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Assurex Global Adds Latin American, African, North American Partners
Apr 8 2002 // Ohio-based Assurex Global, a privately held risk management and commercial insurance brokerage group, has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of international broker partners in Lima, Peru and Tunis, Tunisia,...
Assurex Adds Partners in Peru, Tunisia U.S.
Apr 4 2002 // Assurex Global Partners, the private organization of leading brokers and agencies, announced that it has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of international broker Partners in Lima, Peru and Tunis, Tunisia,...
Manufactured Homes
Mar 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: First Premium Insurance Group is offering a manufactured homes program, by appointment. Dollars: Policy limits to $150,000; deductibles $250/$500. Carrier: Lloyd’s, rated “A.”...
The Midland Company Reports Third Quarter Results
Oct 24 2001 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based The Midland Company, a highly focused provider of specialty insurance products and services, reported third quarter 2001 results ahead of its previous announcement. For the quarter ended Sept. 30,...
American Modern, American Express Property Casualty Form Partnership
Oct 11 2001 // American Modern Insurance Group and the American Express Property Casualty companies announced a partnership which adds manufactured home, motor home, travel trailer, and nonstandard specialty homeowner products to...
American Modern Stops Writing Commercial Liability, Affirms Commitment to Specialty Markets
Sep 26 2001 // American Modern Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Midland Company and a provider of manufactured housing specialty insurance products and services, has ceased offering commercial liability products for...
The Midland Company to Cease Offering Commercial Liability Coverage
Sep 20 2001 // The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its insurance subsidiary, will cease offering the commercial liability coverages associated with...
Midland Co. Announces American Modern to Cease Commercial Liability
Sep 19 2001 // The Midland Company, a highly focused provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its insurance subsidiary, will cease offering the commercial liability coverages...
Joint Venture Goss LLC to Offer Coverage for Automotive Suppliers
Aug 10 2001 // The Goss Group Inc., Marsh Inc. and the GMAC Insurance Group announced the establishment of a joint venture company, Goss LLC, to serve the specific insurance needs of automotive suppliers and original equipment...
Gunmakers Can’t Be Sued for Criminal Acts of Gun Buyers
Aug 9 2001 // Victims cannot sue gunmakers when criminals use their products illegally, the California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 6. According to AP Online, the 5-1 decision, which rejects a suit based on the 1993 massacre of eight people...
Agents and Coverage Opinions
Aug 6 2001 // Insurance intermediaries—agents, brokers, and the like—do all sorts of things for their customers and clients. They help them select coverages. They help select insurers. They shop for price. They prepare applications....
Manufacturers Bank, AXA Advisors Enter Alliance
Jul 9 2001 // Manufacturers Bank announced that it had entered into a referral alliance with AXA Advisors LLC to provide bank customers with a full range of insurance and investment products through Shuster Financial Group, LLC. Michael...
Midland Subsidiary and Amica Mutual form Strategic Alliance
Jun 28 2001 // The Midland Company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its wholly owned specialty insurance subsidiary, has formed a strategic alliance with Amica Mutual Insurance Company, the...
Contractors’ Equipment Losses: Knowledge of Hazards Can Reduce Risk
Feb 19 2001 // Contractors and operation managers run a risky business. One area that is often overlooked is equipment security. Theft, vandalism or malicious mischief represent more than one-third of all losses to contractors’...
Agent-Broker Malpractice
Feb 19 2001 // In specifying, arranging for and renewing insurance policies, it is customary in the industry for agents to use a kind of shorthand. It is also customary for agents to rely upon manuals provided to them by insurers. A case...
Contractors’ Equipment Losses: Knowledge of Hazards Can Reduce Risk Prevention tips from the Inland
Feb 12 2001 // Contractors and operation managers run a risky business. One area that is often overlooked is equipment security. Theft, vandalism or malicious mischief represent more than one-third of all losses to contractors’...
Good Samaritan Liability
Feb 5 2001 // Following the Bible parable, a Good Samaritan is a person who reaches out and takes care of someone when he or she has no obligation to do so. Generally, Good Samaritans are to be praised, while those who pass on the other...
SAFECO Expands Boiler and Machinery Through Alliance with Hartford
Dec 1 2000 // SAFECO has aligned with The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company to expand both companies’ Boiler & Machinery insurance books of business. The agreement provides for SAFECO Business...
Equipment Breakdown Coverage: Not Your Father’s Boiler & Machinery Insurance
Nov 27 2000 // Equipment breakdown coverage: it’s the modern-day descendant of what has been traditionally referred to as boiler and machinery insurance. And today’s businesses need it just as much as they did in the old...
‘BBBpi’ Assigned to Factory Mutual
Nov 27 2000 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) assigned a “BBBpi” FSR to Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and its two wholly owned pool members, Affiliated FM Insurance Co. and Appalachian Insurance Co., reflecting the...
