Latest Golf Courses Headlines
All the headlines from our Golf Courses Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Soft Market Exposes Value of Risk Control for Golf Insurers
Aug 28 2008 // For the golf industry, 2008 business is at best a bogey — probably worse. And for the agents, carriers and program managers who cater to the golf and country club world, that’s made for a rough market,...
Maryland Jury Awards $4 Million in Boy’s Drowning at Country Club
Sep 27 2007 // An jury in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County has awarded the parents of a five-year-old boy who drowned at Crofton Country Club last year more than $4 million in damages. The jury found Hunt Valley-based DRD Pool...
Living, Breathing and Insuring Golf
Aug 27 2007 // Exclusive Video Living, Breathing and Insuring Golf, Take 1: Golf in the Family Indiana insurance agent Ron Smith has been playing golf since he could “breathe.” His father loved the game. His brothers love the...
Living,breathing and insuring golf
Aug 20 2007 // All in the family: Hoosiers pride themselves on safety and loss prevention practices of a family owned golf course Indiana insurance agent Ron Smith has been playing golf since he could “breathe.” His father...
Golf in the family
Aug 20 2007 // The Smith family can say they grew up on golf courses. Ron Smith, owner of the independent insurance agency Smith Sawyer Smith Inc., in Rochester, Ind., and his brother, Terry Smith, grew up on a small 9-hole golf course...
Golf car risk and liability management
Aug 20 2007 // I remember it very clearly. We were playing Superior National Golf Course in Lutsen, Minn., up the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior. We were on a mini-golf vacation that brought us through Duluth, up to Giant’s...
FORE! Golf club risk moves off course
Aug 20 2007 // In June 2007, a California woman was awarded $4.3 million for injuries she received in a golf car crash that left her too disabled to continue her successful photography and jewelry design careers. A wheel of the car she...
Living, breathing and insuring golf
Aug 20 2007 // Indiana insurance agent Ron Smith has been playing golf since he could “breathe.” His father loved the game. His brothers love the game. His entire family loves the game. So it’s no surprise that Smith,...
FORE! Golf club risk moves off course
Aug 20 2007 // In June 2007, a California woman was awarded $4.3 million for injuries she received in a golf car crash that left her too disabled to continue her successful photography and jewelry design careers. A wheel of the car she...
Golf in the family
Aug 20 2007 // The Smith family can say they grew up on golf courses. Ron Smith, owner of the independent insurance agency Smith Sawyer Smith Inc., in Rochester, Ind., and his brother, Terry Smith, grew up on a small 9-hole golf course...
Potential golf car risks on the golf course
Aug 20 2007 // Striking objects Holes and depressions in the ground Exposed tree roots and stumps Boulders/retaining walls next to golf car path Exposed pipes Hidden objects ex., railroad ties Exposed metal guardrail on a...
Golf car risk and liability management
Aug 20 2007 // I remember it very clearly. We were playing Superior National Golf Course in Lutsen, Minn., up the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior. We were on a mini-golf vacation that brought us through Duluth, up to Giant’s...
Fla. Drought is Sapping Resources From Growers and Golf Courses Alike
May 23 2007 // The fairways here are flecked, the greens mottled brown. The PGA National Resort & Spa doesn’t look like a marquee golf course. “We’ll talk to people about it in the pro shop when they check in and...
Hatlem Joins Bollinger to Head Golf and Country Club Programs
Feb 28 2007 // David Hatlem has joined Bollinger, Inc. as executive vice president of the Golf and Country Club Division. Hatlem will operate out of the Short Hills, N.J. corporate headquarters and will report directly to the...
It Figures
Aug 21 2006 // $593 million The aggregate, policyholder surplus in 2005 of 25 risk retention groups rated by A.M. Best, compared to $545 million the prior year. Total assets were $1.69 billion, an increase over the prior year’s...
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 // Golf and Country Clubs First task. Impress the readers. Risk management is a Sisyphean challenge. First task accomplished? Probably not yet. Let me continue. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a deceitful king who was...
Help golf courses help themselves
Aug 21 2006 // Golfcourseforms.com is an e-commerce Web site designed for golf course owners, managers, professionals, superintendents and other members of the golf course industry. Golfcourseforms.com offers more than 70 forms tailored...
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...
Industry on the Green
Aug 21 2006 // 1. The grand champion team PIA of Tennessee and the Tennessee 1752 Club. Left to right: Mike Huff, Robins Insurance Agency in Nashville; Mark Gatliff, Chubb Group, Nashville; Steve James and Joe Waldron, also of Robins...
