Latest Golf Courses Headlines
All the headlines from our Golf Courses Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Par for the course: golf club premiums
Aug 21 2006 // Golf and country clubs are complex risks that make it difficult for agents and brokers to know how premium dollars should be allocated. That task is even more difficult because each club is different. Private clubs are...
Golf Course Risks and Greek Mythology
Aug 21 2006 // In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a deceitful king who was condemned to spend eternity pushing a giant boulder up a mountain. As Sisyphus approached the peak of the mountain, the rock would elude him and roll back down to...
Independent agents sold on golf
Aug 21 2006 // It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent golfer? Insurance...
Independent agents sold on golf
Aug 21 2006 // SPECIAL REPORT: It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent...
Texas Agent Duplicates First Ever Hole-In-One at Lubbock Golf Course
Aug 1 2006 // An insurance agent playing in a weekend tournament in Lubbock, Texas, followed up his first hole-in-one with another one day later. On the same hole. Using the same club. “I’ve never even heard of such a...
Court Rules that Calif. Country Club Discriminated Against Lesbian Couple
Aug 22 2005 // California’s highest court ruled that country clubs must offer gay members who register as domestic partners the same discounts given to married ones–a decision that could apply to other businesses such as...
Court Rules that Calif. Country Club Discriminated Against Lesbian Couple
Aug 22 2005 // California’s highest court ruled that country clubs must offer gay members who register as domestic partners the same discounts given to married ones – a decision that could apply to other businesses such as...
Fore! Golf Course Owners: Watch Out for Errant Shots
Aug 8 2005 // Massachusetts Court Favors Homeowners in Trespass by Golf Balls To drive home her point, Joyce Amaral lugged six plastic buckets containing a total of 1,800 golf balls into court. The balls were just some of those she...
Golflawyer.com Swings for Safety for Golf Courses and Neighbors
Aug 8 2005 // Michael Kraker, the man behind www.golflawyer.com, maintains that although club owners may think they are safe from liability for errant balls, a case involving Middlebrook Country Club in Rehoboth, Mass., and two...
Fore! Golf Course Owners: Watch Out for Errant Shots
Aug 8 2005 // To drive home her point, Joyce Amaral lugged six plastic buckets containing a total of 1,800 golf balls into court. The balls were just some of those she claimed to have retrieved from her yard in the five years she and...
Court Rules that Calif. Country Club Discriminated Against Lesbian Couple
Aug 2 2005 // California’s highest court ruled that country clubs must offer gay members who register as domestic partners the same discounts given to married ones – a decision that could apply to other businesses such as...
Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Tees-Off with Golf/Country Club Program
Mar 14 2005 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced the release of their newest product, Golf and Country Club Program. This product focuses on high-end daily fee golf clubs and private country clubs. The policy also provides...
Unlucky 13th Hole
Aug 9 2004 // Redesign after Windstorm Fells Famed Tree Ruled Out of Bounds If a tree falls on a golf course, will an insurance company hear the claim? Not if the claim is that the demise of the tree changes the character of the entire...
The PGA of America, Helping To Make Golf A Powerful Business Tool
Aug 4 2003 // It has long been known that the game of golf is a powerful business and social tool. Presidents and prime ministers all over the world play the game. CEOs and other senior business folk use the game to court clients and...
(Reader’s Choice) The Top 10 Golf Resorts
Aug 4 2003 // Looking for a great course to woo your next client on the fairway? Insurance Journal readers voted for their favorite golf resort…. And the results are in! We gathered reader comments as to why they voted for their...
Insure the Game You Love to Play
Aug 4 2003 // Like most other industries, clubs have been impacted a great deal by the hardening market. While recent pricing has improved slightly, clubs still face pricing, stability and consistency issues with respect to their...
Playing The Green: Insuring Golf Courses
Oct 9 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Playing the Green: Insuring Golf Courses
Sep 18 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
