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Brown & Brown Announces Asset Acquisition of Agency Associates

Nov 14 2008 // J. Scott Penny, regional executive vice president of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Frederick W. “Fred” McClaine, B. Michael Haffey and Ronald L. “Ron” Smith, principals of Agency Associates, Inc.,...

Morris Named Chief Communications Officer by National Crime Bureau

Nov 5 2008 // Joe Wehrle, president and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Morris as vice president and chief communications officer for NICB. He will be responsible for...

Maryland’s Treatment of Injured Workers Graded About Average Compared to 9 States

Nov 2 2008 // When employers pay more for medical care for injured workers, workers should experience better outcomes. Otherwise, the logical question becomes: “Why are employers paying more?” Comparing Outcomes for Injured...

$395 Million Approved for Flood, Tornado Recovery in Iowa

Nov 2 2008 // Iowa communities are getting help recovering from a series of natural disasters this year with nearly $395 million in state and federal funding. The money will go to at least 3,200 projects. The biggest chunk of it, about...

$395 Million Approved for Flood, Tornado Recovery in Iowa

Oct 20 2008 // Iowa communities are getting help recovering from a series of natural disasters this year with nearly $395 million in state and federal funding. The money will go to at least 3,200 projects. The biggest chunk of it, about...

Drug Stayed on Hospital Shelves Despite Recall

Oct 8 2008 // Nearly 100 pharmacists and the hospitals they work for face fines for failing to remove a blood thinner from their shelves after a federal recall last winter, a California state agency said. The recalled drug heparin was...

Sullivan Group Forms Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions

Oct 6 2008 // The Los Angeles-based Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions Inc., a national wholesale brokerage firm with an emphasis on professional, management and health care...

Introducing Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc.

Oct 1 2008 // Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2008 – The Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc. Combining the strengths of professional broking practices from Sullivan...

Feds Approve Ike Disaster Aid in Coastal Alabama

Sep 29 2008 // President George W. Bush approved federal disaster aid in Alabama to supplement state and local recovery efforts from Hurricane Ike in Mobile and Baldwin counties. The White House announced Sept. 26 that the action makes...

Sep 22 2008 // Austin, Texas-based insurance education provider, The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, selected Kathleen G. Speer as director of national business for the not-for-profit organization. Prior to...

Coloradans Spent $26 Billion in Insurance Premiums in 2007

Sep 22 2008 // During 2007, Colorado citizens paid more than 26 billion dollars in insurance premium to approximately 1,306 companies, with 27 companies accounting for more than 50 percent of that total, according to the Colorado...

Conf. Board Urges Tech Transfer to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses

Sep 10 2008 // In a new report the Conference Board, a non-profit, business research organization, has concluded “restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are not feasible without significant productivity growth and a...

Speer to Lead National Alliance Business Development Team

Sep 9 2008 // Austin, Texas-based insurance education provider, The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, has selected Kathleen G. Speer as director of national business development for the not-for-profit...

Gustav Insurance Losses Significant but ‘Manageable,’ Less than Katrina’s

Sep 2 2008 // Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore southwest of New Orleans on Monday morning, is expected to trigger significant insurance claims but far less than record-setting Katrina did three years ago. “This is a...

National Insurance Crime Bureau President, CEO Bryant Retiring Today

Sep 2 2008 // Susan Q. Hood, claims vice president, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and chair of the board of governors (BOG) of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) announced today that Robert M. “Bear”...

Coloradans Spent $26 Billion in Insurance Premiums in 2007

Aug 29 2008 // Where do Coloradans spend their insurance dollars? During 2007, Colorado citizens paid over 26 billion dollars in premium to approximately 1,306 companies, with 27 companies accounting for more than 50 percent of that...

Dolly Disaster Assistance Tops $24 Million in Texas

Aug 28 2008 // More than $24 million has been approved to help people, businesses and infrastructure affected by Hurricane Dolly after the storm hit the Rio Grande Valley last month, several governmental agencies said on Friday, Aug....

Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Centers Closing in Wisconsin

Aug 15 2008 // The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) says it will close disaster loan centers in Lancaster, Portage and Janesville, Wis. on Friday, Aug. 15. The SBA is urging homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofit...

Brown & Brown Buys Ohio-based Great Lakes Risk Management

Jul 31 2008 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset acquisition of Great Lakes Risk Management Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown. Great Lakes Risk Management, with annual revenues of approximately $1...

Tokio Marine to Acquire Philadelphia Insurance for $4.7 Billion

Jul 23 2008 // Japan’s Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. reported that it has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Philadelphia Consolidated, a U.S. property/casualty insurance company offering specialty commercial property and...