Latest Golf Courses Headlines
All the headlines from our Golf Courses Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Golf and Country Clubs Weather the Storm
May 20 2013 // Snow in October, hurricanes in the Northeast and record-setting “derechos” in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions are a sampling of the unusual weather that is changing the way insurance carriers evaluate...
Monitor Liability Managers Enhances Golf Course, Country Club Coverage
Jan 30 2013 // Monitor Liability Managers has enhanced its nonprofit management liability coverage for golf courses and country clubs. Golf courses and country clubs cope with all types of lawsuits, from employment-related lawsuits like...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Activist Chairmen, Independent Directors Challenge CEOs, ‘Country Club’ Boards
Oct 24 2012 // In the summer of 2011, Yahoo Inc.’s board decided enough was enough. Directors had seen the Internet giant’s stock languish, and the answers they got from Carol Bartz, chief executive at the time, fell short of...
Lawsuit Claims Bird Attack On Maui Golf Course
Sep 16 2012 // A golfer is suing Maui County, Hawaii for a bird attack. Ray Sakamura claims in his lawsuit that he was attacked by a large bird at the Waiehu Municipal Golf Course. He claims he was golfing when a duck or goose charged...
MJ Insurance Launches Golf Program
Jan 31 2012 // MJ Insurance has created a product for the golf industry that includes both insurance coverage and risk management. The company’s “Golf Program” offers a variety of coverages, which is important for the...
Michigan Golf Course Sues DuPont Over Herbicide
Jul 19 2011 // DuPont was sued last Friday by a Michigan golf club that alleges its widely used Imprelis herbicide kills trees, reflecting a growing nationwide problem being investigated by a top U.S. regulator. Imprelis, conditionally...
CompWest Announces Workers’ Comp Program for Golf, Country Clubs
Dec 16 2010 // CompWest Insurance Co. has joined with Club Learning Institute (CLI) to provide an exclusive workers’ compensation program for golf and country club business. The program is available to private and semi-private...
Venture Launches Mono-line Umbrella Coverage for Golf, Country Clubs
Oct 4 2010 // Venture Insurance Programs has launched ClubCover, a new mono-line umbrella liability coverage for golf and country clubs offering proper limits, more cost-effective premiums and a fast, easy online system. ClubCover...
Fire at Connecticut Country Club Causes Major Damage
Sep 29 2010 // Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that raced through the main building at the Torrington Country Club and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. Authorities say the four-alarm fire in Goshen...
How Claims Service Cultivates Insurance for Trees, Landscapes
Aug 4 2010 // A seed that was planted when one of the owners discovered that a medium-sized tree on his property would cost as much as $10,000 to replace, and that there was not sufficient insurance for it, has blossomed into a national...
Safety Concerns Rise As Golf Carts Take to the Streets
Jun 22 2010 // When Shannon Wiegert bought the new, bright red golf cart for scooting around car shows, he didn’t think to ask about safety features on the slow-moving vehicle. And when his little girl begged his older daughter for...
Zurich to Underwrite Preferred Golf & Country Clubs for Venture Programs
Feb 19 2010 // Zurich has signed on to underwrite Venture Insurance Programs’ Preferred Club Program, a new offering designed for private and semiprivate golf and country clubs, as well as golf resorts, daily-fee courses,...
California Workers’ Comp Group Expands to Country Clubs
Oct 6 2009 // Spurred by new member growth in September, the California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corporation (CRMBC) has eclipsed the $1.3 billion covered payroll mark. California’s largest self-insured group (SIG) says it now...
How Changes to Federal and State Law Impact Golf and Country Clubs
Aug 31 2009 // Changes to state and federal law over the past few years may prove to be no gimme for golf and country clubs. In fact, since many club owners and managers are unaware of the potential impact of these laws, a simple...
Use of Coal Ash in Virginia Golf Course Prompts $1B Lawsuit
Mar 30 2009 // Chesapeake, Virginia residents who live near a golf course that was built in part with coal ash are seeking more than $1 billion in damages. Attorneys representing nearly 400 people filed a lawsuit in Chesapeake Circuit...
Ex-Member Sues Phoenix Country Club Over Ejection
Feb 25 2009 // A former Phoenix Country Club member is suing the club, claiming he was expelled for speaking out about its gender-segregated dining facilities. Real estate attorney Russell Brown said he lost his membership in the...
Venture Offers Monoline Umbrella Coverage to Golf and Country Clubs
Jan 15 2009 // Venture Insurance Programs introduced a mono-line umbrella liability product through its Preferred Club Program. The umbrella coverage can be placed over any primary insurance policy as long as the underlying insurers...
Armed & Ready to Outsell the Competition
Oct 20 2008 // West Coast’s Interwest Insurance Services Remains Militant on Sales Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: 12 Agency Name: InterWest Insurance Services Inc. Headquarters: Sacramento, Calif. Year Founded: 1992 Additional...
Fire Damages Virginia’s Chantilly Country Club
Oct 17 2008 // Investigators are trying to determine what caused a three-alarm fire at the Chantilly National Golf and Country Club in Virginia. The blaze caused extensive damage to a building housing offices, a golf shop and a...
