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

Zander Insurance, Answer Financial to Offer Home, Auto Insurance Nationwide

Zander Insurance Group has partnered with Answer Financial to offer home and auto insurance to its customers nationwide. Zander Insurance offers a range of personal insurance products, including term life, disability, identity theft protection, health, and home and auto insurance …

Astonish Welcomes Dennis Chookaszian to Board of Directors

Warwick, RI, 04/19/2012 – Astonish, a full-service digital marketing company that serves local insurance agencies, financial firms, and MGAs, welcomes its newest Board member, Dennis Chookaszian. Chookaszian joins Astonish’s Board of Directors after an impressive 27-year career at CNA Financial …

Swiss Re Expands Foreign Coverages Through New Partnership

As part of its expansion into direct-selling insurance to the global company marketplace, Swiss Re has partnered with Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) to offer single carrier property insurance to mid and upper-middle size U.S. companies with worldwide operations. This new …

The Hartford to Offer Electric Vehicle Discount

The Hartford is now offering drivers of electric vehicles a discount of five percent on their auto insurance policies. The discount is available to new policyholders with electric vehicles in Ala., Ariz., Calif., Ill., Ks., Minn., Okla., and Texas and …

Midwest Insurance Employment: Sales Agents, Good Talent Always Priorities

As in every other business sector, during the past few years organizations within the property/casualty insurance industry have sought to maximize efficiencies and take full advantage of the talent in their existing workforce. But it’s not like they haven’t been …

South Central Insurance Employment: Oil, Economy Fuel Texas Hiring

Across the nation, employment levels in insurance agencies and brokerages declined at a faster rate than the overall U.S. employment level since the recession began in 2007. The good news: Some independent agencies across Texas say hiring in agencies is …

Companies to Pay $14.8M in FEMA Trailer Settlement

Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed to pay $14.8 million in a proposed class-action settlement of claims that the temporary shelters exposed occupants to hazardous fumes. Plaintiffs’ attorney Gerald Meunier …

Missouri Bill Criminalizes Undercover Videos at Farms

The Missouri House has endorsed legislation that would make it a crime for undercover activists to produce videos portraying poor conditions at livestock farms or other agricultural facilities. The legislation given first-round approval would create the crime of “agriculture production …

Flick Appointed Chief Actuary at Monitor Liability Managers

Monitor Liability Managers LLC in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has added Daniel Flick as chief actuary. Flick is responsible for overseeing the pricing and reserving functions, working with senior leaders to set strategy, collaborating with all functional areas to ensure overall …

Burns & Wilcox’s Daniel Kaufman Named to Atain Insurance Board

Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Atain Insurance Cos. has appointed Daniel J. Kaufman, J.D., to its board of directors. Based in Chicago, Kaufman holds the position of broker at Burns & Wilcox Brokerage of Chicago and associate director of Business Development for …