Monthly Archives: <span>January 2016</span>

The Main Street America Group Launches Personal Auto Program in South Carolina

The Main Street America Group has introduced Main Street Protection Auto, its new private passenger auto insurance program for the preferred/standard marketplace in South Carolina via its statewide network of independent insurance agents. Product highlights include 20 different types of …

Brentwood Services Administrators in Tennessee Promotes Brothers

Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA) has promoted Nicole Brothers to the position of claim representative I in the Tennessee Claims Department, according to Jeff Pettus, president and chief executive officer of BSA. In her new position, Brothers’ responsibilities include reviewing, …

Funding Plan for Arkansas Fire Departments Proposed by Lawmakers

Two Arkansas legislators hope the state finds a way next year to distribute excess state funds to volunteer fire departments that suffer funding shortages, impacting the purchase and repair of equipment. The Quail Creek Volunteer Fire Department, which serves 820 …

Iowa-Based Global Insurance Accelerator Names 2016 Class of Startups

Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), a Des Moines, Iowa-based global business accelerator focused on developing and growing innovative insurance-centric startups, has announced its 2016 portfolio. With a global pool of twice as many applicants compared to the previous year, the five …

Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Doherty & White Insurance in Massachusetts

Kaplansky Insurance, an independent agency based in Needham, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Doherty & White Insurance Agency in Quincy, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1983, Doherty & White Insurance Agency has been a …

American Family Insurance Piloting Point-Based Reward System in Illinois

Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance is introducing DreamKeep Rewards in Illinois, an insurance loyalty program designed to recognize and reward members every day for making smart decisions that protect their families and property. Customers earn points for completing dozens of …

Cross Insurance Hires Papanastasiou as Branch Manager in Massachusetts

Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired John Papanastasiou as branch manager in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Zurich Names Generali’s Greco as CEO, with Task of Driving Turnaround

Zurich Insurance Group AG hired Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s Mario Greco as chief executive officer, giving him the task of turning around the company, after losses in its general insurance business forced the Swiss insurer to abandon a takeover bid. Greco, …

RMS Examines Massive Blizzard That Swept Through East Coast

The massive blizzard that swept through the East Coast over the weekend may result in hundreds of millions of dollars in insured losses. The blizzard, unofficially named “Winter Storm Jonas” by the Weather Channel, brought a combination of freezing rain, …

South Carolina Moped Deaths Up By 57 Percent in 2015

The number of people who died in moped accidents in South Carolina increased 57 percent in 2015 from the year before, leading a legislative supporter of laws for the vehicles to reissue his call for tighter safety. The Greenville News …