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Wholesaler Conn. Underwriters Adds Crawford, Hanebury and Macik
Jul 23 2007 // Wholesale insurance broker Connecticut Underwriters has welcomed Tom Crawford as its new product development manager based in its Middletown, Conn. office. Crawford has 26 years experience in the insurance industry where...
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Jul 23 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Thomas M. Marra to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Marra, currently a member of the company’s board of directors and president...
Health Officials Warn Against Eating Onions from Oxnard Company
Jun 28 2007 // California health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of diced yellow onions that could be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria. The onions are sold by an Oxnard, Calif., distributor to...
Strength in Numbers
Jun 18 2007 // Today’s demands on independent agents are plentiful: competition, risk management, compensation disclosure, quality markets and carrier’s demands for premium quotas, to name a few. Such demands could be one...
First Cardinal Reports Hirings, Promotions at N.Y. Headquarters
Jun 11 2007 // Workers compensation administrator First Cardinal LLC announced the hiring and promotion of several employees at its Latham, N.Y. headquarters. Christine D. Bentsen has joined the accounting department as a senior...
S&P Conference Report: Reinsurers Assess Present/Future Concerns
Jun 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ 23rd annual insurance conference, – “In Pursuit Of Sustainable Earnings” – focused on the “highly profitable” 2006 results, and the...
Personal Lines LEADERS
Jun 4 2007 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only the...
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Jun 4 2007 // Emeryville, Calif.-based Commodore Insurance Services Inc. appointed Mark Cravens president. Cravens was recently with Wellington Underwriting, which was acquired by Catlin, where he led development of catastrophe modeling...
Ill. Encompass Insurance Names Laura Dunne Financial Team Leader
May 23 2007 // Laura Dunne was appointed to lead the finance and strategy team of Encompass Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill., the company recently announced. Encompass is the independent insurance agency division of the Allstate...
Okla. Commissioner Flexes Regulatory Muscle in Marketing Flap
May 22 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland is flexing her regulatory muscle in an investigation of Medicare marketing that has uncovered misconduct by some insurance agents, The probe led to an appearance before a U.S....
Marketing survey reports Baby Boomers remain loyal to auto, home, medical and life insurance brand
May 21 2007 // Baby Boomers may be more likely to switch brands across a wide variety of products and services, including apparel, cars, prepared foods, and airlines, but when it comes to service oriented categories such as banking and...
People
May 21 2007 // Liberty Northwest, a member of Liberty Mutual Group based in Portland, Ore., appointed Larry W. Becker president and chief operating officer. Becker most recently was executive vice president, sales and marketing for...
Declarations
May 21 2007 // Declarations Disaster discussions “I know there is no great political constituency for it, but we can avert these disasters for not very much money if they can be put into the public debate and people understand...
Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special property’ and new coverage
May 21 2007 // The manufacturer of the contaminated pet foods that caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses may want to put the controversy behind it, yet the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and other...
Declarations
May 21 2007 // Disaster discussions “I know there is no great political constituency for it, but we can avert these disasters for not very much money if they can be put into the public debate and people understand clearly...
Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special property’ and new coverage issues
May 21 2007 // The manufacturer of the contaminated pet foods that caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses may want to put the controversy behind it, yet the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and other...
The Hartford Seeks Branding Score with Japanese Baseball Sponsorship
May 16 2007 // Japanese baseball players are all the rage in the major leagues this year. Kei Igawa and Daisuke Matzuzaka have joined established stars such as Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki as imports on America’s premier teams....
Brown Smith Wallace Add Bowlan as Director of Marketing
May 16 2007 // Brown Smith Wallace LLC has hired Michael Bowlan as director of marketing. In his new position, Bowlan will oversee all branding, creative development and marketing strategy for the St. Louis-based firm. Brown Smith...
Baby Boomers Stay Loyal to Insurance Brand, Study Reveals
May 15 2007 // Baby Boomers may be more likely to switch brands across a wide variety of products and services, including apparel, cars, prepared foods, and airlines, but when it comes to service oriented categories such as banking and...
Zurich Launches New Ad Campaign
May 14 2007 // One of the added advantages of being a global company is the ability to market a global brand name. Last year the Zurich Financial Services Group launched a new a clever slogan – “Because Change Happenz.”...
