Latest Mercury Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Mercury Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mercury Insurance Launches New Advertising Campaign
Jul 21 2006 // Los Angeles-based Mercury Insurance Group has launched “Mercury Theory,” a humorous new advertising campaign featuring a suite of 10, thirty-second TV commercials, as well as an interactive destination website,...
Standard & Poor’s Downgrades Mercury Insurance from Stable to Negative
Jun 1 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Mercury Casualty Co. (Mercury Casualty), Mercury Insurance Co. (Mercury Insurance), and Mercury Insurance Co. of Florida (collectively referred to as...
American Mercury, Mercury Insurance to Refund $2M
May 9 2006 // American Mercury and Mercury Insurance companies have agreed to refund more than $2 million to their policyholders in Florida, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. According to the state’s Office of Insurance...
Fraud Roundup
Mar 20 2006 // Calif. pair arrested for fraud, grand theft and conspiracy charges California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has reported that Troy Portillo, a body shop manager, and Gabi Zaarour, a parts department manager, were...
Mercury Insurance, OSU Basketball Team to Give Fans Chance to Win
Feb 9 2006 // Mercury Insurance is partnering with Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball to give fans the chance to win $10,000 at each Big 12 Conference home game played this season at historic Gallagher-Iba Arena. Dubbed the Mercury...
Mercury Insurance Group CEO proposes voter initiative
Jan 23 2006 // The head of Mercury Insurance is trying to get an initiative on the November election ballot to restore portable persistency discounts. George Joseph, CEO of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., submitted a proposed...
Mercury Insurance Helps Police Teach Teens about Drinking and Driving
Dec 28 2005 // Mercury Insurance Group and the San Diego Police Department have produced “Every 15 Minutes,” a two-day program to teach high schoolers the dangers of drinking and driving. The goal of both Mercury Insurance...
Mercury Insurance Group Partners with Employees, Helps Hurricane Victims
Nov 3 2005 // California-based Mercury Insurance Group has donated $110,000 to the Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund, it was announced by the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Gabriel Tirador. Matching its...
Mercury Insurance Named Texas Insurance Company of the Year
Sep 7 2005 // Mercury Insurance Group has been named “Texas Insurance Company of the Year” by the Texas Insurance Professionals, the Texas affiliate of PIA National. The award was announced at their Annual Meeting, held...
Mercury Insurance Group Reports Growth of San Antonio Call Center Staff
Mar 21 2005 // California-based Mercury Insurance Group announced it has increased its presence in San Antonio, Texas, by adding substantially to staff at its regional call center at 12961 Park Central Blvd. The facility opened in April...
Mercury Insurance Group Opens Okla. Office
Dec 28 2004 // Mercury Insurance Group has opened its Western Regional Headquarters in Oklahoma City, taking a five-year lease on more than 40,000 square feet of office space in what will now be known as the Mercury Insurance building at...
Mercury Insurance Loses Appeal in Broker Fees Case
Nov 22 2004 // Mercury Insurance Company producers acting as brokers are considered agents and not brokers, and thus are not entitled to collect any broker fees, according to the California Court of Appeals’ ruling in Krumme v....
Mercury Insurance Loses Appeal in Broker Fees Case
Nov 2 2004 // Mercury Insurance Company producers acting as brokers are considered agents and not brokers, and thus are not entitled to collect any broker fees, according to the California Court of Appeal’s ruling in Krumme v....
Royal Insurance, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Seek to Cancel Enron Coverage
Feb 25 2002 // Two insurance companies are moving to revoke coverage for directors and officers of Enron Corp. in a federal bankruptcy court in New York because they charge the Houston energy trader misled them, according to the...
Mercury Insurance Alleges Peoria, Ill.-based Mail Order Firm Misrepresented Itself
Sep 21 2001 // The company which provides $40 million in liability and fiduciary coverage for Foster & Gallagher Inc. claims that insurance is void because of misrepresentation by the Peoria-based mail order firm. St. Paul’s...
