Monthly Archives: <span>April 2014</span>

Brett Barnsley Joins OnPoint Underwriting as Director of Tribal Business Development

Denver, CO, 4/17/14 – OnPoint Underwriting, one of the nation’s leading program managers for Sovereign Nations, announced Brett Barnsley has been appointed director of tribal business development. For nearly 30 years OnPoint has been an insurance program leader for the …

UPDATE: So. Korean Divers Search for Ferry Survivors; Re/Insurers Identified

South Korean President Park Geun Hye arrived at the site where a ferry sank yesterday, as divers battled high waves and strong winds in their search for 287 people still missing, including hundreds of students. Over 100 ships and more …

Beazley Enhances Worldwide Breach Response Services

Beazley has enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) product to include expanded privacy breach response services and broader coverage The enhancements, which will come standard on all future BBR policies, will also further improve Beazley insureds’ ability to respond to …

Dovetail Insurance Expands Workers Comp Product to Five Additional States

Dovetail Insurance, a supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services, has expanded its NetComp workers’ compensation insurance to independent agents in Virginia, and will also be adding Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and Connecticut before the end of April. As part of …

Rescission Decision Averts $43M in Damages in California Case

Attorneys representing Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. averting what could have been a $43 million payout in damages this week characterized the California court case a cautionary tale for insurers. The case is Heide Kurtz v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., et …

Independent Insurance Agents Find Some Pundits, Politicians in Washington Agree

News flash: a conservative and a liberal in Washington agree — on quite a few matters, in fact. Before an audience of independent insurance agents, commentators Tucker Carlson, a conservative, and Paul Begala, a liberal, agreed that the coming midterm …

Griffith Insurance Education Foundation Moves to Pennsylvania

The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation announced that, as of April 15, its office will officially relocate from Columbus, Ohio, to Malvern, Penn. In 2012, The Griffith Foundation affiliated with The Institutes, an insurance education provider based in Malvern. The Griffith …

N.Y. Lawmakers Propose Speed Cameras in School Zones in NYC, Long Island

New York State lawmakers are taking aim at lead-footed drivers in New York City and Long Island with a proposal to authorize hundreds of speed cameras in school zones, a plan touted as a way to protect pedestrians and raise …

Insurance Agents Learn How to Market to People Unlike Themselves

The middle-aged white woman told the audience of mostly older white male businessowners that much of the country and many of their future customers don’t look like them or necessarily share all their values. While whites make up 64 percent …

RPX Launches Non-Practicing Entity Patent Litigation Insurance with Lloyd’s

RPX Corp., a provider of patent risk management products, has launched a new insurance service for businesses facing patent infringement litigation with non-practicing entities (NPEs). As a coverholder at Lloyd’s, RPX Insurance Services, LLC will provide marketing, underwriting, and claims …