Latest Garage Headlines
All the headlines from our Garage Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds Say Several Problems Caused Florida Parking Garage Collapse
Jun 5 2008 // A federal safety official says a combination of construction and design problems triggered the collapse of a Jacksonville, Fla. parking garage last December that killed one worker. The federal Occupational Safety and...
Cambridge General Offers Garage Liability Market in California
Dec 19 2007 // Cambridge General Agency is offering a garage liability market in California. Broadened coverage is available. Garage keepers can be written on either a legal or primary basis. The company said this is a package policy...
Bliss and Glennon Offers Garage Liability Market in Calif.
Nov 21 2007 // Bliss and Glennon Inc. has a market for garage liability including garage keepers legal liability in California. The new Internet rating system is designed to provide agents with the best quote among the carriers the...
N.J. Casino Settles Deadly Garage Collapse for $101 Million
Apr 12 2007 // The Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has settled all civil litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of its parking garage that was under construction, killing four people, the casino said. Another 20...
Travelers’ Small Tech Packages Run Gamut from ‘Garage to Greatness’
Mar 6 2007 // To meet the specific insurance coverage needs of the specialized technology market, Travelers Select Accounts is now offering Technology Office Pac and Technology Manufacturers Pac Plus. The two new segments are a part of...
McFall Hires Carlson for Commercial Transportation and Garage Department
Feb 2 2007 // Portland, Ore.-based McFall General Agency Inc. has hired Donna J. Carlson in the Commercial Transportation and Garage Department. Carlson has been in the commercial transportation underwriting arena for more than 25...
Settlement Reached in Woman’s Death at Spokane Parking Garage
Sep 28 2006 // The family of a Washington woman who died when her car plunged from the fifth floor of a parking garage has reached a settlement with the garage’s insurance company, a newspaper reported. Robert Rembert, the attorney...
Not telling consumers about risks may be an agent’s biggest risk
Aug 21 2006 // Every year, just before daylight savings time rolls around, I get a package in the mail with a 9-volt battery. The package is from my mortgage company, sending me a reminder to change the battery in my smoke detector. That...
Motor sports coverage: garage risks on speed
Aug 21 2006 // The high-value of even the lowest-priced racing cars and the likelihood of calamity drive up overall insurance costs and make liability coverage for motor sports particularly difficult to find, according to motor sports...
Motor sports coverage: garage risks on speed
Aug 21 2006 // The high-value of even the lowest-priced racing cars and the likelihood of calamity drive up overall insurance costs and make liability coverage for motor sports particularly difficult to find, according to motor sports...
Not telling consumers about risks may be an agent’s biggest risk
Aug 21 2006 // Every year, just before daylight savings time rolls around, I get a package in the mail with a 9-volt battery. The package is from my mortgage company, sending me a reminder to change the battery in my smoke detector. That...
Bliss & Glennon Offers Garage Market
Aug 17 2006 // Bliss & Glennon Inc. has acquired a new admitted garage market rated “A-” VIII by A.M. Best. Auto dealers, car wash/detailers, auto repair shops plus many other classes are available in California. Maximum...
A lot can happen in the auto dealers’ insurance market
Aug 7 2006 // Even with a wave of consolidation through the industry, the number of new and used auto dealerships in the U.S. is close to 100,000, meaning most independent agents have multiple dealers in their own backyards. “We...
A lot can happen in the auto dealers’ insurance market
Aug 7 2006 // Even with a wave of consolidation through the industry, the number of new and used auto dealerships in the U.S. is close to 100,000, meaning most independent agents have multiple dealers in their own backyards. “We...
N.J. Statehouse Flooding Has Cost in Excess of $2 Million
Aug 1 2006 // Flood damage at the New jersey Statehouse parking garage that was built in a Delaware River flood plain has cost the state about $2 million since September 2004, according to state officials. The 1,100-space garage in...
Study Finds Some Safety Barriers Don’t Meet Codes
Jul 24 2006 // An analysis of concrete safety barriers inside a downtown Washington parking garage found that some do not meet current building codes, including the one that collapsed last spring and allowed a Pullman woman’s car...
Abram Interstate Offers New Program for Garage Insurance
Mar 13 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a new program for garage insurance in California and Arizona. The targeted classes are: new and used car dealers, private passenger auto repair...
Garage Program
Jan 23 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: Yates & Associates Insurance Services is offering a new garage program targeting new and used car dealers, private passenger auto repair shops, RV dealers and repair, motorcycle dealers and repair,...
Massachusetts Agent’s Body Found in Garage; Aronson Insurance Victim Shot to Death
Jan 15 2006 // An insurance agent, described by neighbors as friendly and generous, was fatally shot in the head when he parked his car next to his Newton office last Friday morning, authorities said. Edward Schiller, 39, of Framingham,...
Motorcycle, Garage Keepers and Open Lot
Jul 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: MBA Holdings’ subsidiary, National Motorcycle Dealers Association has entered into an agreement with Universal Underwriters Group to underwrite insurance products to franchised motorcycle dealers....
