Business Moves – East
Cook, Hall & Hyde, Maran Corp. Risk Two brokerages in the Metro New York region — Cook, Hall & Hyde and Maran Corporate Risk Associates — announced their intention to enter into a merger agreement. Cook, Hall & Hyde has …
Declarations – Midwest
Defaming Pink Slime “The lawsuit is without merit. We will contest it vigorously.” —Jeffrey Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, talking about a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC by a South Dakota meat processor that accused it of …
Florida’s Citizens’ Gilway: Private vs. Public Sector Management
Barry Gilway is president of Florida’s state-run property insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. He is the first head of Citizens who comes solely from the private sector. In the following excerpts from a recent interview with Insurance Journal’s Michael Adams, …
Business Moves – South Central
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Sunday and Associates Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Sunday and Associates Inc. of Sugarland, Texas. Established in 1982, Sunday and Associates offers employee benefits consulting and insurance brokerage services for …
N.Y. WC Assessments Remain Highest in Nation
A surcharge added to workers’ compensation costs for all New York State employers remain the nation’s highest, according to a new report. It is nearly five times the average of the same surcharge imposed in other states, according to the …
Tennessee Auto Policy Doesn’t Cover Parents’ Distress
Tennessee’s high court has ruled that two parents’ emotional distress following an automobile accident that took the life of their son is not covered under the uninsured motorist portion of their automobile bodily injury coverage. Under Tennessee law, every automobile …
8 Lessons to Learn from the Presidential Election
The 2012 presidential election is coming up quickly and the media is outputting endless stories, videos, Tweets and more about it. Pay attention to the ads and the action to pickup some lessons you can apply to your agency. Here …
Best Agency to Work For – Midwest
Always Striving to be a Cut Above the Rest Madison, WisconsinHausmann-Johnson Insurance “We always do what we say we’re going to do.” That slogan serves as a guiding light for Hausmann-Johnson Insurance, the agency selected as Insurance Journal‘s Best Agency …
Best Agency to Work For – East
Strength of Family Helps Agency to Flourish Clark, New JerseyAmerican Insurance Services When you walk into the offices of American Insurance Services in Clark, N.J., you may be forgiven for mistaking it for an extended family reunion. “The benefit of …
Brown Signs Electronic Proof of Insurance Bill
Gov. Jerry Brown made California the seventh state in the nation to allow drivers to show proof of insurance coverage using their smart phone by signing Assembly Bill 1708, which gives drivers the option to show proof of financial responsibility …
