication with our underwriters. They have a substantial impact on our reputation. They are often the difference between winning and losing business. They are …

Alaska Division of Insurance Seeking New Director

Alaska Division of Insurance has launched a search for a new director now that Linda Hall, who ran the division for nine years, is retiring this spring. “I will continue working through the legislative session, will assist with the transition, …

Poms Names Rossetti Vice President of Employee Benefits in New Mexico

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named John Rossetti vice president of the employee benefits group in the firm’s Albuquerque, N.M. office. Rossetti was previously an account executive at Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, …

R.I.-based Affiliated Insurance Managers Appoints Marketing Manager

Warwick, R.I.-based agency Affiliated Insurance Managers is expanding its commercial insurance division and appointed industry veteran Heidi Forte to the new position of commercial insurance marketing manager. With over 25 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry, Forte will …

Pennsylvania Christian College Sues Over Birth Control Regs

A Christian college in western Pennsylvania has sued the federal government saying regulations that require employers to offer birth control coverage that includes drugs that abort fertilized embryos are “directly at odds with the religious message it wishes to convey,” …

AIA’s Snyder Describes Korea Trade Pact as ‘Excellent Model’

The long-awaited implementation of the Free Trade Pact between the Republic of Korea, or South Korea, and the U.S. (KORUS) is scheduled to go into effect on March 15. The date will see the conclusion of negotiations that began in …