Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak and insurance industry executives, have met with insurance market representatives at Lloyd’s of London to discuss the state’s $15 billion insurance market, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. “This visit was much …
Bexar County in Central Texas has had the most reports of road rage crashes in the state over the last few years, according to a newspaper analysis. From 2007 to 2011, police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Bexar County cited …
Motorists Commercial Mutual Insurance Co., based in Edina, Minn., has selected Shawn Kimmes as vice president of Marketing. Kimmes previously served as a district sales manager responsible for territory in Minnesota at Wilson Mutual Insurance Co., an affiliate of MCM …
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators has a tendency to be a very deliberative and, yes, dilatory, body. During the meeting of its Property and Casualty Insurance Committee last Friday in Burlington, Vermont this past week, every single piece of …
“One way or another.” Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits offerings. It’s the attitude being echoed by more and …
Every year, errors and omissions (E&O) claims arising out of the placement of workers’ compensation account for approximately 10 percent of all claims. Many of those workers’ comp claims are well in excess of $100,000. Details of those claims show …
Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry-operated State Workers’ Insurance Fund (SWIF) said today that it is consolidating the SWIF claims division and field operations division into the claims services division. Officials said employers will see no disruption in services. “This …
IronPro, the U.S. professional and management liability unit of Ironshore, has announced a strategic alliance with Zodiac Insurance Services, Inc. focused on the coverage needs of small business enterprises. Zodiac Insurance Services will distribute IronPro’s suite of professional and management …
Chartis has enhanced its Private Client Group division’s Wildfire Protection Unit, including geographic expansion and improved monitoring technologies. The Unit now is available to clients in the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio, plus more …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will give $16 million in grants to communities hit by last year’s damaging storms. The state originally planned to distribute $9 million to 23 counties. But it has come up with another …
